The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

[mescal]

Thank you.

Next question :

Which ship ?

[AVV]

Hello!
USS Neosho (AO-23) after Japanese attack on May 7, 1942?

Best regards, Aleks

[mescal]

Perfect, Aleks.

Back to Ukraine !

[AVV]

Thanks!
What ship is sinking?

Best regards, Aleks

[Polar bear]

hi, Aleks,

hmm ... HMS HARDY (II) in the Arctic on January 30, 1944 ?

greetings, the pb

[AVV]

Yes, indeed HMS... but not Hardy the Second.

Best regards, Aleks

[mescal]

HMS Swift, sunk by mine on 24 June 1944 off Sword Beach ?

[AVV]

Yes, this time correct.
Source: http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono ... -Swift.htm
Over to you again!

Best regards, Aleks

[mescal]

Thank you Aleks.

Next question :
Which ship took 4 bombs, 5 kamikaze hits (in a single day) and yet survived ?

[Polar bear]

hi, Olivier,

Destroyer USS LAFFEY (Cdr. Becton) on April 15, 1945 ?

greetings, the pb

[mescal]

Hello pb,

Yes, that's her.

Over to Germany !

[Polar bear]

hi,

which ships ?

greetings, the pb

[mescal]

The cruiser in front is the USS Vincennes (CA-44), the carrier behind is USS Yorktown.
And the destroyer in the back, given the camouflage scheme is probably USS Anderson DD-411 (Russell being another more distant possibility).

Picture taken in the afternoon of 4 June 1942.

[Polar bear]

hi, Olivier,

well done, very good !

back to France,

greetings, the pb

[mescal]

Thank you, pb.

Next question :
After the end of the Age of Sail, the weather gauge became less and less important in naval combat.
However, in one battle of ww2, the fact that an Allied fleet had the weather gauge was critical to the tactical outcome.
Which was this battle ?