A question for you

Kapitan · 03-24-08, 02:27 PM

Its 1939 and war has started, you sign up to join the navy and your greated with a choice of what type of vessel you would like to serve on.

What would you serve on and why would you?

Sailor Steve · 03-24-08, 02:44 PM

Been done many times. And my answer is always the same: real life--I'm a yankee born and bred, so I'd have to wait until '41, and if I could I'd fly, but if my eyes were as bad as they really are, then navy and a destroyer.

Though, If I could have any choice at all, I think I'd be British and a Flower sailor; so that's what I put.

Takeda Shingen · 03-24-08, 03:53 PM

I voted for submarines, but I would rather be with the USN or RN, especially as I value survival. That 75% mortality rate on the German side is a turn-off.

kiwi_2005 · 03-24-08, 04:32 PM

Submarine - Being 1939 I would have to go with the VIIB and take my chances of surviving throughout the war.

Polak · 03-24-08, 04:54 PM

Polish Navy, submarine ORP Orzel, beautiful and interesting history, tragic ending.

Brag · 03-24-08, 08:31 PM

In 1939? Undoubtedly, the Kriegsmarine. A junior officer's berth on a commerce raider would have suited me well. On a U-boat, there's only one job worth a hoochie-woochie. You can guess which one that is.

nikimcbee · 03-24-08, 09:12 PM

No one said "tanker"!?! I guess nobody wants to be the target.:hmm:

sunvalleyslim · 03-24-08, 11:06 PM

Since I served on a WWII Boat, however not in the 40's, it would have to be a sub........DBF

HunterICX · 03-25-08, 07:33 AM

I would have joined the airforce, side: RAF
aircraft..whatayouknow: Hawker Tempest

but since this is about naval, I would take it to Aircraft Carrier and be a aviator

since the mayor action was going on in the Pacific with aircraft cariers give me a USN corsair packed with rockets to blast IJN naval warships to bits.

HunterICX

mcf1 · 03-25-08, 10:03 AM

None of them. I've always loved the sea but the skies got my heart.
HAF 341 SQN

Tchocky · 03-25-08, 10:07 AM

If I could fly, maybe a carrier.

But the more I think about Flower-class corvettes...

AVGWarhawk · 03-25-08, 10:19 AM

One submariner put it a different way and kind of interesting as to why he made his choice for submariner. He said, any other branches he had seen men return maimed, burned, disfigured and this was no sort of life. He decided to join the submarine crews because you usually do not come back at all. He prefered it be that way if his number was up.

Graf Paper · 03-25-08, 10:32 AM

If you're going to go, go out with a bang instead of a piece at a time is the spirit of that reasoning, eh AVG?

I suppose I'd pick subs. Both America and Germany praised their submariners, one for it's first line of defense and the other as it's first line of offense. Either way it was life on the forefront and just a few men making a larger difference.

seafarer · 03-25-08, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

If I could fly, maybe a carrier.

But the more I think about Flower-class corvettes...

Be sure to pack plenty of Mother Siegal's Soothing Syrup along (mentioned in "Essentials of Sea Survival" by Golden and Tipton as pretty much the only effective sea sickness remedy in early WWII). Them Flower-class were known to roll and pitch on wet grass

Oh, and don't bother packing much clothes as everything you own, and you yourself are basically going to be soaked 100% of the time, and too tired to do much other then crash as you are when you aren't standing watches, at action stations, bashing sea ice off before the whole ship goes turtle,...

They were a big part of the backbone of the escort ships (corvettes and frigates being the twin arms), but man, they had to be horrible to spend months and months on in the N. Atlantic

I voted cruisers - in part because noone else had

Plus I have always liked cruisers, especially the light cruisers - Town class or Brooklyn class. They did everything - convoy escort, advance fleet scouts, anti-shipping patrols, shore bombardment and invasion/landing support, fleet AAA support,...

sonar732 · 03-25-08, 01:06 PM

I picked battlewagons as in '39 the strategy was still set on those. Plus, if you look at the great admirals of the US Navy, most of them were in the surface fleet.

Spruance, Halsey, and Fletcher come to mind.

View Poll Results: Type of ship i would serve on would be
Aircraft carrier	2	7.41%
Capital ship (Battle ship and Battle cruisers)	2	7.41%
Cruisers	1	3.70%
Destroyers	1	3.70%
Frigates	0	0%
Corvettes	3	11.11%
Patrol boats	2	7.41%
Mine warfare vessels	0	0%
Submarines	16	59.26%
Q ships	0	0%
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03-24-08, 02:27 PM	#1
Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	A question for you Its 1939 and war has started, you sign up to join the navy and your greated with a choice of what type of vessel you would like to serve on. What would you serve on and why would you? __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

03-24-08, 02:44 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Been done many times. And my answer is always the same: real life--I'm a yankee born and bred, so I'd have to wait until '41, and if I could I'd fly, but if my eyes were as bad as they really are, then navy and a destroyer. Though, If I could have any choice at all, I think I'd be British and a Flower sailor; so that's what I put. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-24-08, 04:32 PM	#4
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Submarine - Being 1939 I would have to go with the VIIB and take my chances of surviving throughout the war. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

03-24-08, 04:54 PM	#5
Polak Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland/Sweden Posts: 808 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Polish Navy, submarine ORP Orzel, beautiful and interesting history, tragic ending. __________________

03-24-08, 03:53 PM	#3
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I voted for submarines, but I would rather be with the USN or RN, especially as I value survival. That 75% mortality rate on the German side is a turn-off.

03-24-08, 08:31 PM	#6
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	In 1939? Undoubtedly, the Kriegsmarine. A junior officer's berth on a commerce raider would have suited me well. On a U-boat, there's only one job worth a hoochie-woochie. You can guess which one that is. __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

03-24-08, 09:12 PM	#7
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	No one said "tanker"!?! I guess nobody wants to be the target.:hmm: __________________

03-24-08, 11:06 PM	#8
sunvalleyslim Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, Ca Posts: 1,142 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Since I served on a WWII Boat, however not in the 40's, it would have to be a sub........DBF __________________ Crew member/ decommission member TM2(SS)(SD) 3/68-7/70 DIESEL BOATS FOREVER USS SEGUNDO (SS398)

03-25-08, 07:33 AM	#9
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I would have joined the airforce, side: RAF aircraft..whatayouknow: Hawker Tempest but since this is about naval, I would take it to Aircraft Carrier and be a aviator since the mayor action was going on in the Pacific with aircraft cariers give me a USN corsair packed with rockets to blast IJN naval warships to bits. HunterICX __________________

03-25-08, 10:03 AM	#10
mcf1 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Greece, Volos Posts: 710 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	None of them. I've always loved the sea but the skies got my heart. HAF 341 SQN

03-25-08, 10:07 AM	#11
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	If I could fly, maybe a carrier. But the more I think about Flower-class corvettes... __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

03-25-08, 10:19 AM	#12
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	One submariner put it a different way and kind of interesting as to why he made his choice for submariner. He said, any other branches he had seen men return maimed, burned, disfigured and this was no sort of life. He decided to join the submarine crews because you usually do not come back at all. He prefered it be that way if his number was up. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

03-25-08, 10:32 AM	#13
Graf Paper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest United States Posts: 1,146 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 2	If you're going to go, go out with a bang instead of a piece at a time is the spirit of that reasoning, eh AVG? I suppose I'd pick subs. Both America and Germany praised their submariners, one for it's first line of defense and the other as it's first line of offense. Either way it was life on the forefront and just a few men making a larger difference. __________________ Still sailing the high seas, hunting convoys with those who join me.

03-25-08, 01:06 PM	#15
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I picked battlewagons as in '39 the strategy was still set on those. Plus, if you look at the great admirals of the US Navy, most of them were in the surface fleet. Spruance, Halsey, and Fletcher come to mind.