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by Steve Crandell
Sat Nov 08, 2014 6:24 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Tribal class dd
Replies: 137
Views: 17395

Re: Tribal class dd

Maybe you folks can help me understand how HACS worked. As I understand it, one would try to determine a spot in space where the target was going to be at a certain point in time. The fuse setters were set to that range. Then the guns were all loaded. Then the fire contol person waited until the tar...
by Steve Crandell
Wed Nov 05, 2014 9:15 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
Replies: 26
Views: 7236

Re: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?

I suspect you would argue that every naval battle fought in the Guadalcanal area was a US defeat. Why do you say that? Actually I am not sure the USN actually "won" any of those engagements. The IJN was often rescued by their excellent torpedoes, while the USN didn't really have any worki...
by Steve Crandell
Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:21 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?
Replies: 26
Views: 7236

Re: Guadalcanal: decisive naval struggle?

By this defeat-the Japanese were intent on evacuating Guadalcanal I hope you mean that the USN was defeated in this battle. Tassafaronga was one of the worst and most humilating defeats of the war for the USN. I dare say it was worse than the German defeat at the Battle of Barents Sea four weeks la...
by Steve Crandell
Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:20 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Tiger V Firefly
Replies: 14
Views: 11848

Re: Tiger V Firefly

OpanaPointer wrote:
Steve Crandell wrote:What does APCBC stand for?
armour-piercing capped ballistic cap
Thanks :)
by Steve Crandell
Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:06 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Tiger V Firefly
Replies: 14
Views: 11848

Re: Tiger V Firefly

What does APCBC stand for?
by Steve Crandell
Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:18 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: USS Massachusets V Jean Bart
Replies: 7
Views: 5287

Re: USS Massachusets V Jean Bart

Gentlemen, In another thread (Hits below the waterline) a post included USS Massachusetts is engaging and firing upon the French battleship Jean Bart, what were the circumstances of the action? On 8 Nov 1942 USS Massachusettes shelled Jean Bart, which was tied up at the pier in the Vichy French Por...
by Steve Crandell
Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:21 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Rommel
Replies: 13
Views: 12375

Re: Rommel

paul.mercer wrote:Gentlemen,
Yet another question for you! After the war a number of senior German military were tried at Nuremberg including Keitel and Manstein, if Rommel had survived the war would he also have been put on trial?
As far as I know he wasn't implicated in any war crimes.
by Steve Crandell
Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:18 am
Forum: World War II
Topic: Tiger V Firefly
Replies: 14
Views: 11848

Re: Tiger V Firefly

The British 17lb AT gun used in the Firefly was the most powerful anti-tank gun available to the allies in WWII. It had better penetration than the US 90mm gun on the M26. It was capable of penetrating the armor of the Tiger or Panther at most common battlefield ranges, so it made a huge difference ...
by Steve Crandell
Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:18 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Changes in Naval Warfare
Replies: 3
Views: 2374

Re: Changes in Naval Warfare

Try looking at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Missouri_(BB-63)

You will see that the USN did that with the Iowa class battleships. By the time they were withdrawn from service for the last time they had a large missile battery, and the Tomahawks were used against Iraq.
by Steve Crandell
Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:15 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Changes in Naval Warfare
Replies: 3
Views: 2374

Re: Changes in Naval Warfare

I think that is pretty much what happened, even if there was no "doctrine".
by Steve Crandell
Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:20 am
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Gunfire hits below the waterline?
Replies: 22
Views: 9034

Re: Gunfire hits below the waterline?

The loss of the IJN Kirishima's has been attributed to both scuttling and being holed below the waterline. Since neither the Bismarck nor the Scharnhorst sinkings describe such hits and damage resulting from them, is this something rare? I know that USS Boise took a special IJN diving shell below t...
by Steve Crandell
Mon Oct 13, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: World War II
Topic: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?
Replies: 146
Views: 85019

Re: Was US participation in WWII superfluous?

Probably no Manhattan project. How well would the Russians have done without US logistical support? Could the Australians hold out against the Japanese by themselves? A poster on the other board claimed British carriers were essentially immune to Japanese air attack because of their armored flight d...
by Steve Crandell
Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:15 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Replies: 93
Views: 35456

Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?

alecsandros wrote: :D :D :D

Who ? Andy ?
Yes, of course.
by Steve Crandell
Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:48 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Replies: 93
Views: 35456

Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?

the recipe for success in the Pacific seems to be 16" guns and 1000lbs bombs dropped by SBD's :) Well, as previously pointed out, the 16" guns at Surigao Strait were not especially relevant to the outcome. Enough torpedoes were fired that even incompetent sailors were likely to get a few ...
by Steve Crandell
Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:08 pm
Forum: Naval History (1922-1945)
Topic: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?
Replies: 93
Views: 35456

Re: Why was USN cruiser shooting so poor?

Kind of makes one wonder how the USN managed to survive 1942 at all. Their torpedoes didn't work very well; I don't think they scored any effective torpedo hits at all during the battles around Guadalcanal. The consensus seems to be that cruiser fire was ineffective. That leaves the destroyers, but ...