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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: March 23rd, 2014, 10:26 am
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An excellent AU design, it looks just right. A very plausible Midway-analogue.

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: April 30th, 2014, 10:19 pm
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Since there are so many nicely-redone IJN parts available as of late, I thought I'd redo a certain monster. However, in revamping her, she's now EVEN LARGER. Only by 30 feet, but with a ship like this, 30 feet's a lot.

Shichido-class Battleship
Length: 1,299.5 feet
Armament: 15 x 20-inch main; 12 x 8-inch secondary; 20 x 3.9-inch tertiary; 112 x 40-mm. Bofors AA (28 twin mounts on either side)

Enjoy! :)

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: April 30th, 2014, 10:25 pm
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not big enough lol!


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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 2:11 am
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Holy Topweight, Batman.

I'd rather do like what Navyfield does and have two of the fore turrets be on the same plane. Cut down the superstructure if it gets too long - even if it means sacrificing boilers and you have to live with sub-30 knot top speed.


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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 8:09 am
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Impressive. Although crazy. ;)


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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 8:27 am
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Great stuff! I really enjoy the whole thread.


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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 9:15 am
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I guess you could argue that's in keeping with a history of marginally-stable IJN ships ... Couldn't you get a better ship by removing 'C' turret, though, and bringing the 'D' turret (the secondary) down to that position - I realise it's a 20% cut in firepower but I'd guess the stability would merit it?

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 11:59 am
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Ship commissioned by february 1950 (late 1945-late 1949 built, this ship is so GIGANTIC that it consumes 2/3 of the ENTIRE Japanese military industrial 1946-1949 resources :roll: , only for 1 ship...).

Sunk April 7, 1950 by a U.S. nuclear attack (This gigantic battleship is a too tick/large armor (and a too extensive internal sub-division/compartmentalization) to be sunk by a conventional attack).

April 07, 1950 : In Kure harbor/anchorage, an American B-45 bomber (or a B-36 or a B-50 ?) drop a Mk-4 bomb (C pits type, 20-30 Kt yield) on this ship. The A-Bomb explode as a "near-miss" (65 meters east & 95 meters above the ship).

All exterior superstructures are torn/blown-down.
Due to this large size & armor, the hull-integrity of this ship is "almost" not deadly-affected, but the (global/general/extended) damage are so large that the entire (remaining) crew (in any case, all fatally contaminated) are forced to abandon the ship that will sink a few hours later (or in the best case, up to few days later...) in the bay.


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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 1:35 pm
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Hi colombamike,

I'd thought that in this AU, America and Japan were at peace by that point (unless I'm getting my AUs mixed somewhere, I'd thought that in nihon kaigun, the war was over in '46). Could be I've misread somewhere in the 40-odd pages of stuff, but my understanding of this AU is that it'd be quite out of character for the US forces to turn on the Japanese forces by that point?

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Post subject: Re: Nihon Kaigun 1946Posted: May 1st, 2014, 3:55 pm
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Colombamike wrote:
emperor_andreas wrote:
Shichido-class Battleship
Length: 1,299.5 feet; Armament: 15 x 20-inch main; 12 x 8-inch secondary; 20 x 3.9-inch tertiary; 112 x 40-mm. Bofors AA (28 twin mounts on either side)[ img ]
Ship commissioned by february 1950 (late 1945-late 1949 built, this ship is so GIGANTIC that it consumes 2/3 of the ENTIRE Japanese military industrial 1946-1949 resources :roll: , only for 1 ship...).

Sunk April 7, 1950 by a U.S. nuclear attack (This gigantic battleship is a too tick/large armor (and a too extensive internal sub-division/compartmentalization) to be sunk by a conventional attack).

April 01, 1950 : In Kure harbor/anchorage, an American B-45 bomber (or a B-36 or a B-50 ?) drop a Mk-4 bomb (C pits type, 20-30 Kt yield) on this ship. The A-Bomb explode as a "near-miss" (65 meters east & 95 meters above the ship).

All exterior superstructures are torn/blown-down.
Due to this large size & armor, the hull-integrity of this ship is "almost" not deadly-affected, but the (global/general/extended) damage are so large that the entire (remaining) crew (in any case, all fatally contaminated) are forced to abandon the ship that will sink a few hours later (or in the best case, up to few days later...) in the bay.
First off, in this AU, the USN and Japan are at peace from September 1946 onward, so this is irrelevant.

Secondly, I think you completely missed the point of this being an AU, so I'll just refrain from commenting here and post anything I have on the Rant Thread.

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