Most beautiful IJN ship?

[guke]

In your opinion, what ist the most beautiful IJN ship?

My vote goes to the Mogami CA class. (obviously the
1943 conversion of Mogami herself was an aberration)

regards,
Gunnar

[watchtower]

The one sinking after the onslaught of my carrier TF.[:D]

[Mike Scholl]

For elegance of lines, the Yamato's are hard to beat. The CA's, with that "out of place" fifth
turret that can't fire forward just don't quite "look right".

[anarchyintheuk]

Beauty being relative, I always thought the fuso's looked cool because of the pagoda-style masts. Altho any of the PH carriers in flames looks good to me too.

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: guke

In your opinion, what ist the most beautiful IJN ship?

My vote goes to the Mogami CA class. (obviously the
1943 conversion of Mogami herself was an aberration)

regards,
Gunnar

They are butt ugly.

[Ron Saueracker]

Fubuki DDs or rebuilt Kongos. I like the old Furutaka look,too.

[Tiornu]

Takao with that mountainous superstructure.
I deny any Freudian connection.

[tsimmonds]

Let me think now.....

edit: Tiornu beat me to it.

[madflava13]

I have to go with the Atagos.. Love that massive bridge.

[cyberwop36]

They all look good sitting on the bottem. That soft watery distortion and the slow creap of sea life growing on them is my favorite. The rearranging of the superstructure and hull courtesy of the 1000#lb bombs and various torpedoes of the USN. [:D]

[jnier]

How about Zuikaku/Shokaku? The most handsome carriers for sure, right?

[ColFrost]

ORIGINAL: jnier

How about Zuikaku/Shokaku? The most handsome carriers for sure, right?

Yeah, I got to give an amen to that.

Or should that be, "Tenno Banzai!"?

[mogami]

Hi, This thread shouuld have been one post and then just a lot of "your rights" following. Guke knows what he is talking about. (But truthfully I agree the Yamato class BB are among the most beautiful ships ever built)

[freeboy]

Yamato Class, Big burly and has those sweet love handles on the side... lots of her to love
grace prow.. my favorite aspect is the long bow and bulbous curves.. very sexy.. in a kind of 18" way

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: freeboy

Yamato Class, Big burly and has those sweet love handles on the side... lots of her to love
grace prow.. my favorite aspect is the long bow and bulbous curves.. very sexy.. in a kind of 18" way

Crist, Freeboy! Go cruise a porn sight for a while. You've been gaming too hard.

[mogami]

Hi, For a good time call 1-900-Yamato 1.25 per minute

[freeboy]

Hi, For a good time call 1-900-Yamato 1.25 per minute

lol

[bombata]

shokaku/zuikako imho.

they are beautiful looking carriers and also they gave the american fleet a very good fight during the war until their end.



bye

[m10bob]

Kagero DD's or the rebuilt Kongo BC's..

[BossGnome]

shokaku and zuikaku are indeed both very good looking carriers, but I prefer the Shinano, though it was pretty useless during the war.