Mystery Ship #30

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Post by Feinder » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:25 pm

Maybe this one will stump you for more than 27 minutes...

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Post by DuckofTindalos » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:40 pm

One of the Treaty Cruisers (New Orleans or Northampton class), late-war, as witnessed by the quadruple Bofors mount. That's about as far as I can take it.

The Indianapolis?

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Post by tsimmonds » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:09 pm

I was thinking treaty cruiser as well, but that looks like a 5" barrel poking up just below the 40mm muzzles. Pretty sure none of the treaty cruisers had 5" mounts forward. I think this is an old BB. Would just about have to be one of the Idahos; by this time all the other 12-gun BBs would probably have had twin 5" mounts. Mississippi?

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Post by panda124c » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:34 pm

ORIGINAL: irrelevant

I was thinking treaty cruiser as well, but that looks like a 5" barrel poking up just below the 40mm muzzles. Pretty sure none of the treaty cruisers had 5" mounts forward. I think this is an old BB. Would just about have to be one of the Idahos; by this time all the other 12-gun BBs would probably have had twin 5" mounts. Mississippi?

You are looking forward I'm incline to believe treaty cruiser, Portland?

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Post by DuckofTindalos » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:36 pm

Methinks those guns be too small to be even 12-inch...

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Post by tsimmonds » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:44 pm

I agree they do look like 8". I can't squint hard enough to make that 5" fit on a cruiser though....[;)]

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Post by DuckofTindalos » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:45 pm

Plus, there's another Treaty cruiser in front of it. Would CA's and BB's have the same gun lines for shore bombardment, which this presumably is?

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Post by Przemcio231 » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:46 pm

Its Probably West Wirginia or some other old BB[:D]

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Post by tsimmonds » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:50 pm

ORIGINAL: Przemcio231

Its Probably West Wirginia or some other old BB[:D]

WVa had twin 16".

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Post by DuckofTindalos » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:53 pm

All the Treaty cruisers had 4 5-inch singles on each side...

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Post by treespider » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:05 pm

Baltimore Class???

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Post by mdiehl » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:17 pm

USS Northampton

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Post by tsimmonds » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:25 pm

ORIGINAL: Terminus

All the Treaty cruisers had 4 5-inch singles on each side...

Agree, but they were on top of the deckhouse amidships....

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Post by Capt Cliff » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:29 pm

USS Vincennes, Doolittle raid ....

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Post by Feinder » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:34 pm

USS Vincennes
USS Northampton
USS Baltimore
USS West Virginia
USS Indianapolis
USS Mississippi
USS Portland

Nope.

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Post by tsimmonds » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:39 pm

USS New Mexico

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Post by treespider » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:41 pm

USS Brooklyn

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Post by Feinder » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:45 pm

USS Brooklyn
USS New Mexico

Nope.

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Post by niceguy2005 » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:47 pm

USS Chicago

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Post by niceguy2005 » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:56 pm

I meant to say CA-29 Chicago, but now I am thinking CA45 Witchita

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