*Takes cookie* Thank you, but Google had nothing to do with it...I study the IJN so I had all that info in my records.

Bismarck and Tirpitz, three H-39s, two H-41s, and Tirpitz is pregnant with an H-44.

...and a partridge in a pear tree!

Sorry...couldn't resist. :D
Funny ^_^. Also, wow. Good on you man.


So, what is that picture actually of? H-44 was never even started IIRC
 
I'mma just say that the only way I see this going down without Mo ending up on the bottom is if the entire Surigao fleet spontaneously self-summons to protect their sister's grave, while Wisky also self-summons to protect her big sister. Even with an airlift. Capital ships were never really intended to fight more than two significant targets at a time--and definitely not more than one peer-level threat at a time. Even if Mo does have the odds in her favor, she'll drain her magazines long before she can sink the entire Abyssal TF--and once that happens, she's either a sitting duck, or a fleeing one.

I'll also note that, depending on the distance from the edge of the Abyssal TF's ice field to the TF itself, an airlift would, at best, just barely be able to get the girls from Everett to the Pearl area in time to do anything, given the six-hour flight from JBLM to Pearl and the need to fly in C-5Ms from other bases to carry Jersey, Mushi, and Shinny...
 
edit: Now that I think about it, what would that be for a Shipgirl? Wearing down the barrels of your main battery from how many shells you've fired.

Ask Pennsy:
"Yeoman, do you know where a gun manufacturer is?"
"Um... just a moment Ma'am. <Google-fu> Yes, Ma'am. Miroku Corp is in Nankoku. Hmm, it says they have licenses for Browning shotguns and Winchester rifles."
"How far is it?"
"About 2 hours by train, Ma'am."
"Arrange for a trip, I'd like to see how well they make Winchesters..."
 
I'm actually hoping for Mo to manage to hit Abyssmark right in her bloody damn magazines so that both her and her demonic hellspawn are blown to hell. In that scenario, while either Mo or Pearl or both might not survive, but at very least it'll make Abyssmark's sister regret ever coming to Hawaii. No point in taking the "finest pearl" if the one you intended it for is dead.
It also has occurred to me that Jersey, Shinano, Musashi, and others are state side at the moment. While they wouldn't be able to get there before the Abyssmark and co arrived, but they could get there in time to finish them off while they're still wounded.
.....
Wait, a sub named North Carolina. Isn't that Hunter's sub?
 
I say it won't be her last hour. Though... She'll need to spend time in dry dock. If for nothing else, then to get her gun barrels replaced because she wore em down from how much shooting she's gonna end up doing.
edit: Now that I think about it, what would that be for a Shipgirl? Wearing down the barrels of your main battery from how many shells you've fired.
Something like this:

"I kicked a burning terrorist in the balls so hard I tore a tendon in my foot."
 
I'mma just say that the only way I see this going down without Mo ending up on the bottom is if the entire Surigao fleet spontaneously self-summons to protect their sister's grave, while Wisky also self-summons to protect her big sister. Even with an airlift. Capital ships were never really intended to fight more than two significant targets at a time--and definitely not more than one peer-level threat at a time. Even if Mo does have the odds in her favor, she'll drain her magazines long before she can sink the entire Abyssal TF--and once that happens, she's either a sitting duck, or a fleeing one.

I'll also note that, depending on the distance from the edge of the Abyssal TF's ice field to the TF itself, an airlift would, at best, just barely be able to get the girls from Everett to the Pearl area in time to do anything, given the six-hour flight from JBLM to Pearl and the need to fly in C-5Ms from other bases to carry Jersey, Mushi, and Shinny...
And the more convincingly you argue for that to occur, the more likely it is to actually happen. I believe the phrase I'm looking for is 'please stop'.

Also, well, the Battle of Samar. Or, hell, just how two ships, the largest a heavy cruiser, wrecked Abyssmarck something fierce, the last time she went out for a stroll. Even if the IJN torpedoes were good, I don't think they can really match the damage the strongest Battleship ever built could do. If smaller ships can pull off feats like those, Missouri should be equally capable.

Additionally, there's magic involved. It seems as if, to some degree, how Abyssals', and shipgirls', previous incarnations were perceived affects them, and their abilities. How they perceive themselves certainly seems to have some effect, anyway. And the German Battleships were, from what I can tell, considered kinda lame, when compared to the other forces involved in WWIi. Whereas the Iowa-class BBs are considered the best Battleships ever made. That seems fairly likely to end up being a factor in how things play out.
 
I'm actually hoping for Mo to manage to hit Abyssmark right in her bloody damn magazines so that both her and her demonic hellspawn are blown to hell. In that scenario, while either Mo or Pearl or both might not survive, but at very least it'll make Abyssmark's sister regret ever coming to Hawaii. No point in taking the "finest pearl" if the one you intended it for is dead.
If she loses her sister that way, the Ice Princess would go berserk, sacrificing the rest of the task force and even herself for whatever vengeance she could wreak. The only reason she might keep it together and flee would be to protect one of Bismark's children.

The main aspect of the relationship between Icy and Bisco was how sweet it was. The Princess sincerely treasured Bismark. She would smash Davy Jones' Locker if it would bring her little sister back, and the Abyssals' mission be damned.

(I hope I remembered who's who correctly. :???:)
 
So question, did we ever actually make any of the nuclear tipped Katie shells? And, if so, what happened to them? Because right now there are only two ships on earth that could fire them.
 
So question, did we ever actually make any of the nuclear tipped Katie shells? And, if so, what happened to them? Because right now there are only two ships on earth that could fire them.

There were about 50 of them made, they were withdrawn in 1962 and deactivated. No record of the ever having been carried on board. Iowa, Jersey, and Wisky had storage areas for them built in their turret 2 magazines, but Mo did not.
Our remaining land based nuclear artillery were withdrawn in 1991 and dismantled.
 
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There were about 50 of them made, they were withdrawn in 1962 and deactivated. No record of the ever having been carried on board. Iowa, Jersey, and Wisky had storage areas for them built in their turret 2 magazines, but Mo did not.
Our remaining land based 11" nuclear artillery were withdrawn in 1991 and dismantled.

Of course, this doesn't mean that they were never carried. By policy, the USN doesn't disclose which ships are actively carrying nuclear warheads.
 
So question, did we ever actually make any of the nuclear tipped Katie shells? And, if so, what happened to them? Because right now there are only two ships on earth that could fire them.

I don't know for sure, but Jersey did mention them during the Arc where Northern Ocean was sunk. So there's that, but that makes me wonder if JerJer will get Katies from her Second Remodel?
 
What's the status of the North Carolina, Alabama and Massachusetts? I assume that they are also being used as part caches as well.
 
North Carolina was badly stripped back in the eighties. I'd be surprised if there's much left to remove.
 
Missouri is, famously, in Pearl, and New Jersey is in Camden, New Jersey. The Iowas are unique in that all four members of the class were preserved as museums.
 
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