Posts made by ABWorsham4

@legion3:

And yet not even a big deal compared to the ultimate commerce raider which had these stats

Displacement: 1050 tons
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft: 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Installed power: 300 HP
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement: 145 officers and men
Armament: 6 x 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 x 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 x 68 lb (31 kg) cannon

CSS Alabama at sea for 534 days out of 657, never having pulled into a single Confederate port. She boarded almost 450 vessels, captured or burned 65 Union merchant vessels, and took more than 2,000 prisoners without a single loss of life from either prisoners or her own crew.

But thats another war  :wink:

Ah, another fan of the merchant raider. As a southern I’ve always loved the story of the Alabama. Had the Union not used chain-mail armor, perhaps the outcome of that duel off Cherbourg been different.

The German World War One Raider Wolf led a glormous life also.

Vast supply lines played a huge role in the German defeat in 41.

If Leningrad fell, Murmansk and the White Sea ports fall, I beleive we all agree with this line of thinking.

Black Sea is usless as a supply route.

This leaves only two other routes, the long slow overland route in Iran and the long Pacific route.

How does the U.S.S.R get the Lend-Lease Supplies needed to speed up the fight againist Germany without Murmansk and Achangel?

I can’t sleep and was just thinking.

Here are some stats concerning my favorite World War II Ship, The German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis.

Displacement: 17,600 tons, (7862 gross register tonnage)
Length: 155 m
Beam: 18.7 m
Draught: 8.7 m
Machinery: 1 shaft , 2 -6 cylinder MAN diesels, 7,600 hp (5,670 kW)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Armament
6 x 150 mm guns
1 x 75 mm gun
2 x 2 x 37 mm guns
4 x 20 mm guns
4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
92 mines
2 float planes
Crew: 349-351

Atlantis travelled more than 161,000 km in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships totaling 144,384 tons. Atlantis was sunk on November 21, 1941, while refueling an U-Boat.

@frimmel:

Enterprise.

The most decorated ship of the war.

Got to love the Big E.

A group of friends recently got into this discussion.

The German’s lack of a modern escort fighter was a huge set back in the Battle of Britain. The Me-110 was a complete failure at this job. The Me-109 was a great fighter, however, it was an interceptor not an escort fighter.

@Imperious:

I like the Kongo Battleship. I have a thing for the pagoda style battlewagon.

I also like the design for the Ise and Hyuga Battleship/carrier BBAV

http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGWL119

its incredible design feature to have both on the same ship.

AS far as firepower i prefer Musashi, because it took more punishment than any other warship to sink. Like 20 torpedoes and 15 bombs to sink it.

The Ise and Hyuga Battleship/carriers are awesome looking ships.

My favorite WWII ship is the German Raider Atlantis. The ship went on a single voyage that lasted nearly two years; sank over 20 allied ships for nearly 150,000 tons and captured top secret documents concerning the British’s defenses of the Far East, which were turned over to Japan. I’ve read the book, The German Raider Atlantis over ten times.

What is your favorite World War Two ship?

Been thinking about the role Leningrad played in World War Two. I would like your thoughts.

My wife just recently changed her hair style. We have been married for a year now, I have known her for 22 years and she has always had the same hair. I didn’t think I would like the change, but I think it’s awesome.

We have a neighbor who is semi blind. He mistaken my wife for another woman due to her new hair. The funy part is, he told my wife that I spent the entire day with another woman alone in my home.  LOLOLOL

I’m surprised the Me-262 has so much love. I thought the winner of this poll would be a plane with a longer combat record.

Let not let political correction dictate this wonderful site.

I had no inventions of sexism by my poll.

My canidate did not win. To speak the truth, I was not excited about my canidate, all excitement was lost in the primaries. With that said, I’m glad its all over. This election seemed endless.  :|

@Cmdr:

Well, I only wanted a 3rd choice because both the ones listed are men.  Ick!  Who would willingly WANT to be a guy???

Me!!!

We got on this subject at work today.

I agree with you on NASCAR, but being from the Southern United States I had to add it. Did not  think of soccer until later, sorry guys.

I love everything about football.

Since we are talking World Series seems like a good topic.