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ORIGINAL: wdolson

Please chill dudes. We're just having a discussion here. If you feel your blood pressure rising, I suggest quit reading this thread.

The USN had several demilitarized BBs. The Wyoming and Utah have been mentioned. The USN also modified the Kearsarge to be a crane ship. She was on the East Coast most of the war, but spent some time in San Francisco.

Another old BB was the USS Oregon which was a museum ship in Portland, OR at the beginning of the war. The US was concerned there would be a steel shortage so in early 42 the Oregon was taken back by the Navy and they began scrapping her. When it became apparent there wasn't going to be a steel shortage, scrapping the Oregon was stopped and she was turned into a barge. She was used for supply storage after Guam was taken back and was moored there. In a typhoon she broke free and floated off into the Pacific. She was found several weeks later drifting on the high seas. She was towed back to Guam and sunk at the end of the war off Guam. An ignoble end to a very historic ship. Among many historians in Oregon it's still a sore point.

There were also a number of other demilitarized vessels used for yard support and other scut work during the war. Essentially including them is a level of detail the game just can't support. They are mostly included in naval support at a base.

Bill

quote:

ORIGINAL: wdolson

Please chill dudes. We're just having a discussion here. If you feel your blood pressure rising, I suggest quit reading this thread.

The USN had several demilitarized BBs. The Wyoming and Utah have been mentioned. The USN also modified the Kearsarge to be a crane ship. She was on the East Coast most of the war, but spent some time in San Francisco.

Another old BB was the USS Oregon which was a museum ship in Portland, OR at the beginning of the war. The US was concerned there would be a steel shortage so in early 42 the Oregon was taken back by the Navy and they began scrapping her. When it became apparent there wasn't going to be a steel shortage, scrapping the Oregon was stopped and she was turned into a barge. She was used for supply storage after Guam was taken back and was moored there. In a typhoon she broke free and floated off into the Pacific. She was found several weeks later drifting on the high seas. She was towed back to Guam and sunk at the end of the war off Guam. An ignoble end to a very historic ship. Among many historians in Oregon it's still a sore point.

There were also a number of other demilitarized vessels used for yard support and other scut work during the war. Essentially including them is a level of detail the game just can't support. They are mostly included in naval support at a base.

Bill