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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/21/2017 8:50:24 PM   
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I'm guess somebody misread the plans during construction .... ;>


No, the island on the opposite side was an intentional design to see if the ships would operate more efficiently when working in tandem.

Maybe certain USN ships operating near Japan would benefit from this?

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/21/2017 8:52:28 PM   
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Stepsister at best.
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What sort of like Cinders and Druzella/Anastasia?





This looks more like Shokaku and Zuikaku with ugly little Shoho on their way to Coral Sea.
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What!!!????!!!! I trust you are not calling the delectable Lily James ugly Grafin?

This picture calls to mind HMS Illustrious and Lexington and Kaga. FACT.



But who is the wicked step-mother?

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/21/2017 8:53:41 PM   
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Stepsister at best.
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What sort of like Cinders and Druzella/Anastasia?





This looks more like Shokaku and Zuikaku with ugly little Shoho on their way to Coral Sea.
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What!!!????!!!! I trust you are not calling the delectable Lily James ugly Grafin?

This picture calls to mind HMS Illustrious and Lexington and Kaga. FACT.





No no no, Courageous/Glorious next to Ark Royal...

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 12:19:48 AM   
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Wnst Soryu the first Japanese purpose build carrier ?
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Yes, the first designed from the keel up. Hosho is sometimes given this award, but she wasn't designed as a pure carrier originally - but a part seaplane carrier.



What about the failed Ryujo?


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 12:32:00 AM   
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Wnst Soryu the first Japanese purpose build carrier ?
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Yes, the first designed from the keel up. Hosho is sometimes given this award, but she wasn't designed as a pure carrier originally - but a part seaplane carrier.



What about the failed Ryujo?


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 2:57:51 AM   
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Stepsister at best.
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What sort of like Cinders and Druzella/Anastasia?





This looks more like Shokaku and Zuikaku with ugly little Shoho on their way to Coral Sea.
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What!!!????!!!! I trust you are not calling the delectable Lily James ugly Grafin?

This picture calls to mind HMS Illustrious and Lexington and Kaga. FACT.





No no no, Courageous/Glorious next to Ark Royal...
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Yes, Ark Royal and Courageous/Glorious works too - although probably better with the Ark and Hermes/Eagle as the ex-battlecruisers weren't that bad.


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 9:07:16 PM   
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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 9:23:48 PM   
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What ships are these (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)?



Valiant------------------------------Barham----------------------Warspite--------------------------Queen Elizabeth-----------------Malaya
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The Queen Elizabeth-class battleships (5th Battleship Squadron). The middle one is of course HMS Warspite; pretty of face, ample of bosom, firm of buttock, with child-bearing hips, a tongue like an electric eel and likes the taste of a man's tonsils. Where's she been? Where hasn't she been. Woof!


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 9:26:11 PM   
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What ships are these (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)?




I only recognize HMSs Circumcisor, Castrator, Vasectomy and Bobbitt ...

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 9:41:19 PM   
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What ships are these (nudge, nudge, wink, wink)?




I only recognize HMSs Circumcisor, Castrator, Vasectomy and Bobbitt ...

HMS Disembowler is sorely offended by your omission...careful, or she'll omit something of yours.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/22/2017 10:03:31 PM   
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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 7:14:33 AM   
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1-"Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 March 1942. Note other carriers and battleships (probably the 4 ships of the Kongo-class) in the background."

2-"flight deck scene HIJMS Akagi in 1942.

Unusual colourised photo of Akagi(Above), clearly showing splinter protection to the bridge area. It is slightly confusing, I know, but this is a view looking AFT along the flight deck, Akagi being rare in having her island on the port side. There is a very powerful force of ships astern of Akagi in this photo, with four other carriers and four capital ships visible. The second carrier, the one immediately ahead of the four battleships, also has a port side island, which identifies her as Hiryu. I am assuming this photo was taken during the preparations for the operation intended to destroy the remainder of the US fleet and capture Midway, which took place in June 1942. Akagi and Hiryu were both among the Japanese carriers lost at Midway."


3-"Photograph taken from the deck of Akagi, the rest of the carriers, from left to right, are: Kaga, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Hiryu ..."

4-"Other ships visible:

CarDiv 2 (Soryu, Hiryu)
3rd Battleship Squadron (Kongo, Haruna, Hiei, Kirishima)
CarDiv 5 (Shokaku, Zuikaku)"


https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/769130442581564408/



If this was taken March 26, 1942 at Staring Bay Java, then Kaga couldn't be in this photo. She was at Sasebo, about to enter drydock on March 27.

Based on the low freeboard profiles of the two left-most carriers, I'd have to agree that they are Soryu and Hiryu, with Shokaku/Zuikaku bringing up the rear. The heavies do indeed appear to be the four Kongo class of BatDiv3.



For those who think the first two carriers are the Soryu and Hiryu ..... Why are the Islands on different sides of each vessel ? Unless the second one is traveling in the opposite direction to ram the battlewagon ;>





Believe it have something to do with design, when they laid down the engines and boilers. So the uptake and funnels going up and on the edge. Probably opposite from sisters and it would make easier to recognize too.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 7:47:23 AM   
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My understanding is that the placement of the island superstructure on the starboard side came about because the torque of the airplanes propeller would tend to make it roll to the left if something went wrong - i.e. a crashing aircraft would be less likely to hit an island on the starboard side of the ship than the port side.

However, lots of experimentation was going on for both CVs and their aircraft, and it could be that there were aircraft with propellers rotating in the opposite direction or that someone decided that air turbulence from the island superstructure would affect aircraft less if the island was on the port side. In the picture shown, both Akagi and Hiryu have port-side islands. I don't know if any other navy experimented with this, although some tried to make do without an island superstructure at all.


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 8:02:50 AM   
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At this time IJN Carriers should have been at Tawi Tawi ("trying to") training new aircrews before the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

But, alas, aren't they worried at all about subs threats, judging from this picture??




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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 4:57:05 PM   
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So well what about this?

At this time IJN Carriers should have been at Tawi Tawi ("trying to") training new aircrews before the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

But, alas, aren't they worried at all about subs threats, judging from this picture??




I don't see anything in that picture that says the IJN is not worried about subs. What are you getting at?

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 7:13:39 PM   
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Range Finder - Fire Direction/Control Station I guess, for the AA...

That "drum like structure" looks like a larger version of the searchlight just above it - presumably to light up the flight deck for night ops.


Both wrong.. Its so obvious. Its the Sake barrel for the pilots so they can have a drink before taking off and after landing

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 7:30:29 PM   
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So well what about this?

At this time IJN Carriers should have been at Tawi Tawi ("trying to") training new aircrews before the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

But, alas, aren't they worried at all about subs threats, judging from this picture??




I don't see anything in that picture that says the IJN is not worried about subs. What are you getting at?


I think he meant, how risky for the Japanese Navy leaving the carriers or any capitol ships like this. Yes it would be sitting ducks for the submarines. In most cases they have floatplanes on patrol and torpedo nets around those ships (mostly).

Some cases, they did that on purpose and see if they can catch any submarines if they dare. Planes and/or destroyers would get them, if they are nearby. Would be too risky, even if I was a sub captain and want to take a shot at it.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 7:32:34 PM   
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1-"Aircraft carrier Akagi shortly after leaving Port Stirling, Celebes for the Indian Ocean, 26 March 1942. Note other carriers and battleships (probably the 4 ships of the Kongo-class) in the background."

2-"flight deck scene HIJMS Akagi in 1942.

Unusual colourised photo of Akagi(Above), clearly showing splinter protection to the bridge area. It is slightly confusing, I know, but this is a view looking AFT along the flight deck, Akagi being rare in having her island on the port side. There is a very powerful force of ships astern of Akagi in this photo, with four other carriers and four capital ships visible. The second carrier, the one immediately ahead of the four battleships, also has a port side island, which identifies her as Hiryu. I am assuming this photo was taken during the preparations for the operation intended to destroy the remainder of the US fleet and capture Midway, which took place in June 1942. Akagi and Hiryu were both among the Japanese carriers lost at Midway."


3-"Photograph taken from the deck of Akagi, the rest of the carriers, from left to right, are: Kaga, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Hiryu ..."

4-"Other ships visible:

CarDiv 2 (Soryu, Hiryu)
3rd Battleship Squadron (Kongo, Haruna, Hiei, Kirishima)
CarDiv 5 (Shokaku, Zuikaku)"


https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/769130442581564408/



If this was taken March 26, 1942 at Staring Bay Java, then Kaga couldn't be in this photo. She was at Sasebo, about to enter drydock on March 27.

Based on the low freeboard profiles of the two left-most carriers, I'd have to agree that they are Soryu and Hiryu, with Shokaku/Zuikaku bringing up the rear. The heavies do indeed appear to be the four Kongo class of BatDiv3.



For those who think the first two carriers are the Soryu and Hiryu ..... Why are the Islands on different sides of each vessel ? Unless the second one is traveling in the opposite direction to ram the battlewagon ;>





Believe it have something to do with design, when they laid down the engines and boilers. So the uptake and funnels going up and on the edge. Probably opposite from sisters and it would make easier to recognize too.


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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 8:05:43 PM   
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There must have been a reason for building Hiryu to a different layout than her sister Soryu.




They weren't sisters unless they had two different mothers but the same father.

From Wikipedia:

Hiryū was one of two large carriers approved for construction under the 1931–32 Supplementary Program. Originally designed as the sister ship of Sōryū, her design was enlarged and modified in light of the Tomozuru and Fourth Fleet Incidents in 1934–35 that revealed many IJN ships were top-heavy, unstable and structurally weak. Her forecastle was raised and her hull strengthened. Other changes involved increasing her beam, displacement, and armor protection.[4]

The ship had a length of 227.4 meters (746 ft 1 in) overall, a beam of 22.3 meters (73 ft 2 in) and a draft of 7.8 meters (25 ft 7 in). She displaced 17,600 metric tons (17,300 long tons) at standard load and 20,570 metric tons (20,250 long tons) at normal load. Her crew consisted of 1,100 officers and enlisted men.[5]

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/23/2017 8:25:27 PM   
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So well what about this?

At this time IJN Carriers should have been at Tawi Tawi ("trying to") training new aircrews before the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

But, alas, aren't they worried at all about subs threats, judging from this picture??




I don't see anything in that picture that says the IJN is not worried about subs. What are you getting at?


I think he meant, how risky for the Japanese Navy leaving the carriers or any capitol ships like this. Yes it would be sitting ducks for the submarines. In most cases they have floatplanes on patrol and torpedo nets around those ships (mostly).

Some cases, they did that on purpose and see if they can catch any submarines if they dare. Planes and/or destroyers would get them, if they are nearby. Would be too risky, even if I was a sub captain and want to take a shot at it.

They are apparently in port so I assumed there are likely anti-sub nets at the entrance. The picture itself does not show what could be ahead or behind the moored ships - presumably some DDs and harbour craft are present. So there isn't enough info to draw the conclusion that the IJN was not worried about subs.
Since early 1944 the US subs would have been present nearly everywhere in the empire, and proving quite effective with better torps and great crews.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/25/2017 8:04:50 AM   
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Can you discern any anti sub nets?? I cannot; none visible;

"The picture itself does not show what could be ahead or behind the moored ships - presumably some DDs and harbour craft are present."

I'd like very much to see that indeed, because here they are not present at all!

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/25/2017 2:25:16 PM   
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BBFanboy, that's not a port - they are off port, close to, at an anchorage nearby Tawi Tawi....

Can you discern any anti sub nets?? I cannot; none visible;

"The picture itself does not show what could be ahead or behind the moored ships - presumably some DDs and harbour craft are present."

I'd like very much to see that indeed, because here they are not present at all!


Some lagoons are very wide and you cannot see the islands on the other side. I also do not assume the picture is necessarily looking toward the entrance of the anchorage, where the nets and tender would be. It all comes down to the picture being ambiguous and you can interpret it either way.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/25/2017 2:40:12 PM   
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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/26/2017 8:18:54 PM   
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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 8:34:30 AM   
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And, I reiterate, the current system of a single base-airport fits and suits to a small island, but not to a hex containing effective 40 mile x 40 or close to; to be implemented, hopefully, with next evolution of this game




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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 8:50:48 AM   
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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 8:51:55 AM   
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And here is a WONDERFUL example of the game means with a "base", level 1 port, or maybe even dot.

And, I reiterate, the current system of a single base-airport fits and suits to a small island, but not to a hex containing effective 40 mile x 40 or close to; to be implemented, hopefully, with next evolution of this game





A dot base has no facilities, it just has the potential to have facilities. That would be a level 1 port with 0 airfield base capability.

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 2:16:27 PM   
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And here is a WONDERFUL example of the game means with a "base", level 1 port, or maybe even dot.

And, I reiterate, the current system of a single base-airport fits and suits to a small island, but not to a hex containing effective 40 mile x 40 or close to; to be implemented, hopefully, with next evolution of this game





A dot base has no facilities, it just has the potential to have facilities. That would be a level 1 port with 0 airfield base capability.

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You could put a 100 or more ships "at port" there, just not "at dock".??

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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 7:43:20 PM   
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So well what about this?

At this time IJN Carriers should have been at Tawi Tawi ("trying to") training new aircrews before the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

But, alas, aren't they worried at all about subs threats, judging from this picture??




I don't see anything in that picture that says the IJN is not worried about subs. What are you getting at?


I think he meant, how risky for the Japanese Navy leaving the carriers or any capitol ships like this. Yes it would be sitting ducks for the submarines. In most cases they have floatplanes on patrol and torpedo nets around those ships (mostly).

Some cases, they did that on purpose and see if they can catch any submarines if they dare. Planes and/or destroyers would get them, if they are nearby. Would be too risky, even if I was a sub captain and want to take a shot at it.







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RE: OT: Inedited picture of Japan Navy Power at Sea - 8/27/2017 8:05:11 PM   
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For the US, Ultra information would give them the dates of sortie and approximate route to destination so they did not have to risk sending subs into narrow waters. It's no coincidence that Cavalla was in the right place at the right time!


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