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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:46 PM Original message |
Poll question: In a Legendary Battle of the WWII battleships, who would win? |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Wisconsin. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. The submarine that found the floating death trap belonging to |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Agreed. My vote would go to the Douglas SBD Dauntless... |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. IIRC... |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. Of course, it is ridiculous.... since the advent of the supper BB |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. They may have had little use for naval engagements, |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No, not really. Only psychologically. The Naval Institute was |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too simple of a question... |
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Khephra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Any of you play this neat little card game called...Navel Wars? IIRC |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I prefered the Avalon Hill game Victory in the pacific |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I was a big Victory in the Pacific fan, too! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I still have mine |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I think my parents still have mine in one of their closets. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. We made some "what if the washington treaty had not happened" pieces |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Navel Wars? |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wisconsin |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Assuming a Tsushima or Jutland style surface engagement... |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-04 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Victory Wisconsin. |
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displacedyankeedem (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Agreed |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Kick for the afternoon crowd |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Wisconsin, dude |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'd take the Tirpitz over both. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Tirpitz? take out Wisconsin? Don't make me laugh... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Oh yeah? Oh yeah? Let's prove it! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. hmmm, interesting idea |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No one knows what the Tirpitz could've done. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. We saw what Bismark did. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The Hood was doomed from the start. It was, what thirty years old? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Actually the Hood was the pride of the British fleet and... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yeah, but outdated by the Bismarck technologically. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I could see losing a protracted struggle because of being outdated... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. No. That was a design flaw. |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Damn right it was a design flaw |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Yup |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. The Bismarck wouldn't match up to the original two. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Wisconsin had 16" guns... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Tirpitz had 15" guns |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dude, Yamato all the way. |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wisconsin. Iowa Class had it all. |
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Whitacre D_WI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Space Battleship Yamato! |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Did the Yamato have auxillery torpedo tubes? |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No, she did not. |
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