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CT Grognard
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
As a JFB, that looks truly daunting. The Japanese have almost no surface combatants left!
- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
I updated the "dive map" for Exmouth/Port Hedland to include DD,CL,CA,BB,CVE,CVL,CV
There are a lot more if you include transports and subs and smaller escorts. [:)]

There are a lot more if you include transports and subs and smaller escorts. [:)]

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
That's a lot of dots.
"Grown ups are what's left when skool is finished."
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.
"History started badly and hav been geting steadily worse."
- Nigel Molesworth.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
and everyone gets all excited when a tanker leaks today. [:D]
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CT Grognard
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Dios Mios!
That's a lot of steel lying offshore!
That's a lot of steel lying offshore!
- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
The wonderful dive resorts of New Scotland and New Fiji. DD,CL,CA,BB,CVL,CV only.
Prenty of Marus and subs too! Get your shares now!

Prenty of Marus and subs too! Get your shares now!

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- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
The "Polar Vortex" descends on Southern California.....we plummet to 76...but it's windy so it feels more like 72.
Exposed flesh can suffer from frostbite in...let me look it up...errr...ummmm..well, just wear your sunscreen and stay safe out there.
Exposed flesh can suffer from frostbite in...let me look it up...errr...ummmm..well, just wear your sunscreen and stay safe out there.

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Editrix Note: The Board wishes to apologize for any slight, besmirchment, offense or injury suffered by our dear Albanian or Mohammedan friends. The Board does not condone or support such infantile comments. Many of our best friends are Albanian, although it might be a good idea if you guys took more showers.

- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
I think Stalker Girl was looking at naked pictures of Kolin Koepernick on my computer again.
The "Singles in Your Area" ad at the top of my email turned to guys again.
The "Singles in Your Area" ad at the top of my email turned to guys again.

- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Air losses from the 22nd. We lost 5 Liberator GRIII on the long trip back to Chitti-chitti-gong-gong from Bangkok.
Do they have the same durability as the B-24D1?

Do they have the same durability as the B-24D1?

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- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
I looked it up.
GRIII......................Durability 60 Gun Value 17 Armor 0 Range 29
Liberator II...............Durability 60 Gun Value 28 Armor 1 Range 24
B-24D1.....................Durability 60 Gun Value 30 Armor 1 Range 20
Guns and armor for range.
GRIII......................Durability 60 Gun Value 17 Armor 0 Range 29
Liberator II...............Durability 60 Gun Value 28 Armor 1 Range 24
B-24D1.....................Durability 60 Gun Value 30 Armor 1 Range 20
Guns and armor for range.

RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
I think Stalker Girl was looking at naked pictures of Kolin Koepernick on my computer again.
The "Singles in Your Area" ad at the top of my email turned to guys again.
The Internet spies read your posts about Inch-thick Skin and Rubbing Albanians.
"It's all according to how your boogaloo situation stands, you understand."
Formerly known as Colonel Mustard, before I got Slitherine Syndrome.
Formerly known as Colonel Mustard, before I got Slitherine Syndrome.
- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
ORIGINAL: Colonel Mustard
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
I think Stalker Girl was looking at naked pictures of Kolin Koepernick on my computer again.
The "Singles in Your Area" ad at the top of my email turned to guys again.
The Internet spies read your posts about Inch-thick Skin and Rubbing Albanians.
You know, I was wondering about spybots too, but I didn't say anything because it sounded a bit paranoid. [:)]
Maybe we need more breastaurant stories.
Speaking of that, Stalker Girl jr. has taken to coming upstairs in the morning to get her Engrish muffin (which I paid for but that is another story) wearing this crazy grey wife beater type "t-shirt" which is just a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen. I have to literally gaze at the floor. I rook rike I have high functioning autism.
In such a situation one has to take a step back and ask oneself WWWAD (what would Woody Allen do)?*
* And then do the opposite

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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Rough day so far. First, my 100 lb Lab woke me up at 5:30 simpering and whining because it was windy and she was afraid.
Then, the little girls, who are just coming back from Idaho today, had left a crevah rittah prank for me. They put black make-up on the inside of my sunglasses. I didn't notice till I was getting out of the car and took my sunglasses off. Total raccoon face. It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Outwitted by a 9 year old! There WILL be retribution!
Then, the little girls, who are just coming back from Idaho today, had left a crevah rittah prank for me. They put black make-up on the inside of my sunglasses. I didn't notice till I was getting out of the car and took my sunglasses off. Total raccoon face. It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Outwitted by a 9 year old! There WILL be retribution!

RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Good show! Of course, you can't let on to that until the Official Secrets Act expires or something.ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Then, the little girls, who are just coming back from Idaho today, had left a crevah rittah prank for me. They put black make-up on the inside of my sunglasses. I didn't notice till I was getting out of the car and took my sunglasses off. Total raccoon face. It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Outwitted by a 9 year old! There WILL be retribution!
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CT Grognard
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Are you a proctologist? [:-]
- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
ORIGINAL: CT Grognard
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Are you a proctologist? [:-]
Oh, great. Now the "Meet Singles in Your Area" ad is going to be all hairstylists and choreographers.

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poodlebrain
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Just think of the bandwidth required to download all of the ads for hairstylists and choreographers in your area. You'll have to limit your search criteria to within 2 milesORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: CT Grognard
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
It's an old gag but it worked well and made me late for my fist appointment after trying to get all the stuff off.[:-]
Are you a proctologist? [:-]
Oh, great. Now the "Meet Singles in Your Area" ad is going to be all hairstylists and choreographers.
to prevent your perusal time from interfering with the war.
Never trust a man who's ass is wider than his shoulders.
- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
*******************June 22, 1943(c)*****************
Formosa: This is not consequential..just funny...a Kittyhawk I with flashlights duct-taped to its wings shoots down a Heren. [:)]
Night Air attack on Karenko , at 87,64
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses
Formosa: This is not consequential..just funny...a Kittyhawk I with flashlights duct-taped to its wings shoots down a Heren. [:)]
Night Air attack on Karenko , at 87,64
Weather in hex: Light cloud
Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 6 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-49-IIa Helen x 6
Allied aircraft
Kittyhawk I x 9
Japanese aircraft losses
Ki-49-IIa Helen: 1 destroyed
No Allied losses

- Cap Mandrake
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RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Okinawa: Largely wasteful use of 16/45 ammo.
Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
The sun come up and Japan-mens destroyer ships show up. We surprise them...our transports no show up.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 4,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Tamanami
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT-246
PT-248
PT-250
PT-254
PT-277, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-279, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Japan-mens Tojos run away from Naha.
Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 33000 feet
The Japan-mens Destroyer ships probably should have just been set to "retire"
Morning Air attack on TF, near Naha at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Arare
Even a TBF hits one,,already damaged Amagiri...make big boom.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Naha at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 14
TBF-1 Avenger x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Arare
DD Yudachi
Night Naval bombardment of Naha at 95,66
Allied Ships
BB North Carolina
Japanese ground losses:
56 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Non Combat: 2 destroyed, 5 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
The sun come up and Japan-mens destroyer ships show up. We surprise them...our transports no show up.
Day Time Surface Combat, near Naha at 95,66, Range 4,000 Yards
Japanese Ships
DD Tamanami
DD Harusame
Allied Ships
PT-246
PT-248
PT-250
PT-254
PT-277, Shell hits 1, and is sunk
PT-279, Shell hits 2, and is sunk
Japan-mens Tojos run away from Naha.
Morning Air attack on Naha , at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 44 NM, estimated altitude 36,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes
Japanese aircraft
Ki-44-IIa Tojo x 1
Allied aircraft
F4U-1 Corsair x 15
No Japanese losses
No Allied losses
Aircraft Attacking:
15 x F4U-1 Corsair sweeping at 33000 feet
The Japan-mens Destroyer ships probably should have just been set to "retire"
Morning Air attack on TF, near Naha at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 53 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 20 minutes
Allied aircraft
P-40K Warhawk x 7
SBD-3 Dauntless x 23
Allied aircraft losses
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
Japanese Ships
DD Yudachi
DD Shirakumo
DD Amagiri, Bomb hits 1, on fire
DD Arare
Even a TBF hits one,,already damaged Amagiri...make big boom.
Morning Air attack on TF, near Naha at 95,66
Weather in hex: Heavy rain
Raid detected at 54 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 25 minutes
Allied aircraft
F6F-3 Hellcat x 14
TBF-1 Avenger x 9
No Allied losses
Japanese Ships
DD Amagiri, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk
DD Arare
DD Yudachi





