Trivia!

While Alaska was called a large cruiser she would have been classified as a battlecruiser by any other country.

 

USS Honolulu. Hawaii wasn't a US state until 1959, therefore Honolulu wasn't a US city when she was named.
J

 

The USS Juneau is in the same boat as Alaska wasn't a US state until 1959 as well.
J

 

She was, however, the capital of a commonwealth or territory. There were precedents for naming ships after states and cities, but not territories, except with the Alaska class.

 

Boomer is right, while Honolulu and Jueano were not capitals of states, they are American cities. The ship I'm thinking of is not an american city.

 

Alaska and her 5 sisters, Guam, Hawaii, Phillipines, Puerto Rico and Samoa were named after territories or insular areas. The other cruisers were after US cities, even the San Juan. The people of Puerto Rico were US Citizens after all.

 

When I said "cruiser", I meant a Heavy or Light Crusier, not battlecruiser. All US Heavy or light cruisers were named after cities except one.

 

Damn. This is a WW1 or WW2 cruiser right, not a modern one? Tough question.
J

 

It is a WW2 cruiser, not a modern one.

 

No idea, im stumped.

 

USS Canberra, named after HMAS Canberra, the County class cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island.

 

Well done!

 

Gascan has it, Baltimore class heavy cruiser USS Canberra. So you are up for the next question.

 

What was the color of George Washington's white horse?

Actually, I'm a bit busy right now, so i'll have one later this evening.

 

Gray

 

Close, but no bananas, monkey boy. How about we try something a bit easier?

The Szent Istvan, named after Saint Steven, the first king of Hungary, had a number of differences from the other three ships of the Viribus Unitis class. Some of these included the addition of taller smoke stacks, a modified bridge structure, and the torpedo netting was never installed. There is one other major difference, which I want you to find. This one may be a challenge since you won't find it on Wikipedia, but I can give hints if necessary.

 

How about the main propulsion being changed from 4-shafts to 2-shafts?

 

modified ventilator trunk .....
Is that what you are looking for? or where it is placed?

 

Pamnjay has it. I found this a big help when planning where to place the motors and shafts in the cramped stern of my VUs. The two shafts are spaced further apart than the four shafts of the other four, which made it easier to fit them in on either side of the massive stern cannon. The Viribus Unitis 3D website has been a huge help, providing cool renderings of the superstructure and some low resolution plans showing the changes, including the spacing of the two prop shafts.

 

Cool.
Ok, who was 'drinking some wine, eating some cheese and catching some rays' and what did that person do for a living?
J