Ship Names

Abd_von_Mumit · 01-24-07, 02:18 PM

Probably for the same reason the German stopped marking the submarines with big white letters and numbers on the conning tower. To make things harder for the enemy - enemy ships and any kind of 'bad eyes', like spies or locals as well.

Jimbuna · 01-24-07, 02:21 PM

Quote:

I thought all ships had names painted on them in the rear

Not during times of war

IIRC the only exception during the very early war period were neutrals and that was often just the name of the country to help lessen 'mistaken identity issues' by the beligerants

01-24-07, 02:18 PM	#1
Abd_von_Mumit The Old Man Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warszawa, Polska Posts: 1,453 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 4	Probably for the same reason the German stopped marking the submarines with big white letters and numbers on the conning tower. To make things harder for the enemy - enemy ships and any kind of 'bad eyes', like spies or locals as well. __________________ Long, hard, wet and full of seamen. My precious. SH3+GWX+OLC — sunk x4, retired x2; SH5+TDW — still exploring My SH5 mods: EQuaTool - Elite Quality Map Tools, Patrol Routine Scripts, No Logo Intro Menu_Animation, Less Annoying Stopwatch Links: SH5 mods I use, FileFront, Manual plotting how-to