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Not the Yavuz, the aircraft carrier.

Please can I answer!
Says right on the pic. SMS Goeben which was donated by the Kaiser to Turkey in 1914. This was instrumental in bringing Turkey into WW1 on the German side.
The British had just seized a battleship they were building on behalf of Turkey so the gift went a long way to negate a decade of patient diplomacy by the Foreign Office.
An example of tactical expediency leading to strategic misfortune, if one were ever needed

She was the last operational dreadnought type until scrapped in the 70s.

Bearcats with an L tail code.

CV-15 Randolph, repatriated US troops from the Med, 2 trips before end of 1945.

What are the DDs in the background though?

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Bearcats with an L tail code.

CV-15 Randolph, repatriated US troops from the Med, 2 trips before end of 1945.

I agree, the L code was CAG-7 IIRC, and this fits with the Randolph's movements recorded in DANFS, must be it.

Not sure about the DDs, but a reasonable estimate would be the Italian built DDs acquired by Turkey in the 1930s.

Wow, quick identification! It's hard to fool this group

I love this game...can anyone guess this ship?

The retired HMS Centurion fitted with dummy turrets etc to masquerade as the HMS Anson?

ORIGINAL: Ian R

The retired HMS Centurion fitted with dummy turrets etc to masquerade as the HMS Anson?

Nope....I intentionally picked a very difficult ship. If this group can get it, not sure I can come up with something harder!!!

It's harder because you can't see all the turrets and guns due to the coverings

I will at least give a timeframe; that photo was taken in 1945

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The retired HMS Centurion fitted with dummy turrets etc to masquerade as the HMS Anson?

Nope....I intentionally picked a very difficult ship. If this group can get it, not sure I can come up with something harder!!!

It's harder because you can't see all the turrets and guns due to the coverings

I will at least give a timeframe; that photo was taken in 1945

That forward rangefinder appears to be in a sub-optimal position - s/b higher up for more visibility.
I think it is a Russian cruiser like Sverdlov.

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ORIGINAL: Ian R

The retired HMS Centurion fitted with dummy turrets etc to masquerade as the HMS Anson?

Nope....I intentionally picked a very difficult ship. If this group can get it, not sure I can come up with something harder!!!

It's harder because you can't see all the turrets and guns due to the coverings

I will at least give a timeframe; that photo was taken in 1945

That forward rangefinder appears to be in a sub-optimal position - s/b higher up for more visibility.
I think it is a Russian cruiser like Sverdlov.

It is not a Russian cruiser. I'll give more hints if everyone is stumped. Also, I did say this picture was taken in 1945. It was August of 1945. So it's not a Sverdlov, as those were post ww2

It's tough to get, I wouldn't get it if I didn't know!!!

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Nope....I intentionally picked a very difficult ship. If this group can get it, not sure I can come up with something harder!!!

It's harder because you can't see all the turrets and guns due to the coverings

I will at least give a timeframe; that photo was taken in 1945

That forward rangefinder appears to be in a sub-optimal position - s/b higher up for more visibility.
I think it is a Russian cruiser like Sverdlov.

It is not a Russian cruiser. I'll give more hints if everyone is stumped. Also, I did say this picture was taken in 1945. It was August of 1945. So it's not a Sverdlov, as those were post ww2

It's tough to get, I wouldn't get it if I didn't know!!!

Didn't notice the 1945 comment. The widely spaced funnels suggest CL Belfast.

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Didn't notice the 1945 comment. The widely spaced funnels suggest CL Belfast.

You're getting slightly warmer, but not hot yet......good observation

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

Wow, quick identification! It's hard to fool this group

I love this game...can anyone guess this ship?

ARA La Argentina.

Threw me for a bit seeing as all the Brit CL designs seem so similar...

Visiting HMS Belfast is a good use of a couple of hours if you are on the south bank of the Thames. You can then hit the Imperial War Museum. The current version is more suited to the general population than we old geezers. But the Holocoust exhibit will likely need you to visit a pub afterwards.

And the Tate modern is right there as well. art not my thing but the building is fascinating to me.

ARA La Argetina is correct! Photo taken at New Orleans on August 8, 1945....Argentina had joined the Allies in March, so I suppose she was in New Orleans for a refit

She was a modified Arethusa-class, lengthened to support additional berthing for training cadets

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

ARA La Argetina is correct! Photo taken at New Orleans on August 8, 1945....Argentina had joined the Allies in March, so I suppose she was in New Orleans for a refit

She was a modified Arethusa-class, lengthened to support additional berthing for training cadets

warspite1

...so nothing like most Royal Navy cruisers of the time M_M [;)].... I smell a rat [:-]

An observation: The picture of the Randolph could not have been taken in 1945. The national insignia on the Bearcat wings include red stripes on the white horizontal bars - a revision that was not authorized until January 1947.

P.S. I never would have figured out either ship. Congrats to those who did.

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ARA La Argetina is correct! Photo taken at New Orleans on August 8, 1945....Argentina had joined the Allies in March, so I suppose she was in New Orleans for a refit

She was a modified Arethusa-class, lengthened to support additional berthing for training cadets

warspite1

...so nothing like most Royal Navy cruisers of the time M_M [;)].... I smell a rat [:-]

Wonderful thing, the internet [:)]

In fairness it is a good reminder to give pilots some slack when they misidentify ships.

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ARA La Argetina is correct! Photo taken at New Orleans on August 8, 1945....Argentina had joined the Allies in March, so I suppose she was in New Orleans for a refit

She was a modified Arethusa-class, lengthened to support additional berthing for training cadets

warspite1

...so nothing like most Royal Navy cruisers of the time M_M [;)].... I smell a rat [:-]

ARA La Argentina

Built by the British, and does show very similar hull and turret layout. The superstructure different though.