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Hypothetical: The Navy drafted you in WWII.
I found a database of major American WWII ships the other day and pulled it into Excel. Then I found information on crew sizes. Now I have a simple simulator.
So if you were drafted into the Navy in World War II and were assigned to a large ship (e.g., submarine, destroyer, cruiser, or larger), I can now randomly assign you to a ship. Report in this thread to get your assignment. I'll tell you your ship, and then it's up to you to look it up and see where it went and what happened to it. If the ship took casualties, let me know how many were killed and wounded and I'll do a random draw to see if you would have survived. As for me, I would have been one of 700 sailors aboard: Juneau** Atlanta-class Light Cruiser** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juneau_(CL-52) That's not really a good thing. I hung out with a nice set of five brothers from Iowa, the Sullivans, but we saw some bad things. We launched early in 1942 and did some early runs in the Atlantic and Caribbean before heading to the Pacific Theater. Right out of the gate in the Pacific we had to rescue sailors from an aircraft carrier that sank from a sub attack, and then we headed to Guadalcanal. Our task force fought off four attacks from the Japanese, one of which took down another aircraft carrier. Then another big Japanese group attacked, and we took a torpedo. We headed off toward Vanuatu for repairs, running with two other damaged ships, when we were attacked again by a Japanese sub. We took another torpedo which blew the ship to smithereens and we sank in 20 seconds. The other two ships assumed there were no survivors and took off running. In actuality, 100 of the crew survived the sinking, but only about 10 survived the next eight days until rescue aircraft found them. Based on a random dice roll, I went down with the ship, so my naval career ended late in 1942. I hope America won. |
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Yeah, escort carriers were half the length and a third the weight (displacement) of the Essex and Independence class flattops.
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You get a big ship with big guns, named after a big state.
Nevada** Nevada-class Battleship**
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I'm throwing my draft card at you right now.
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Gurnard** Gato-class Submarine**
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You'll find your way eventually. Here's an interesting one for you. You'll have to research this. Sanborn** Haskell-class Attack Transport**
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The only Navy cruiser that served fried ravioli.
St. Louis** Saint Louis-class Light Cruiser**
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You're still in the camp, but you're dreaming of life aboard ship. Pensacola** Pensacola-class Heavy Cruiser**
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New Jersey** Iowa-class Battleship**
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South Dakota Class -- 35,000 Tons, 4 were built, 9 each 16" guns Iowa Class -- 45,000 Tons, 6 were built, 9 each 16" guns |
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I think there were some, but they were generally taking out U-boats and not surface combatants. Someone earlier in the thread was on a ship that sank a German ship and a Japanese ship, which I bet was really unusual.
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Monterey** Independence-class Light Carrier** You got one of the storm ships. Take your dramamine.
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Louisville** Northampton-class Heavy Cruiser** You got a real slugger of a ship.
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Hornet (Essex-class)** Essex-class Aircraft Carrier** Just to clarify, you got the second Hornet, not the one in the Doolittle raid.
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