Ship of Steel, Men of Valor - Cuttlefish (A) versus Cribtop (J)

[stuman]

ORIGINAL: yubari

Hurrah! Looking forward to this one.

+1

[Blackhorse]

ORIGINAL: stuman

ORIGINAL: yubari

Hurrah! Looking forward to this one.

+1

+2

[Cuttlefish]

While we wait for the war to start I thought I would present a photo of Gridley. The photo is undated as far as I have been able to find but appears to be pre-WWII. The ship is at anchor and the forward of the two ship's boats on the starboard side has been lowered and is not in view. Note the canvas covers on the two aft 5" mounts, which were not enclosed.

[BigBadWolf]

I think you have wrong picture there, CF. Maybe this one would be better [8D]

[Onime No Kyo]

Bump by way of encouraging Cuttlefish. [:D]

[nashvillen]

bump

[Rob Brennan UK]

I'm going to buy the novel when it comes out. You really should think of editing and putting together the full Hibiki story and do the same with the Gridley come the end of the game. About the only thing that might tempt me to get an e-book/kindle thingy.

Looking forward the story and thank you for putting so much forethought and effort into this venture , it is much appreciated by many many people.

cheers

[Cuttlefish]

Cribtop and I are just waiting for the new patch to be official. Any day now...

[Cribtop]

Come on, come on, come on....

Really hoping the patch is made final soon. Can't wait to get started on the game, although I will have to exit this thread when we get rolling. CF, while we're twiddling our thumbs I plan to try to compile our house rule e-mails and post a summary in my AAR sometime this weekend. You might want to stop by and make sure I'm accurate.

[kaleun]

Suscribed!
Earlier this morning I posted in the tech help section about the patch that there was no hurry.
I hereby rescind that post!
Hurry up already!

[Onime No Kyo]

CF, I was under the impresion that at some point you had released the Hibiki saga as an ebook available for purchase from an online publisher. Is that still around?

[Menser]

Awesome CF,
I feel another great saga in the making.
I have to make a small correction though, USS Gridley was made at the Fore River Shipyard (Owned by Bethlaham Steel) in Quincy, Massachusettes. My Grandfather worked in this yard most of his life . Other Vessels made there used in the war include 6 CV's (including both Wasps and both Lexingtons), 5 prewar BB's and 1 Battleship during the war (USS Massachusettes, which vexed you a time or 2 in you're AAR with Q-Ball) and many Cruisers, Destroyers, Subs and Auxilaries. The subs included the USS Cuttlefish . The yard is broken up now into many different commercial interests but it does have a Naval Construction Museum at the site with the USS Salem as its centerpiece. You can see that cruiser very well in Google Maps.
http://www.uss-salem.org/ is the museum Website and the old yard has a wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard.

PS forgot to mention John J. Kilroy, a welding inspector, also worked in the yard

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Menser

Awesome CF,
I feel another great saga in the making.
I have to make a small correction though, USS Gridley was made at the Fore River Shipyard (Owned by Bethlaham Steel) in Quincy, Massachusettes. My Grandfather worked in this yard most of his life . Other Vessels made there used in the war include 6 CV's (including both Wasps and both Lexingtons), 5 prewar BB's and 1 Battleship during the war (USS Massachusettes, which vexed you a time or 2 in you're AAR with Q-Ball) and many Cruisers, Destroyers, Subs and Auxilaries. The subs included the USS Cuttlefish . The yard is broken up now into many different commercial interests but it does have a Naval Construction Museum at the site with the USS Salem as its centerpiece. You can see that cruiser very well in Google Maps.
http://www.uss-salem.org/ is the museum Website and the old yard has a wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard.

PS forgot to mention John J. Kilroy, a welding inspector, also worked in the yard

My aunt was a "Rosie the riveter" (really "Dolly the welder" in her case) there during the war! [&o]

[kaleun]

CF, I was under the impresion that at some point you had released the Hibiki saga as an ebook available for purchase from an online publisher. Is that still around?

I looked for it in Lulu.com but could not find it.
Cuttlefish did you ever release it?

[Cuttlefish]

ORIGINAL: kaleun

CF, I was under the impresion that at some point you had released the Hibiki saga as an ebook available for purchase from an online publisher. Is that still around?

I looked for it in Lulu.com but could not find it.
Cuttlefish did you ever release it?

No, I never did finish that project. If people are still interested I might go ahead and do so, however.

[kaleun]

I am interested. I'd rather spend some $$$ at Lulu than cut and paste for hours to assemble your saga.

[Onime No Kyo]

Same here. I actually have it in mind as a gift to someone. [:)]

[Grollub]

Your girlfriend? [:'(][:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Your girlfriend? [:'(][:D]

I would be ecstatic if GFU took any interest but no. [:D]

It's actually for a college professor of mine that I still keep in touch with. Back when warplan orange was being made I requested that his name be entered as the captain of one of his royal majesty's battleships and he got a kick out of that (royal navy historian). I'm sure he'd get a kick out of cf's writing as well.

[HMS Resolution]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Your girlfriend? [:'(][:D]

I would be ecstatic if GFU took any interest but no. [:D]

It's actually for a college professor of mine that I still keep in touch with. Back when warplan orange was being made I requested that his name be entered as the captain of one of his royal majesty's battleships and he got a kick out of that (royal navy historian). I'm sure he'd get a kick out of cf's writing as well.

What's he written on it? Anything we might have heard of?