Thread 64360141

Meanest and best looking Cruiser class created IMHO. Meet the Alaska's

>>64360141 (OP)
SusSEX

ENTER

>>64360571
personally I think that me ne frego is one of the best political slogans ever. "I don't care" such a versatile line that conveys such a direct attitude.

>>64364098
Love the Omahas.

>>64364118
that is an amazing photo even if applied to current day

Pre-refit Furutaka. So good.

Go nuclear

>>64366560
I wish a nigga would.

bumping for more less-seen photos

>>64369517
Rarer photos you want is it?

i don't get the appeal

>>64371862
nice

The IRIS Shahid Soleimani is peak 2010 bad guy ship

>>64375151
Magnificent superstructures.

>>64375744
>Fancy miniature model but the helicopter is simple Huey because that's what the studio could get most easily while still seeming militaristic
Bond movie material.

>>64372072
>don't get the appeal
of?

>>64360141 (OP)
Whats the purpose of all these cable on the mast of warship?
Its not a radio antena like those cable on planes because why would you need that many.

>>64377795
>Whats the purpose of all these cable on the mast of warship?
Signal flags.

The wires also contained antennas and guy wires.
To avoid interference, the transmitting and receiving antennas had to be separated and placed as far apart as possible.

Why is the ship classification such a goddamn mess? Fucking light cruisers, battlecruisers, destroyers aaaaaaa.

>>64379103
fast battleship
rocket cruiser
aviation cruiser
escort carrier

nobody on /k/ likes Weapons?

entire board Catalog consists of $#@m

You could have contributed instead of complaining.

coming back to the x framed gunnery target of one or two threads back, heres a little collage of what that looks like
(not the same targets, nor in the right order)

>>64360141 (OP)
How about instead of a photo dump over two weeks you caption them to give any context and start a discussion.

>>64384459
How about (You) provide the caption and discussion.
That is of course if you're not like 99.997 percent of /k/ users and aren't just a Brainlet plebbitard 'spoonfeed-me' shitposter

And, if an image on this board is seen uploaded without context then reply to that image/poster with a query about it (as several itt have done already)

>>64382193
I have contributed. To this thread, and the last dozen (this and aviation)
The board sucks, 4chan fucking sucks. All bots and retards
Sick of effort posting the worthwhile content <--tiny quantity/amount of topic threads that it is, with zero engagement or response. Amid a giga-ocean of turgid #^@m

>>64384459
>He can't recognize at least 90% of these by sight
Skills issue

>>64384629
it's supposed to be /k/ Weapons
implying, that at least some substantial portion of the userbase has a modicum of Weapons knowledge or comprehension
but all they have is comprehension of muh putler and holy zion and boomermemes

>>64360141 (OP)
>>64360567
>>64360571
>>64364098
>>64364118
et al

Appreciate the informational captioning. Thanks

>>64384459
Read filenames you fucking newfag.

>>64384549
And you still aren't contributing.

>>64386099
I don't have to.
effort posted the past two dozen vintage ship/aircraft topics on /k/
(You)'re my bitch

How did they tighten the high-strength bolts in the narrow turret?

>>64386227
compact high strength wrenches methinks

why the need for effort posting back to top of Catalog?
these picture threads of vintage hardware ought be the most consistently present, and fastest moving topics on the site. Warship, warplane pic threads should be dominating entire Catalog, ever-present requiring zero effort
This is an *image* board.
nobody cares about discussion and sharing of vintage pics?

i like the gunboats the dutch built in the interwar period

>>64392531
Flores and Soemba provided gunnery support during most allied landings, their 150mm guns and fire control systems proving very effective

>>64392563
Johan Maurits van Nassau didn't get to shine much in the war, spending the first 3 days traveling back and forth between Vlissingen and Hoek van Holland due to propeller obstructions.
her armament and fire control, similar to her cousins Flores and Soemba, allowed her to silence a german battery from a distance of 18km, she would be sunk by german aircraft in her attempt to evacuate to England.

>>64392592
gunnery training vessel van Kinsbergen had a fairly uneventful war, spending most of the conflict in the Caribbean on patrol or as an escort.

>>64392613
the K class gunboats were captured on the slipway in May 1940, and ended up in German service. K3 would be the only of her class to survive the war (unscathed), being found in a Norwegian fjord, and would see service under a variety of names/designations until 1960.
the ships were fairly heavily armored for their size, and were armed with the same 120mm guns as the van Kinsbergen, this time mounted as pairs in two armored turrets.

^ nice series, thanks anon

ill probably put a bit more effort in the next one, this was just me combining bits of trivia i vaguely remember with wiki factoids
maybe a couple french destroyers as i got Jordans book lying around here somewhere

>>64361432
Missile boat bros talked mad shit during that ~5 year window between their first use in combat and the introduction of look-down/shoot-down radar which killed the entire concept stone dead.

>>64364098
>>64364118
I have a mild sexual fetish for double-stacked casemate mounts.

>>64389637
>USS Roanoke
That name seems like tempting fate.

today, 86 years ago, R-class battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk by U-47, which had infiltrated the Scapa Flow anchorage
U-47 scored 4 hits, one to the bow and three amidships, causing the vessel to capsize with the loss of 814 souls, including Rear-Admiral Blagrove and 134 boy seamen under the age of 18

>>64379103
Destroyers
Light Cruisers
Heavy Cruisers
Carriers
Battleships
Submarines

Rest is either variations of the one above or small coastal boats

>>64398349
Corvettes
Frigates
Battlecruisers
Assault Ships/LPH/LHA
Q-Ship

I agree with >>64384459

>>64375151
gorgeous

>>64375909
indeed
Queenanne-mansion bridge uber alles

>>64386212
>effortposted
bollocks
there's more cogent discussion on r/ warshipporn than what you've done

>>64394984
>look-down/shoot-down radar
is an air-to-air concept, not air-to-surface

airborne surface-search radar is actually less powerful than look-down/shoot-down; it's easier to spot a ship in a sea than to spot a plane skimming treetops and ducking into valleys

antiship missile boats were defeated by a combination of decoys and improved miniaturised antiship missiles carried by helicopters such as the Sea Skua and Penguin missiles

>>64400770
>cogent
back to plebbit, Brainlet.

>hurr durr muh discussion
None of the photo threads on /k/ stay up.
There's a warship anon that has effortposted some of the last 6 months threads during this year about 100 pics each thread from his collection

Obviously: it's helpful when posting (historical) photographs to have a few text notations.
I did that for awhile with some of the past 2 years' aviation threads. Nobody gives a fuck on /k/ or responds
This board is deader than plebbit

a view from above of the forward guns on a french destroyer
note the semi-circular gutter with shells and charges around the gun, this allowed for faster and easier loading regardless of the turrets orientation
the gutters ran from the enclosed hoist rooms and could also serve as sort of ready rack
on later classes the gutters would completely surround the guns, in some cases they would be (partially) disassembled and only put back into place when action was imminent