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Old 10-09-2014, 03:32 PM  
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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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Old 10-12-2014, 08:34 AM   #331
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Old 10-12-2014, 08:37 AM   #332
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Old 10-12-2014, 12:50 PM   #333
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Did I get missed? Sub duty please.

Or did I die in the "Dive Tower" :P

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Manila Bay** Casablanca-class Escort Carrier**

I'm wondering if this one came into action later in the war. Either that, or it's named after something in the 1900-era Philippines stuff.
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Old 10-12-2014, 12:51 PM   #334
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Copahee** Bogue-class Escort Carrier**
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Old 10-12-2014, 02:19 PM   #335
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Manila Bay** Casablanca-class Escort Carrier**

I'm wondering if this one came into action later in the war. Either that, or it's named after something in the 1900-era Philippines stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Manila_Bay_(CVE-61)

Looks like she did take place in multiple pacific battles during World War II

Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Mindoro looks like was the first where She took losses. 1 Kamikaze got through and hit her flight deck. Manila Bay had 14 men killed and 52 wounded, but by 10 January she resumed full duty in support of the Lingayen Gulf operations.

It looks like The United States made a lot of these escort carriers. Manila Bay was one of them.
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Old 10-12-2014, 02:39 PM   #336
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It appears I just got drafted. Where do I report?
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Old 10-13-2014, 06:18 PM   #337
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Savo Island** Casablanca-class Escort Carrier**

I'm going to have to look up where Savo Island is. Who named these ships anyway? I think they were naming them after Senators' hometowns or something.
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Old 10-13-2014, 07:24 PM   #338
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Savo Island** Casablanca-class Escort Carrier**

I'm going to have to look up where Savo Island is. Who named these ships anyway? I think they were naming them after Senators' hometowns or something.
Oh that one was a bit of a black eye for the USA in the Guadalcanal campaign.
We lost four ships and slowed up the reinforcements and supplies to the Marines on Guadalcanal. Was mentioned in The Pacific. The Marines set resting after long battles and watched the Battle of Savo Island's and seeing the ships at night ablaze.
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