ijnfleetadmiral
CinC Rengo Kanmusutai
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- Admiral's Bridge, HIJMS Kongo
Sadly, Mr. Dean has been dead for nearly eight years now.
Belated Battleships (KanColle) [REHOST]
- Thread starter theJMPer
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- United States of America
I can see Whisky as an avid Star Trek online player.
Her reaction to the rest of the Star Wars films ought to be hilarious as well.
I can also see her as an avid gamer particularly of world of warships as well as star wars the old republic when she finds out about it.
Her reaction to the rest of the Star Wars films ought to be hilarious as well.
I can also see her as an avid gamer particularly of world of warships as well as star wars the old republic when she finds out about it.
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- Canada
Has anything been salvaged from Jerseys hull? I was thinking maybe they could be used to get Iowa in the fight.
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- Minot, North Dakota
From the first chapter-
"At least… she had. Now she was nothing more than so much scrap metal. The shredded remnants of her hull were blackened and twisted like confetti for an angry god of the sea. Her mighty belly had been torn open, and sickly-black oil bled from her fuel tanks.
Crowning didn't want to look.
New Jersey was more than a ship. Her crew knew that—even before kanmusume started cropping up all those months ago—and in his few months aboard her, the Professor had learned that too. She was a lady of steel, but now she was little more than a bleeding tomb for the thousand-strong research team trying to wake her from her slumber.
The professor scowled. He hated seeing her like this, hated knowing how many of thehard-working friends he'd made were still resting in her steel embrace. But he couldn't bring himself to look away. Not now… not yet"
From the description in the first chapter, it doesn't sound like there were any major components in condition to be salvaged. Could be wrong. Iowa probably needs more propulsion and main armament parts, because that's probably what was stripped for Mo and Whisky. And even whisky didn't have her engines back to normal operational status.
We've never been given a complete status of the Jersey wreck so its hard say for sure.
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- Minot, North Dakota
Unless the Navy commits to a 2 or 3 year overhaul of Iowa to get her into some kind of fighting shape, we probably won't see her in service. Which leaves two options: the abyssals sneak a sub in to blow her up like they did Jersey or she is just suddenly in usable/maintainable shape like Missouri was.
Archduke
Don't Take Geology Puns For Granite
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- Texas
Sounds like a good way to piss people off. People have so far been very lucky with museum ships coming back almost as soon as they sink, with the longest one being Wisconsin so far. It also sounds like something that Davy Jone is going to go "nice try" and then ignore the summoning. Besides, we still have two South Dakotas, and the rest of the Standards we can summon. Iowas are great, but sinking the last Iowa? Duck and cover won't save you from the incoming Katie shells.
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- I thought you had the map?
Really there would be no need to keep Iowa's steel hull afloat. Estimates are refitting and repairing her would cost more and take more time than building a new battleship.
If she sinks, show proper respect and let her hulk lie.
I'm hoping to see SoDak and her sisters come back, and maybe Showboat, and would honestly expect them before The Stick returns at last.
If she sinks, show proper respect and let her hulk lie.
I'm hoping to see SoDak and her sisters come back, and maybe Showboat, and would honestly expect them before The Stick returns at last.
BlackAeronaut
Scaring people witless since 1980
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- A state of mind where it is always ****ing Monday.
Yeah, all the Admirals would be dancing the damn Dirty Bird to know that they got a carrier like good old Swanky Franky back into the game. IIRC, wasn't Roosevelt among the first of the 'Super Carriers'? Still conventional steam powered, but also big enough to make the commies piss themselves when they heard she was steaming their way...
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- I thought you had the map?
I was speaking of the battleship U.S.S. Iowa, sometimes known as The Big Stick.
That said, Franky would be a good catch too.
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- Canada
Best thing to do is scuttle Iowa's hull so she can break free.
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- I thought you had the map?
Frankly, while that is an idea, there is no way of knowing it would work. D.J. might just scoff, ignore the attempt and keep Iowa in the Locker, securely chained and waiting for a worthy act.
Not to mention New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin would hunt you to the ends of the Earth once they heard you had tried it.
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- Canada
I think they would understand. Better to get their big sis back in the fight rather then held up in dry dock unable to do anything.
And given how much of a firebrand Big Stick is she's gonna give DJ hell till he cuts her loose.
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- Minot, North Dakota
I suppose Jersey and her sisters responses would be based on how they see it from a ship girl point of reference. Would it be euthanizing their sleeping sister to try to get a tactical advantage? Jersey seemed like she was visiting a family member when she went aboard Iowa.
Iowa seems to be enjoying her retirement, no efforts to restore herself, playing pranks on her docents. Part of her might be offended, and we end up with a BatDiv of Abyssal Iowa's to deal with.
If on the other hand they see it as taking a dying family member off life support and allowing her to die naturally (letting her flood in deep water) it might go well.
Iowa seems to be enjoying her retirement, no efforts to restore herself, playing pranks on her docents. Part of her might be offended, and we end up with a BatDiv of Abyssal Iowa's to deal with.
If on the other hand they see it as taking a dying family member off life support and allowing her to die naturally (letting her flood in deep water) it might go well.
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- Somewhere
From what we've seen of him so far, she'd have better luck with an earnest and tearful request to be allowed to protect her sisters. He seems much more vulnerable to emotional appeals than trying to power through him. Look at Saratoga. She got nowhere until she made him cry.
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- Canada
This is Iowa we're talking about here. Sweet and sappy may work for Sara but Iowa is more likely to demand to be released to help her sisters otherwise Davey will get a 16 inch gun shoved so far up his backside he'll be coughing up cordite for a month.
Farmerbob1
Rest in Peace
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- Atlanta-ish
I meant the guy the song was about. Editing to clarify.
Archduke
Don't Take Geology Puns For Granite
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- Texas
We don't need Iowa right now.
We can get the two South Dakota Class Battleships that were not turned into museums, along with all the Standards*. We aren't worried about escorting the CVs.
Doing something that would piss of almost all of the current USN Battleships around right now sounds like an incredibly stupid idea. If they scuttle Iowa, then what's stopping them from scuttling North Carolina? Wash wouldn't like that. Or what about The Sullivans? Then you annoy all the Fletchers and Juneau. I can see this happening in desperate times, but not right now.
* other than Pennsylvania and Arizona.
We can get the two South Dakota Class Battleships that were not turned into museums, along with all the Standards*. We aren't worried about escorting the CVs.
Doing something that would piss of almost all of the current USN Battleships around right now sounds like an incredibly stupid idea. If they scuttle Iowa, then what's stopping them from scuttling North Carolina? Wash wouldn't like that. Or what about The Sullivans? Then you annoy all the Fletchers and Juneau. I can see this happening in desperate times, but not right now.
* other than Pennsylvania and Arizona.
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- Canada
You have to keep in mind though, those ships are all still in one piece.
Poor Iowa is cooped up in some drydock with her guts all over the floor.
I think she'd rather break free.
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- I thought you had the map?
In one chapter, it specifically mentioned she almost seemed to be straining against her mooring chains. That doesn't sound like a girl who doesn't want to wake up to me.
Frankly, we need more gunships, and while SoDak, her sisters and the other Iowas would be nice, I'd settle for some more of the Standards, or even some of the older battleships.
New York, perhaps?
I'd also settle for more cruisers and tin cans. U.S.S. Salt Lake City, second of the Pensacola-class cruisers, was noted as having been involved in more sea engagements than almost any others in the fleet during her lifetime. A ship with a reputation like that has got to be tough.
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- Minot, North Dakota
Hmm. If I remember correctly, when Jersey visited Iowa, she was at her Museum dock in Los Angeles, still under care of her docents. And those other ships (New York, Maryland, West Virginia, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas, etc) aren't in one piece. The ones that weren't scrapped are scattered on the ocean floor.
North Carolina, Alabama, and Massachusetts have all been picked over as well, for anything that could be used when the Iowa's were reactivated in the 80s and in story. I expect the same has happened with the destroyer museums as well. Probably the only museums that weren't scoured with a fine tooth comb were Constellation in Baltimore and Olympia.
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- Canada
That really would not make sense. If the navy was gonna use her for parts they'd tow her to the base in San Diego and drydock her. Wouldn't make much sense to leave her floating in LA.
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- Minot, North Dakota
You're right, but, that's how Jmpr wrote it.
Wouldn't have left her under the charge of her museum guides either.
In real life there probably wouldn't have been anything left to visit, since pulling all her major parts to restore two other ships to service would have been a defacto scrapping. You'd never get her engine blocks without cutting her hull completely apart. That would have set her up for summoning though.
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