Taking my Sub out to Sea - Aye-Aye Captain

[joe100]

I was just aboard her sister USS Iowa in LA recently. Nothing like standing on the bridge of a battleship!


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[kilyung]

Originally Posted by joe100

I was just aboard her sister USS Iowa in LA recently. Nothing like standing on the bridge of a battleship!

Another great ship. Too bad cruise missiles and aircraft carriers largely rendered battleships obsolete as a ship of the line.

[joe100]

The battleship was obsolete by May 1941. The German battleship Bismarck was delivered to the British on a silver platter by HMS Ark Royal's antiquated Swordfish torpedo bombers. HMS Rodney and consort may have finished her off but it was the Swordfish which delivered the blow to Bismarck's rudders causing her to turn away from France. The mission Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, Exercise Rhine, was for commerce raiding and explicitly stated that the 2 ships should not engage enemy heavy warships. The German Kriegsmarine surface fleet had no hope of defeating the Rolyal Navy in a full-on Jutland style action. Germany only had 2 true battleships, Bismarck and Tirpitz and 2 11in battle cruisers, Gneisenau and Sharnhorst. After Bismarck was lost, Tirpitz was holed up in the Norwegian arctic for near as makes no difference the rest of the war.

The true death of the battleship was obviously December 7, 1941.

USS Iowa BB61 in LA







Nothing quite like a battleship no matter how obsolete they are.









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[rohardi]

Back in 1998 while on RIM PAC, I painted the Mighty Mo to earn a weeks worth of leave in Hawaii! It was 6hrs well spent!

[joe100]

Niiice! I really wish the Iowas were still in their WW2 configuration like USS North Carolina. The camouflage paint scheme is great!







USS Missouri in her first operational camouflage scheme called Measure 32/22D


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[NYMike]

Some very cool photos from you guys. Thanks.