We will loot their rations
[X] [Be dealing with Italian spoiling attacks from the south]
[X] [Joining the main force straight down the channel]
Italians eh?
It is not. Lafayette is a Le Fantasque bought from thr French in the interwar period. Specifically she's L'Audacieux.I think it is an error from author. DD-283 is real, a Clemson class destroyer USS Breck while Lafayette in WWII may be SS Normandie, seized then converted from ocean liner to troopship. But still, a destroyer is a destroyer, a welcoming addition to our fleet.
France needed the money and the US has a very silly plan for the fast frenchie.
Ship designations got moved around a bit due to some ships not getting built.[X] [Joining the main force straight down the channel]
IRL, Bunker Hill was CV-17. CV-14 was USS Ticonderoga.
Bunker Hill's ship bell was given to CG-52, a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser.
When did the French sell L'Audacieux to American? She completed in 1935 and at that time, being one of modern ships in French Navy along with her sisters.It is not. Lafayette is a Le Fantasque bought from thr French in the interwar period. Specifically she's L'Audacieux.
Ship designations got moved around a bit due to some ships not getting built.
1937 when her economy collapsed hard due to a giant communist revolution it had to put down. Not the most realistic thing in the world admittedly. But that's the fun of alternate history.When did the French sell L'Audacieux to American? She completed in 1935 and at that time, being one of modern ships in French Navy along with her sisters.
Huh? But the map says USSR?And those communists will be coming up later. They need a chance to shine somewhere, what with the revolution failing in Russia.
Indeed it does. Read the bottom of that post. I wasn't able to remake the map properly.Huh? But the map says USSR?
[X] [Be dealing with Italian spoiling attacks from the south]
Where are our cruisers btw?
Oh there are plenty of cruisers around, the navy just didn't assign any to this specific task group. The US Navy has been in continuous war production since 1918. You are getting an Essex that wouldn't normally be sailing until 10 months from now, and the Montana will be heading out in July.Well, communists in France huh? That will be interesting. So the rest of French Navy is either in Royal Navy/ sold to US Navy or captured by the German which is unfortunate but we will deal with it. As for cruisers, does US Navy at this time has any that is waiting for a fleet to join or we will get one from the British?
I haven't made any notes for vertical launch rockets in this timeline sadly.Then will the HMS battleship have rocket-assisted Tallboys? That would be very funny.
"I found that insufficient. Humans put too much stock in things like 'safety' or 'human compatible designs'.
"Too much smoke, and if I do that for more than a minute there's a chance of the rounds detonating in the loading mechanism… or the barrels melting. But it works well enough."
"Admiral, shouldn't you be stopping this?"
I take my first sip of the coffee. It's good, shame Cassin wasted Ingraham's.
She glided into port, past the picket ships, of which there were many, and came to a rest at dock forty-seven, just beside the USS Bunker Hill and USS Intrepid
in a short amount of time I was ushered into the car, driven across the base, and deposited in front of the brick building that was CINCLANT headquarters.
He was hunched over the desk, revealing a poster of the blonde USS Constitution behind him, pointing at the viewer, calling them forth to join the Navy while grinning from ear to ear… they could never make her take things seriously.
The actual CINCLANT wants to meet with me directly.
…
Alright.
"Yes si-"
"Good, close the door."
I close the door sheepishly like a new ensign,
Effective immediately, the following vessels are hereby assigned to the command of Rear Admiral Anderson Stevens:
USS Bunker Hill (CV-14)
USS Lafayette (DD-283)
USS Texas (BB-35)
Because I frankly forgot how the name standards work.Keep meaning to ask, but why is Anderson referred to with his first name?