Post a Ship and/or Shipgirl and I'll give you her history

[Resident Fascist]

because Jord closed the thread. If the picture of an actual ship is grainy as funk and impossible to make out, please at the very least post a name. 

[Yui]

[Azure Wolf]

HMS Belfast

[cr47t]

USS Iowa (I think thats the name)

 

Also, are rerolls allowed?

[goodfusion]

 

Carrieroid

[Jord200]

Shard, YOU'RE why I closed my thread....

[Just Crouton]

 

liberator (no relation to the united sanctuary)

[Resident Fascist]

 

Kako, second ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Furutaka-Class Heavy Cruisers, named after Kako River in Hyogo Prefecture. Built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, launched 10th April 1925, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 20th July 1926. Kako served in the IJN patrolling Chinese Waters and the Japanese coastline up until she was pulled in for a major refit in 1929, and then placed into Cruiser Division 6. Shortly after, she was part of the Naval Review off the coat of Yokohama in 1933. Once again, Kako was pulled in for a major refit in July 1936, completed 27th December 1937. The major change of note is that her 200mm main battery guns, consisting of 6 guns in 6 turrets of single barrel, were replaced with 3 turrets of 203mm guns consisting 2 barrels per turret. She was then part of Cruiser Division 6 under the command of Rear Admiral Aritomo Goto along with Aoba, sister ship Furutaka and Kinugasa. 

 

 Kako then supported the Japanese invasion of Guam, around the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour, and later supported landing operations in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and Tulagi. On May 6th 1942, Kako was attacked by 4 US Army Air Force B-17s, but received no damage. Cruiser Division 6 then sortied with the Light Carrier Shouhou in the Battle of the Coral Sea. On the 7th of May, Shouhou was hit by aerial bombs and torpedoes from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown's squadrons. Shouhou sunk shortly after. The Americans also heavily damaged the Heavy Carrier Shoukaku. During this time, Kako and Aoba continued to cover the Port Moresby Invasion Force, while Kinugasa and Furutaka broke formation to escort the heavily damaged Shoukaku back to Japanese waters. 

 

 After a brief repair period, Kako was assigned to the Eighth Fleet following the major restructuring of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Mikawa Gunichi. Later, Kako took part in the Battle off Savo Island. On August 9th, Kako, along with Heavy Cruisers Aoba, Furutaka and Kinugasa of Cruiser Division 6 along with Heavy Cruiser Chokai, Light Cruisers Tenryuu and Yuubari and destroyer Yunagi participated in a Night Battle with allied forces. It was a resounding success for the Japanese, American Cruisers USS Vincennes, Quincy, Astoria and Royal Australian Navy Cruiser Canberra were sunk, USS Chicago and the destroyers USS Ralph Talbot and USS Patterson had also received damage. In return, the Japanese took minor damage. 

 

 The next day on the 10th of August, Cruiser Division 6 was returning unescorted to Kavieng, when the US Submarine S-44 spotted the formation and fired four torpedoes at the rear ship of the group, which happened to be Kako. Three Torpedoes impacted Kako at 0708, abreast of Turret No.1, hitting both Boiler Rooms 1 and 2. Kako rolled over to Starboard and Exploded shortly after. The remaining Cruisers managed to recover the majority of Kako's crew. 34 Crew were killed.

 

(HMS Belfast and Iowa histories coming)

[Yui]

Kako, second ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Furutaka-Class Heavy Cruisers, named after Kako River in Hyogo Prefecture. Built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation, launched 10th April 1925, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 20th July 1926. Kako served in the IJN patrolling Chinese Waters and the Japanese coastline up until she was pulled in for a major refit in 1929, and then placed into Cruiser Division 6. Shortly after, she was part of the Naval Review off the coat of Yokohama in 1933. Once again, Kako was pulled in for a major refit in July 1936, completed 27th December 1937. The major change of note is that her 200mm main battery guns, consisting of 6 guns in 6 turrets of single barrel, were replaced with 3 turrets of 203mm guns consisting 2 barrels per turret. She was then part of Cruiser Division 6 under the command of Rear Admiral Aritomo Goto along with Aoba, sister ship Furutaka and Kinugasa. 

 

 Kako then supported the Japanese invasion of Guam, around the time of the attack on Pearl Harbour, and later supported landing operations in the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and Tulagi. On May 6th 1942, Kako was attacked by 4 US Army Air Force B-17s, but received no damage. Cruiser Division 6 then sortied with the Light Carrier Shouhou in the Battle of the Coral Sea. On the 7th of May, Shouhou was hit by aerial bombs and torpedoes from USS Lexington and USS Yorktown's squadrons. Shouhou sunk shortly after. The Americans also heavily damaged the Heavy Carrier Shoukaku. During this time, Kako and Aoba continued to cover the Port Moresby Invasion Force, while Kinugasa and Furutaka broke formation to escort the heavily damaged Shoukaku back to Japanese waters. 

 

 After a brief repair period, Kako was assigned to the Eighth Fleet following the major restructuring of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Mikawa Gunichi. Later, Kako took part in the Battle off Savo Island. On August 9th, Kako, along with Heavy Cruisers Aoba, Furutaka and Kinugasa of Cruiser Division 6 along with Heavy Cruiser Chokai, Light Cruisers Tenryuu and Yuubari and destroyer Yunagi participated in a Night Battle with allied forces. It was a resounding success for the Japanese, American Cruisers USS Vincennes, Quincy, Astoria and Royal Australian Navy Cruiser Canberra were sunk, USS Chicago and the destroyers USS Ralph Talbot and USS Patterson had also received damage. In return, the Japanese took minor damage. 

 

 The next day on the 10th of August, Cruiser Division 6 was returning unescorted to Kavieng, when the US Submarine S-44 spotted the formation and fired four torpedoes at the rear ship of the group, which happened to be Kako. Three Torpedoes impacted Kako at 0708, abreast of Turret No.1, hitting both Boiler Rooms 1 and 2. Kako rolled over to Starboard and Exploded shortly after. The remaining Cruisers managed to recover the majority of Kako's crew. 34 Crew were killed.

 

(HMS Belfast and Iowa histories coming)

This is all very interesting, but that's Kiso.

[Resident Fascist]

This is all very interesting, but that's Kiso.

 

...It is? funk. Well.

 

Kiso was the 5th and last Kuma-Class Light Cruiser. Named after Kiso River in Japan. Laid down 10th August 1918, launched 14th December 1920, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy on the 4th of May 1921. The Kumas were designed to be a medium weight Light Cruiser designed as a Destroyer Leader that could also carry floatplanes, had high speed and a long range. The Kuma-Class as a whole was an upgraded model of the previously successful Tenryuu design. As typical with most early 20th Century ships, the Kuma class was very inept at dealing with aircraft. During her early life, Kiso supported the Imperial Japanese Army's Siberian Intervention against the Bolshevik Red Army. Her life was relatively unremarkable until she fired a 21-gun salute for the US Cruiser Astoria carrying the remains of the Japanese Ambassador to the US. Kiso spent the time during the attack on Pearl Harbour patrolling the Northern part of the Sea of Japan, and was part of the unsuccessful task force sent to chase the Doolittle Raiders. 

 

 Kiso was part of Operation AL, the seizure of the Western Aleutians. Kiso received several near misses with American aircraft. Kiso had a relatively unremarkable career until she was attacked by Aircraft from the American Carrier Task Force 38 and sunk after 3 bomb hits. 715 Crew were lost.

[Jord200]

 

 

Kiso.

 

 

And no, sadly this is not the opening to an anime that features the Kuma-Class with Kiso as the star. Its an INSANELY well made AMV. Though if that existed, I would watch it in a freaking heartbeat, ESPECIALLY if whoever made this was working on it.

[Resident Fascist]

HMS Belfast

 

HMS Belfast, Pennant Number C35. One of 10 British Royal Navy Town-Class Light Cruisers, and the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the Capital of Northern Ireland. Construction began in December 1936, the ship was launched on St. Patrick's Day 1938, commissioned into the the British Royal Navy in August 1939. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was part of the British Blockade against Germany. Her first run in of major combat occurred in Nobember 1939, when she struck a German Mine and was heavily damaged. She was saved and brought back to British waters where she spent two years being extensively upgraded, receiving the best equipment in the Royal Navy at the time, making Belfast one of the best Light Cruisers in the world, matched only by the newly commissioned Cleveland Class of the United States Navy, and carried comparable armament to Japanese Heavy Cruiser classes at the time, albeit with smaller guns. Belfast would also transport supply convoys to the Soviet Union in 1943, and took part in the battle of North Cape as the flagship of Vice Admiral Robert Burnett. Along with several other ships of the Royal Navy, Belfast took part in the destruction of the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst. In June of 1944, she assisted Allied Landings in Normandy during Operation Overlord. She was then later assigned to the British Pacific Fleet around the end of World War 2. 

 

 Belfast would not see combat again until the Korean War, which she served from 1950 to 1952. Finally, Belfast was pulled in for an extensive refit between 1956 and 1959. She saw minor action between this period and when she was officially decommissioned from the Royal Navy on the 24th of August 1963. Originally, Belfast had planned to be scrapped, but calls in the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum and the British Ministry of Defence called for the ship to be preserved as a floating museum. In 1971, the plans were approved and Belfast was placed under the HMS Belfast Trust. By 1978 she became a part of the Imperial War Museum and is now permanently moored on the River Thames in London, open to tourists.

[cr47t]

Just in case anyone else would be interested.

 

(Sorry if this bothers you, Shard)