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04-20-2007, 02:30 AM
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04-20-2007, 04:23 AM
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04-20-2007, 07:55 PM
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04-21-2007, 02:03 PM
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Country: | Impressive. Wonder how many man-hours went into that. Couple of questions though. I'll show my ignorance of ships here so bear with me.
What is this on the port and starboard aft? Is this just a large door for machinery maintenance?
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04-21-2007, 02:05 PM
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Country: | ...and what are these gun-less armoured turrets used for. There appear to be multiple types and locations.
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04-21-2007, 09:37 PM
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04-21-2007, 10:17 PM
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Country: | ...or Bukakkes. Not sure what you were on about mkloby.
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04-21-2007, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  ...or Bukakkes. Not sure what you were on about mkloby. | What??? 
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04-21-2007, 11:28 PM
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Country: | What was your point? Your knowledge, and my ignorance, resulted in me having to Wiki Japanese names to figure out your point. Dumb it down for me please. 
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04-21-2007, 11:33 PM
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The hangers are where the seaplanes were stored with their wings folded.
Swung out along the overhead gantry then lifted up to the catapaults by the crane.
The "gunless" turrets are AA directors.
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04-21-2007, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by k9kiwi Matt
The hangers are where the seaplanes were stored with their wings folded.
Swung out along the overhead gantry then lifted up to the catapaults by the crane.
The "gunless" turrets are AA directors. |
Thanks, K9. I had guessed the gunless turrets were AA directors, but assumed that there would have been obvious optics exposed. They seemed too... armoured, I guess.
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04-22-2007, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt308 What was your point? Your knowledge, and my ignorance, resulted in me having to Wiki Japanese names to figure out your point. Dumb it down for me please. | Shokaku class carriers were exactly what the Japanese Navy needed in WWII - large, fast carriers, able to absorb some punishment, decent AA Guns, and able to operate a large carrier group, weighing in at roughly 25,000 tons, completed in 1941. Just in terms of metal - the three Japanese juggernauts above were almost 200,000 tons. Very poor use of resources.
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04-22-2007, 03:13 AM
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04-22-2007, 04:36 AM
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04-22-2007, 09:29 AM
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