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    I visited that ship multiple times as a kid when I lived in NC. Do they still have the alligators in the water around the ship?

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    And the signs saying not to feed them. To which, of course, every kid thinks "Wow! Let's feed them and see what happens!"

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    Aircraft carriers spoiled naval warfare.
    In the good old days, we launched our float planes to spot the dye in shell splashes as we attempted to bracket the opponent and that was it.

    And the original full name of the destroyer was "torpedo boat destroyer."
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    Quote Originally Posted by flyrodr View Post
    And the signs saying not to feed them. To which, of course, every kid thinks "Wow! Let's feed them and see what happens!"
    I remember seeing those signs there over 30 years ago. Good times.


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    It's very interesting exactly how very few times Dreadnought battleships actually fought each other directly.

    If memory serves, it's pretty much just Jutland, Mers-el-Kelbir, Denmark Strait, and Surigao Strait.

    Most of the other surface actions of WWI and WWII tended more to be centered around smaller ships- battle cruisers, armored cruisers, and down to destroyers & subs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe in PNG View Post
    It's very interesting exactly how very few times Dreadnought battleships actually fought each other directly.

    If memory serves, it's pretty much just Jutland, Mers-el-Kelbir, Denmark Strait, and Surigao Strait.

    Most of the other surface actions of WWI and WWII tended more to be centered around smaller ships- battle cruisers, armored cruisers, and down to destroyers & subs.
    Tangent:

    Really put a nail in the coffin when a bunch of lightly armed and minimally armored destroyer-escorts and escort carriers beat back a surface fleet of capital ships, to include the infamous Yamato....the preeminent battleship ever built.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TGS View Post
    Tangent:

    Really put a nail in the coffin when a bunch of lightly armed and minimally armored destroyer-escorts and escort carriers beat back a surface fleet of capital ships, to include the infamous Yamato....the preeminent battleship ever built.
    Kind of like a Boyscout jamboree with .22's fighting against a SS division- and winning.

    Then again, I kind of wonder what would have happened if Task Force 34 had been there (as does the world).
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    'Clash by Night' Kutner & Moore.
    Atmosphere too variable for aircraft... on Venus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TGS View Post
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    Really put a nail in the coffin when a bunch of lightly armed and minimally armored destroyer-escorts and escort carriers beat back a surface fleet of capital ships, to include the infamous Yamato....the preeminent battleship ever built.
    I doubt any naval designer nor strategist could plan for the sheer audacity of Cmdr. Evans and the intrepid crews of the USS Johnston, Hoel, Heermann, and the smallest Drednaught- the Samuel B. Roberts. In the words of Drachinifel- many IJN ships sought out a Johnston free environment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mtnbkr View Post
    I visited that ship multiple times as a kid when I lived in NC. Do they still have the alligators in the water around the ship?

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    As mentioned by others, yes.

    You don't get to see as much as the ship as you did decades ago but still a worthwhile trip

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    Quote Originally Posted by DpdG View Post
    I doubt any naval designer nor strategist could plan for the sheer audacity of Cmdr. Evans and the intrepid crews of the USS Johnston, Hoel, Heermann, and the smallest Drednaught- the Samuel B. Roberts. In the words of Drachinifel- many IJN ships sought out a Johnston free environment.
    Agreed. As I understand it, the Japanese commander was convinced that the smaller ships wouldn't be attacking unless they were expecting imminent support from heavier units, and that factored heavily in his decision to withdraw. I need to go back and re-read "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" again.


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