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My first thought is, how many aerial torpedoes did Ark Royal have in her magazine?

A "mere campaign"?

That hit passed through a fuel manifold, didn't it?
References I've found are not quite clear to me.

Coastal Defenses - Guns Much information about US coastal fortifications can be found through the Coast Defense Study Group , referenced earlier in this thread. Wikipedia has a good historical summary here In this section, I just want to summarize the types and deployment of weapons defending New Y...

I'm not sure that your condition of no war in Europe actually suits the scenario... That is NOT my condition, and I cannot imagine where you would get such an idea. I specifically wrote: For the purposes of this scenario, it is essential that England has not fallen . If it had, then there would be ...

I don't think it is entirely irrelevant, particulary if the USSR is still at war with Germany and American convoys are going from the east coast to Soviet Arctic ports without going anywhere near a German occupied Britain. Such operations would be feasible in the summer months if Iceland and perhap...

Continued from previous post... Now let's look at the operation: Objective Operation Loge (big Wagner-fan, here) is primarily a terror attack to induce the US to redeploy units closer to the American coast. Targets Targets are strategic and morale targets in and around New York City. - Wall Street (...

The background hypothesis are realistic however I do think Sea Lion, with proper planning and execution was feasible... Possible, but irrelevant. For the purposes of this scenario, it is essential that England has not fallen . If it had, then there would be no North Atlantic convoys. Without the co...

RF wrote:An alternative scenario which would involve shelling shore targets would be a ''drumbeat'' type operation in conjunction with U-boats against coastal shipping and ports.

Yup. Stay tuned...

I have enjoyed thinking about this scenario since it was first posted, and have done some research and a bit of gaming. First, I took the raw setup: Tirpitz shelling New York. I stripped away the OP framework of coupling this operation to an Atlantic breakout. Simply put, running into the target and...

Pretty much. The Harpoon missile does have a "pop-up" feature. In the last few of its approach, it goes from a sea-skimming profile to a quick climb, then dives almost straight-down on the target at over 600 kts. The warhead is considerable - 221kg of modern explosive, as opposed to Bismar...

Nope. Sonar Technician (Surface) 1985 - 1995. I manned Fire Control. I won't say that that the Mk46 Mod5 was "my baby" since my torpedo-men would hunt me down :wink: but I was the one who entered the torpedo settings and launched the fish. Quite frankly, today's USN is not interested in su...

Arleigh Burkes real threat would be the lightweight mk 46 homing torpedoes but she would have to get within 5nm to use them. As mentioned previously, Mk46 torpedoes have a minimum depth setting so that they do not home-in on the ship that launched them (or another ship in its battle group). This fe...

This raises a question I've had for some time about my avatar (at right). I cropped that picture from a frame of John Ford's "Midway" at about the 6:48 mark of this version . I assume that the aircraft is a Kate, since I do not see the Val's fixed landing gear*. However, it is clearly maki...

That was extraordinarily good! Great effects, great editing... I wish more naval movies were made like this.