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Sounds like a plan. Jack her up and I'll go for parts.

Twin 16" turrets instead of the triple 12" turrets. Then stack on the AAA for carrier escort duties.

Do a search over at forum.axishistory.com. And try to forgive us for the HyFy Channel stupidities.

Another breadcrumb: Merchant Marine Act of 1936. The attic makes me sneeze. :( Hope the dusty attic did not cause lung disease. Its looks at this point the answer is a qualified yes. Still, examples of common tankers refueling ships in ports or sheltered water would be useful for the question. Wond...

I'm good with the level of discourse that occurs here. But I've only been doing WW2 since 1965. Some of the old hand can make the point better.

You can have more than one plan.

Oh, Plan Red would have taken you all down!!!! :lol: For those not familiar, Plan Red was a War College exercise examining a theoretical war with Canada. Why Canada? Because there is a quite interesting border there. Very long, with all kinds of terrain. Waterways, lakes, plains, mountains, no deser...

Ship killers these days are all that into armor penetration, are they?

If I wanted to mess with a KGV I'd pepper the superstructure with Hellfire missiles.

Maybe: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/BOMBS.pdf

Time to mine archives.org, I think.

Breadcrumbs: https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/ ... index.html

"General Discussions" is often a loose cannon in many forums. I wouldn't miss it.