Somewhat OT - The most beautiful warship (in your opinion)

[bradfordkay]

My choices, no pics...

1. Gneisenau/Scharnhorst WW2
2. Alaska/Guam
3. Bismark/Tirpitz
4. Hood (1919 form, not 1940)
5. Roma class WW2

non-dreadnought era ships?
Kirov
USS Constellation (the "Yankee Racehorse", not the carrier)

[Iridium]

Sorry gonna use this thread to post another photo of Musashi, just love this one:

BTW, Yamato for WWII...gonna have to think about the other eras.

[Iridium]

OK, for the modern era I choose Nimitz class, CVN Ronald Reagan in this case (using it's sprinkler system).

[Speedysteve]

Fantastic picture[8D]

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Fantastic picture[8D]

Yeah it is. Unfortunately modern warships are boring and blaaaaaaa....they are missing a certain something.[:(] Like modern cars...almost all look the same and have no reason to be polluting our air. I'm OK with a classic, but not these wimpy little shopping carts on wheels that spew caca into the heavens.

[Curty]

Its the "not the boat race!"[:D]

[Curty]

Renault did us a big favour by showing us the rear end in the ads...their not getting as many takers as they thought on this model..its BUTT UGLY![:'(]

[Adnan Meshuggi]

1. Zara CA...
2. Prinz Eugen CA
both are very near
3. Bismark-BB, i never liked the 3X3-System, 4x2 looks better
4. Hindenburg BC

for the "old" times, the 74er-Class of the french... they are the "best" looking ships.

The predreadnoughts (between 1900-1905) all have something...

CVs... hm, here i love the Tahio...

the yamato looks BIG... but as i mentioned, i dislike 3X3... the symmetrical 4x2 is my favourite...

[Mike Scholl]

ORIGINAL: Adnan Meshuggi

1. Zara CA...
2. Prinz Eugen CA
both are very near
3. Bismark-BB, i never liked the 3X3-System, 4x2 looks better
4. Hindenburg BC

for the "old" times, the 74er-Class of the french... they are the "best" looking ships.

The predreadnoughts (between 1900-1905) all have something...

CVs... hm, here i love the Tahio...

the yamato looks BIG... but as i mentioned, i dislike 3X3... the symmetrical 4x2 is my favourite...

You would have LOVED the Montana's....., 4 x 3

[Oznoyng]

You guys have got it all wrong. I am going with the canoe in LST's sig. I think it is the SS Hooters but positive ID is difficult since he rudely put type in the parts necessary for positive ID...

[Adnan Meshuggi]

No, i doubt i had.

The Jersey and the Montanas are to long for its broadness...

If you look at the famous picture of bismark from ahead... for me this is the correct length/Broadness.. so for a bb it looks correct.

The Montana looks great from the side and the distance, but from the near i dislike em. Also i do not want 3 barrels... for "good looking" the 2x2x2 is perfect. Dangerous but not "overcrowded". The americans had this too... only the masts destroy any chance of ww1-bbs to be counted. The fast-bb of the brits of ww1 are also good-looking ships, better as their german counterparts (bayern, baden & sachsen) I like the symmetrical things. /so the ugliest plane of ww2 is the bv138... the asymetrical plane


For the cruisers, the Zara is "the" Ship. Prinz Eugen behind, because the line of the Zara is perfect, even if i dislike the two funnels... normaly one is perfect.

But this just the eyes... i allways would prefer an Iowa-Class instead of a zara even if i dislike the looking of the ship.

The american ships also have "ugly" turrets, at last the newer ones... here the 15inch-Bismark_Turret is perfect for me. The brits have "small" turrets. From its line the Vanguard looks great too, only two funnels and the small turrets make it behind the named ships.

From the side and the front (some distance so you can´t see its 4 barrels) the Rich is also very nice... only the aft turrets are missing.

Very ugly are the US-CLs, the Tone, the Nelsons (three turrets in front, or even four !) and the Straßburg/Richelieu from near (missing turrets)
Also the BC Lexington (early versions) and the japanese Tosa- and Kaga-Class are really ugly. (for me), too many funnels or just bad looking.

The british light cruisers of the dido-class (4x3) looking good. Strange but for CL i can live perfectly with 3 barrels... here the german crusisers of ww2 look ugly.

[Big B]

When I was a kid I met a survuvor of this ship (a crewman who survived the war on her that is), and was fascinated with the San Francisco ever since, Only later did I learn she was the second most decorated US Navy Ship in WWII with 17 battle stars (one behind the Enterprise CV 6).
Anyway, I always thought she was beautiful and looked ALL Business. every inch a fighting ship.

[Ron Saueracker]

Agreed Big B, one of my favourite ships of all time. This photo was in along with a number of others a game by Quarterdeck Games called "IRONBOTTOM SOUND". Ever since I have this affinity for it and all the New Orleans class. Simply cool looking.

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

Agreed Big B, one of my favourite ships of all time. This photo was in along with a number of others a game by Quarterdeck Games called "IRONBOTTOM SOUND". Ever since I have this affinity for it and all the New Orleans class. Simply cool looking.

By the way Ron, I still have my copyof Iron Bottom Sound...do you?[:D][:D]

[Ron Saueracker]

No. Lost in a move with a whack of other board games. I loved the advanced rules AH Bismarck so much I got a miniature for every warship in the game. Lost that too...[:(]

Only board games I have left are a very few AH bookcase games, the only box that was not lost. Panzer Armee Afrika, Star Fleet Battles 1&2, Destroyer Commander (like IronBottom sound by Quarterdeck Games), Carrier and Tokyo Express (solitaire).

[tsimmonds]

I love the 3rd generation USN CLs:

USS Juneau II

[tsimmonds]

USS Fargo





Doesn't she just look like she means business?

[tsimmonds]

USS Worcester





If only they had trunked the funnels and cleared the sky-arcs like they did on Fargo.....clearly two different design teams; Fargo was designed by the Cleveland team, while Worcester was an expansion of Juneau II.....

[Big B]

ORIGINAL: irrelevant

I love the 3rd generation USN CLs:

USS Juneau II

They are beautiful!

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

No. Lost in a move with a whack of other board games. I loved the advanced rules AH Bismarck so much I got a miniature for every warship in the game. Lost that too...[:(]

Only board games I have left are a very few AH bookcase games, the only box that was not lost. Panzer Armee Afrika, Star Fleet Battles 1&2, Destroyer Commander (like IronBottom sound by Quarterdeck Games), Carrier and Tokyo Express (solitaire).

Hey! I still have all those (except destroyer commander and carrier - never had those)
Ahh those were the days!

[RevRick]

I've got to admit being an admirer of tin cans... such as