Alaska class Large cruiser or Battlecruiser

USS Drum · 12-30-11, 04:00 PM

A response to Japanese CAs you should look at the caliber of it's guns there over the size of the Pocket BB:
9 x 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 guns [4] (3×3)
twelve 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose [5] guns[4] (6×2)[5]
56 ×40 mm (1.57 in)[4] Bofors (14x4)[5]

34 × 20mm Oerlikon (34×1)[4][5]

CCIP · 12-30-11, 04:20 PM

Response in the sense that it was built to decisively kill them

Sailor Steve · 12-30-11, 04:23 PM

Yep. The Alaskas were created for the same reason as Fisher's original First Class Armoured Cruisers two generations earlier, to deal with the best heavy cruisers of their day. The US didn't make the same mistake as the RN did back then, trying to use them as something they were never meant to be.

12-30-11, 05:50 PM

Never should have been built.

Total waste of money, effort and manpower. Built against a non-existent threat based on a ineffective strategy they represented the USN's "Gun Club's" last orgasmic effort at relevance.

Awesome looking warships though.

Torplexed · 12-31-11, 12:13 PM

Both Alaska and Guam were decommissioned in in February 1947 after a mere three years of service. Both were broken up for scrap in the 1960s. Pretty ships but a waste of resources as they were never used as much more than an anti-aircraft gun platforms.

USS Drum · 12-31-11, 01:23 PM

They where used to bombard islands.

12-31-11, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by USS Drum

They where used to bombard islands.

They were good looking gash boats. A half-dozen LCI(Rocket) could have better filled that role at a fraction of the cost in manpower and treasure. Useless warships shoehorned into a task that they were ill suited for in a vain attempt to get some utility out of them.

Sailor Steve · 12-31-11, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by USS Drum

They where used to bombard islands.

So were the Iowas.

12-30-11, 04:20 PM	#2
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12-30-11, 04:23 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Yep. The Alaskas were created for the same reason as Fisher's original First Class Armoured Cruisers two generations earlier, to deal with the best heavy cruisers of their day. The US didn't make the same mistake as the RN did back then, trying to use them as something they were never meant to be. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-31-11, 12:13 PM	#5
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Both Alaska and Guam were decommissioned in in February 1947 after a mere three years of service. Both were broken up for scrap in the 1960s. Pretty ships but a waste of resources as they were never used as much more than an anti-aircraft gun platforms. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

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12-30-11, 04:00 PM	#1
USS Drum Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Washington State Posts: 977 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	A response to Japanese CAs you should look at the caliber of it's guns there over the size of the Pocket BB: 9 x 12"/50 caliber Mark 8 guns [4] (3×3) twelve 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose [5] guns[4] (6×2)[5] 56 ×40 mm (1.57 in)[4] Bofors (14x4)[5] 34 × 20mm Oerlikon (34×1)[4][5]

12-30-11, 05:50 PM	#4
Randomizer Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Never should have been built. Total waste of money, effort and manpower. Built against a non-existent threat based on a ineffective strategy they represented the USN's "Gun Club's" last orgasmic effort at relevance. Awesome looking warships though.

12-31-11, 01:23 PM	#6
USS Drum Grey Wolf Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Washington State Posts: 977 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	They where used to bombard islands.