The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by mescal » 24 Jan 2013, 14:47

Thank you.

Next question :

Which ship ?
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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by AVV » 24 Jan 2013, 16:29

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

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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by mescal » 24 Jan 2013, 18:52

Perfect, Aleks.

Back to Ukraine !
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Post by AVV » 25 Jan 2013, 09:12

Thanks!
What ship is sinking?

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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 25 Jan 2013, 12:37

hi, Aleks,

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

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Post by AVV » 25 Jan 2013, 12:50

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

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Post by mescal » 25 Jan 2013, 19:18

HMS Swift, sunk by mine on 24 June 1944 off Sword Beach ?
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Post by AVV » 25 Jan 2013, 21:38

Yes, this time correct.
Source: http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono ... -Swift.htm
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Post by mescal » 28 Jan 2013, 14:15

Thank you Aleks.

Next question :
Which ship took 4 bombs, 5 kamikaze hits (in a single day) and yet survived ?
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Post by Polar bear » 28 Jan 2013, 16:34

hi, Olivier,

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

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Post by mescal » 29 Jan 2013, 14:28

Hello pb,

Yes, that's her.

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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by Polar bear » 30 Jan 2013, 01:23

hi,

which ships ?

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Post by mescal » 30 Jan 2013, 09:54

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.
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Post by Polar bear » 30 Jan 2013, 10:13

hi, Olivier,

well done, very good !

back to France,

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Re: The official AHF Allied & Neutral Navies quiz thread

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Post by mescal » 30 Jan 2013, 16:34

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 ?
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