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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/17/2008 10:38:39 PM   
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January 7, 1944

Location: 180 miles northwest of Kwajalein
Course: Northwest
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 453

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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Yamato and her five escorts depart Kwajalein for Tokyo. Their course will at first take them to the northwest. When they are far enough to the west to escape the prying eyes of enemy patrol planes based at Wake the ships will turn and head due north.

One destroyer will precede Yamato and two will screen the battleship on each flank. The submarine danger is thought to be slight around the Marshall Islands but will grow more serious the closer they get to Japan. Fortunately the battleship is still able to exceed 20 knots, which should help mitigate the risk.

The islands of Kwajalein Atoll fall astern and are soon lost to sight. No one aboard Hibiki suspects yet that the destroyer has just finished her last visit of the war to the islands, her home for much of the fighting so far.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 1:57:12 AM   
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 2:07:22 AM   
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Oooh, Cuttlefish dropping another hint...

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 2:17:58 AM   
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Did you send Hibiki as part of the escort for the story?  Yamato needed some DDs to escort her anyway.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 2:28:08 AM   
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Well done.  Headed for home is a GOOD thing!

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 2:59:35 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish

January 7, 1944

The islands of Kwajalein Atoll fall astern and are soon lost to sight. No one aboard Hibiki suspects yet that the destroyer has just finished her last visit of the war to the islands, her home for much of the fighting so far.


Uh-oh this sounds ominous

CF how far behind the game date is this excellent story?

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 10:36:45 PM   
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The islands of Kwajalein Atoll fall astern and are soon lost to sight. No one aboard Hibiki suspects yet that the destroyer has just finished her last visit of the war to the islands, her home for much of the fighting so far.


My bet would be that most of Hibiki's crew would be cheered by the thought, given the poor facilities there. Maybe she'll be ordered to the delights of Singapore (after some unwelcome excitement in Tokyo).

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/18/2008 10:55:16 PM   
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 12:08:51 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Tallyho!

CF how far behind the game date is this excellent story?


The game date is now May 17, 1944.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 12:09:43 AM   
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January 8, 1944

Location: 100 miles southwest of Enitwetok
Course: Northwest
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 425

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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Riku is preparing to sack out for the evening when Chief Petty Officer Shun appears in the doorway. He steps inside the narrow machine space and stands quietly, gazing at Riku.

Shiro, who is rigging his hammock, looks at Shun and then looks at Riku. He nudges Oizuma, who looks up and takes in the tableau. Yoshitaka and Shoji are seated on the floor playing cards, and they too look up.

“You know, I feel like having some tea,” says Shiro. “There might be some in the mess.”

“That’s a good idea,” says Yoshitake as he stands. “I will join you.” Oizuma and Shoji quickly decide they want some tea as well. One by one they file out, leaving Shun and Riku alone.

“We will talk,” Shun says. Riku swallows and nods. Shun walks forward until he is a few paces from Riku, then he stops and crosses his arms.

“I have given much thought these last few months to the matter of you and my daughter,” Shun continues. The Chief’s low voice is almost expressionless; Riku knows this means the man is tense and keeping himself under tight control. “Long ago you swore an oath not to speak her name or to try and contact her. This you have kept.”

Riku nods. “Yes, Chief Petty Officer,“ he says.

“When we set out from Mako more than two years ago you were a waste of space,” Shun says. “Yet since meeting my daughter you have worked hard, lived honorably, and served this ship well.” He pauses. “Perhaps she saw something in you that I did not,” he admits.

“I was a different person then,” Riku admits uncomfortably. “I have changed, I think.”

Shun grunts. “She loves you,” he says. “If I ordered her to marry someone else she would do so. She is a good daughter. But you love her as well and if you work as hard to care for her as you have to win her you will make a good husband.” He turns and paces a little. “I could wish it was someone other than a sailor. I was at sea when my wife became ill, and by the time I even heard about it she was gone.” Riku remains silent.

“But this war will not end soon,” continues Shun. “All men worthy of the name will be fighting in defense of Japan. And there is this, I do not know what will happen to her if I am killed. Her grandmother is old. Her uncle in Osaka is a good man, but he has problems and worries of his own.” Shun stops pacing and once again faces Riku.

“But I will stop going on like an old man and get to the point,” he says. “We will be in Japan soon. I release you from your oath. I wish for the two of you to meet and talk – properly supervised, of course. After that, well, we will see what happens.”

Emotion crashes through Riku like a wave and he fights to maintain his self-control. “Chief Shun,” he says, voice strained. “I…thank you. You will not regret this, I swear it.”

Shun looks down. “We will see,” he says. “Whatever happens, this has dragged on long enough. It is time to move on to whatever happens next.”

“Yes, Chief,” Riku says.

“We will speak more of this when we get to Japan,” states Shun. He turns abruptly and leaves. Riku wonders briefly what it cost a man like Shun to come in here and say those things to him. Then he tries to say her name.

At first he can’t do it. He has locked that name from passing his lips for almost twenty months and for a moment he actually can’t make himself say it out loud.

“Nanami,” he finally whispers. Speaking the name breaks down what is left of his self control. He staggers back against a bulkhead, then slides slowly down until he is seated on the floor.

“Nanami,” he says one more time, then he buries his head in his arms and weeps.


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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 12:23:16 AM   
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Aawwww...

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 3:01:48 AM   
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Shun, you big lug, you.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 5:15:56 AM   
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For a second there I thought he forgot what her name was.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 6:29:27 AM   
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Edited to maintain PG-13 rating.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 6:30:13 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

For a second there I thought he forgot what her name was.



been there!!! im so horrible with names

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 12:45:22 PM   
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Hmmmmm.... Chief "Dad".... has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/19/2008 1:50:15 PM   
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Thats Cuttlefish's concession to any ladies reading thread, back to the shooting now

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/20/2008 5:45:57 AM   
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That was really rather touching, sir - nicely done.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 1:39:00 AM   
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About to slip off the front page??? Not on my watch!

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 1:57:23 AM   
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Hmmmmm.... Chief "Dad".... has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

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Any phrase that starts off with "Chief" has a nice ring to it.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 2:00:16 AM   
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I think I can come up with about 20 that don't...

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 3:09:10 AM   
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January 9, 1944

Location: 230 miles nothwest of Enitwetok
Course: Northwest
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 396

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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A brisk wind churns the ocean into whitecaps as Hibiki cruises along on the port flank of Yamato. The battleship, 500 meters distant, takes little notice of the moderate seas but spray crashes over Hibiki’s bows as the destroyer plows through the waves. On the bridge Captain Ishii braces against the movement of the ship with the effortless grace of years of experience and checks the glass. It is no longer falling and Ishii guesses that the weather will get no worse.

There has been no sign of enemy activity. The small task force has cleared the Marshall Islands now and is out into the wide reaches of the Central Pacific. Running into a submarine out here would be bad luck, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Ishii checks to make sure the lookouts are paying attention. They are. Ishii expected nothing less. Not only do his men know their jobs, but they have had too many encounters with enemy submarines during the war for the men to take the hated menace lightly.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 3:15:27 AM   
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January 10, 1944

Location: 420 miles nothwest of Enitwetok
Course: Northwest
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 368

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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“So, Shun has finally relented,” says Lieutenant Miharu. “Remarkable.”

“I told Ariga that he had a better chance of carrying this ship to the top of Mount Fuji than he did of ever getting Shun’s permission to court his daughter,” says Ishii with a slight smile. “I hope Hibiki does not end up on top of a mountain somewhere.”

Lieutenant Miharu laughs. “He is an…interesting young man,” he says. “I do not think Shun will regret his decision.”

“We will see,” says the captain. He becomes more serious. “This is a difficult time for Japan,” he says. “I do not envy them, or any young couple right now.”

“I know,” says the lieutenant. “The war touches the old, the young, everyone. And perhaps not just indirectly, if the enemies’ strength continues to grow. But even with the war people still have to live their lives. People get married, they fall in love. Children are born and grow. People get sick and they grow old and die. Not even a war that covers much of the world can stop that.”

“Life goes on, in other words,” says Ishii.

Lieutenant Miharu looks slightly embarrassed. “That is what I was getting at, yes,” he says.

Captain Ishii chuckles. “I sometimes forget you were an academic,” he says, “until you start getting philosophical. But you are right. And who knows, perhaps because it is wartime people live more intensely and take chances they wouldn’t usually take.”

“Sounds like you can be a bit philosophical yourself, sir,” comments the lieutenant.

“It’s the years at sea,” says Ishii. “The ocean eventually turns all of us old sailors into philosophers.”

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 4:14:22 AM   
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dunno how uve managed it C-Fish, but this AAR has deserved and continues to deserve an emmy/oscar/w-e they give out for good writing


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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 6:56:20 AM   
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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 8:00:22 PM   
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Been awhile since ive posted but good as always CF keep up the amazing work.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/21/2008 10:43:11 PM   
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The small task force has cleared the Marshall Islands now and is out into the wide reaches of the Central Pacific. Running into a submarine out here would be bad luck, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen. Ishii checks to make sure the lookouts are paying attention. They are. Ishii expected nothing less. Not only do his men know their jobs, but they have had too many encounters with enemy submarines during the war for the men to take the hated menace lightly.


Hmmm. I wonder if American Intel has a read on Yamato's orders . . .

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/22/2008 3:38:34 AM   
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January 11, 1944

Location: 600 miles east of Saipan
Course: North
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 339

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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Another day at sea, another day when nothing noteworthy occurs. There have been many such days in this long war. Hibiki has seen her share of action and more so far, but there have still only been perhaps thirty days when the destroyer has attacked or been attacked. Most days are like this one, traveling from one port to another across the wide Pacific, or else they are spent at anchor waiting for a call to action.

A day like this does not mean the crew can relax, however. Not only is operating a warship a demanding business, but the danger of attack is always present. There are submarines out there, and at this stage of the war enemy fleets are capable of swiftly and suddenly striking into Japanese waters. The constant need for watchfulness takes its toll.

Soon, however, they will be in Japan, and there they will be able to relax. The enemy’s growing reach doesn’t extend to the Home Islands. And though the ship does not need much work the men hope they might get to spend some time at home. They have earned it, but that means little when weighed against the demands of war.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/22/2008 3:41:11 AM   
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January 12, 1944

Location: 300 miles south-southwest of Marcus
Course: North
Attached to: TF 9
Mission: Surface Combat
System Damage: 2
Float Damage: 0
Fires: 0
Fuel: 318

Orders: Escort Yamato back to Japan

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The only officer aboard Hibiki who has his own shower is Captain Ishii. It is a small, cramped shower providing only cold water, but it does the job and the captain uses it when there is sufficient fresh water available. As Hibiki heads north there is still a lot of water in the tanks, but when he attempts to use the shower in the morning only a trickle of water comes out. Slightly miffed, Ishii gets dressed and once he reaches the bridge passes word to have the shower looked at.

The message quickly reaches Chief Petty Officer Shinoda. Shinoda is the acknowledged master of the ship’s machine shops and oversees most routine maintenance. There are other matters requiring his attention this morning but Ishii’s polite request overrides all of them. He grabs a tool box and heads forward.

On the way he is intercepted by a sailor with another report; there is a trickle of fresh water coming down one of the bulkheads in the main fire control room. This room is two decks under the captain’s cabin and it does not take a mechanical genius to guess there must be a connection. Shinoda proceeds to the passageway outside the officer’s wardroom, one deck below and forward of the captain’s cabin, and pries up a deck plate. This reveals a narrow crawlspace under the passage. Shinoda leaves his toolbox behind for the moment and, taking only a flashlight, slithers onto the pipes that run along the bottom of the crawlspace.

He crawls forward a few meters. Already he can see water pooled in the crawlspace, sloshing gently back and forth with the motion of the ship. He reaches a cluster of branching pipes and quickly spots the problem. A weld in the fresh water pipe has cracked, causing a leak.

These things happen. The ship is more than a decade old now and has taken a couple of bomb hits. Shinoda doubts this pipe has ever been replaced. At least the crawlspace is fairly clean. Sometimes they are full of rodent droppings, but not on this ship. That snake has startled Shinoda more than once in the course of his duties but he does not doubt that it’s worth having the reptile around.

Shinoda backs up and climbs out of the crawlspace. He will send a couple of men to replace the fitting. Captain Ishii will be able to take a shower by noon, if he wishes.

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RE: Small Ship, Big War - 4/22/2008 4:49:45 AM   
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