A question for you

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.

Q3ark · 03-25-08, 01:11 PM

I voted for subs. The royal navy, T class submarine. Those thing had 11 torpedo tubes and cool names like Triton, Tethis and Trident. The last T class boat wasn't decommissioned untill August 29 1969 HMS Tiptoe.

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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03-25-08, 10:07 AM	#1
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	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,261 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	#3
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, 01:11 PM	#6
Q3ark Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: York, England Posts: 346 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I voted for subs. The royal navy, T class submarine. Those thing had 11 torpedo tubes and cool names like Triton, Tethis and Trident. The last T class boat wasn't decommissioned untill August 29 1969 HMS Tiptoe. __________________ Johnny was a chemist's son, But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20 was H2SO4.

03-25-08, 01:06 PM	#5
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.