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[sabata67]

hello not found clemencau download ????

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by sabata67

hello not found clemencau download ????

I never said that the Clemencau was finished. I said: almost finished. None of these ships are available for download.

[sabata67]

a okey And you know or I few to find of the other one french battleship

[iambecomelife]

I like them! Especially the New Orleans, which is one of my favorite cruiser classes. Will the ships have pennant numbers?

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I like them! Especially the New Orleans, which is one of my favorite cruiser classes. Will the ships have pennant numbers?

Glad you like em`. I have always thought that the Pensacolas, Northamptons, Portlands and New Orleans class cruisers are one of the most beautiful warships ever made. I won`t include pennant numbers as it means I have to make seven individual ships. Subclasses are also missing. Some had minor differances in witch version of the turrets thay had and some small changes to the bridge.

[Marka Ragnos]

karle is there a way to get the H-44 to play on the american side without om installed?

Is that too much work?

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by Marka Ragnos

karle is there a way to get the H-44 to play on the american side without om installed?

Is that too much work?

The only reason you need OM is because of the campaign and the crew.

[iambecomelife]

Originally Posted by Karle94

Glad you like em`. I have always thought that the Pensacolas, Northamptons, Portlands and New Orleans class cruisers are one of the most beautiful warships ever made. I won`t include pennant numbers as it means I have to make seven individual ships. Subclasses are also missing. Some had minor differances in witch version of the turrets thay had and some small changes to the bridge.

I understand.

It's pretty funny how the ships we like weren't necessarily very good military vessels. The Pensacolas, New Orleanses & the rest had a mediocre combat record, especially in the battles off Guadalcanal:

-The American 8" gun had a low rate of fire, and could not track small, fast targets like Japanese destroyers

-American cruisers usually had no torpedoes, unlike the Japanese CA's with lots of deadly "long lance" torps

-Armor was mostly poor, except with some of the later designs

-The AVGAS storage tanks in the hangars were a tremendous fire hazard, even though carrier aviation by the 1940's made seaplanes unnecessary.

-Until the Battle of Savo Island, cruisers were full of wooden furniture. Not what you want when Japanese shells start massive fires.

Oh well, they were definitely pretty to look at, especially before their late war modifications around 1943!

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I understand.

It's pretty funny how the ships we like weren't necessarily very good military vessels. The Pensacolas, New Orleanses & the rest had a mediocre combat record, especially in the battles off Guadalcanal:

-The American 8" gun had a low rate of fire, and could not track small, fast targets like Japanese destroyers

-American cruisers usually had no torpedoes, unlike the Japanese CA's with lots of deadly "long lance" torps

-Armor was mostly poor, except with some of the later designs

-The AVGAS storage tanks in the hangars were a tremendous fire hazard, even though carrier aviation by the 1940's made seaplanes unnecessary.

-Until the Battle of Savo Island, cruisers were full of wooden furniture. Not what you want when Japanese shells start massive fires.

Oh well, they were definitely pretty to look at, especially before their late war modifications around 1943!

Still, two of the New Orleans took some extreme damage without sinking, a testimony to their design.

This man is seriously good

[Karle94]

Originally Posted by sidslotm

This man is seriously good

You are too kind . Technicly I`m not a man yet. I still have to wait, half a year.

[Swabbie]

Very nice work. Would sure like to give the Lexington class battlecruiser a spin.

[Karle94]

Here`s something I while in class:

[TopcatWA]

I will try some of these in the med campaign. Great up.
Thanks for the effort.

[Karle94]

Just had a funny idea. What if Germany had won WWII, or the war dragged on to the 50`s? Based on that idea I have made a 1950`s refit of my new H-39. She`s built up from parts of the SHV Bismarck, my 1980`s Iowa and the Ticonderoga.

I removed the old Bismarck style bridge and replaced it with the more modern looking bridge from the Littorio. New masts from the Iowa and Ticonderoga. Removed the aft turrets and replaced them with two missile launchers for my fictional Bismarck anti-ship missile. Because of the removal of Ceasar and Dora I have replaced Anton and Bruno with triple 16 inch turrets.