TRich19, the photo is of a North Carolina class ship. When I took the photo, I was told by her skipper that it was a SoDak, and so thats what I put on the website. I only noticed when I looked it up to show P^3 a photo of a SoDak and noticed the different superstructure. One skipper I know bought a used German Z-boat (destroyer) only to later find out that is was really a French Le Fantasque destroyer. It still had a German camo scheme when I saw it earlier this year. lalimerulez, here's a few other American ships' nicknames for you to identify: Wee Vee Mighty Mo The Big Stick The Big E Lady Lex Large Slow Target The Grey Ghost Wisky Stripe Stacked Sara The Covered Wagon (I'm not sure this is correct...) Also, if you find anything about the "Cherry Tree" ships, you might be amused by the source of the nickname.
I know that my sub was referred to, in some of the less-enjoyable moments of the longer deployments, as "Satan's Flagship". Kind of a sick sense of humor, but hey, we were sailors
LOL tuggy. When I was stationed in Korea, one of our recon birds we just called "Christine" because that piece of junk was NEVER working right. Its most glaring failure (in our eyes) was the GD heater didn't work. Now that doesn't sound like much but in the dead of winter at altitude, that was COLD. I actually saw someone's bottle of Koolaid freeze solid from sitting on the floor. Army issue combat boots did NOT cut it to keep your feet warm on those flights...we got pretty creative with things to keep our feet from becoming solid... I still hate that airplane. Mike D
Wee Vee - West Virgina Mighty Mo - Missouri The Big Stick - Iowa The Big E - Enterprise Lady Lex - Lexington Large Slow Targets - LST's The Grey Ghost - Queen Mary Wisky - Wisconsion Stripe Stacked Sara - Saratoga The Covered Wagon - dont think is correct Japense "second" class light Destroyers were named after trees. Dont think this is what u ment by Cherry Tree ship. Momo - fir tree Matsu - Pine Tree Momi - White Pine Kashi - Oak Tree Sakura - Cherry Tree Hatsuzakura - first blooming cherry tree Tachibana - Orange Tree
She never faced another battleship. The only American fast battleships to engage an enemy battleship or battlecrusier were: USS South Dakota (HIJMS Kirishima) USS Washington (HIJMS Kirishima) USS Massachusetts (FNS Richeleiu) Some Old battleships also saw action against an enemy battleship: USS West Virginia (HIJMS Yamashiro) USS Mississippi (HIJMS Yamashiro) USS California (HIJMS Yamashiro) USS Pennsylvania (HIJMS Yamashiro) USS Maryland (HIJMS Yamashiro) USS Colorado (HIJMS Yamashiro) here are some more nicknames for you: Swayback Maru Sweet Pea Blue Ghost Galloping Ghost of the Java coast Evil I Mike D
She was primarily an AA platform throughout the war. She was one of the 4 Iowa class, which are the most modern BB's the US ever produced. Her big claim to fame was that she was the ship on which the Japanese surrendered. There is also a really good picture of her being hit/about to be hit by a kamikaze http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h62000/h62696.jpg and here is the pictures of the surrender. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8.htm
Swayback Maru - Salt Lake City Sweet Pea - Portland? Blue Ghost - Lexington also known as Lady Lex Galloping Ghost of teh Java coast - Houston Evil I - Intrepid Man theres alot of nicknames for ships. Is there one for the Invincible?
Yes, Sweet Pea is the Portland. The Lexington, is specifically CV-16, vice CV-2...the original "Lady Lex" As for Invincible, I don't know of any nicknames. I've done much more research on the US Navy, its ships and actions then I have on the Royal Navy. Mike D
I remember seeing somewhere something about ships that were cut down or canceled due to the Washington Treaty being called "Cherry Tree" ships, because Washington cut them down. I don't remember where I saw this, though.
Me too, Mike. I love the performance of my I-boat in the hobby, just a little disappointed in how the BCs in general fared in combat.
"just a little disappointed in how the BCs in general fared in combat" Their performance really wasn't that bad. Part of the problem is that Admirals in general couldn't resist the temptation in adding them to the battle line. On the British side, their cordite handling procedures were horrible at Jutland and very possibly was the cause of all three BCs that were lost there. As for the poor Hood, well she was unlucky that day. If a QE or an R had been hit in the same place, it would have exploded too; it just happened to be a BC that was there and not a BB. When used appropriately as cruiser killers, such as Helgoland Bight and Falkland Islands, the BCs were absolutely deadly. I find that battlecuisers are FAR more interesting then battleships (yawn). I kind of like the "eggshells armed with sledgehammers" thing...I suppose that's also why I love the early treaty heavy cruisers so much. They couldn't take many hits, but you sure didnt want them hitting you, either. Mike D
one thing ilike about battleships is that there huge personaly i love it but some others might not its just my personal preferance
"Cherry tree" refers to the HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney. They were called this because they were originally intended to be much larger and faster ships, butwere reduced in size to conform to the washington treaty. In other words, they were "cut down by Washington", like the fabled cherry tree. If had been built to the pre-treaty plans, they would have been monsters, nasty scary british monsters....the brits loved scaring people with new ships. Oh, and their nicknames were "Nelsol" and "Rodnol" See if you can find out why.
