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FOG3 · 05-01-2008, 13:39 PM

The Super Battleship IJN Yamato was taken out by "several torpedoes," and wasn't willing to just suck up a single torpedo hit when bracketed by a pair if them earlier by DD-532 USS Heermann effectively losing the Japanese the Battle of Samar despite their vastly out-tonnning and out-gunning their opposition in the process as Kurita didn't properly recognize the situation because of it. Incidentally proving Battleships being less then able to really bring their firepower to bear in the process as their opposition consisted solely of Sprague's 6 CVEs, 3 DDs,and 4 DDEs vs Kurita's Center Force of 4 Battleships (including Yamato), 8 Heavy Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers and 13 Destroyers. Note the battle basically went on for hours.

There is no ship that can take "several torpedoes" or otherwise and not be sent to the bottom, and there never was. Let alone simply shrug them off as you imply. That's why the Biritish lived in mortal terror of subs to the point they wasted inordinate amounts of ammo pounding water when anyone thought they saw a periscope in WW1.

An ounce of prevention is worth is worth a pound of cure is an understatement. Enterprise and Hornet deserve a lot of credit, yet for some reason its always the BBs, despite the fact they couldn't even really take on 6 dinky 7,800 ton Casablanca-class Escort Carriers when having a downright unreal concentration of force to pit against them.

05-01-2008, 13:39 PM	#110 (permalink)
FOG3 Patron Join Date: 05-04-06 Posts: 194	The Super Battleship IJN Yamato was taken out by "several torpedoes," and wasn't willing to just suck up a single torpedo hit when bracketed by a pair if them earlier by DD-532 USS Heermann effectively losing the Japanese the Battle of Samar despite their vastly out-tonnning and out-gunning their opposition in the process as Kurita didn't properly recognize the situation because of it. Incidentally proving Battleships being less then able to really bring their firepower to bear in the process as their opposition consisted solely of Sprague's 6 CVEs, 3 DDs,and 4 DDEs vs Kurita's Center Force of 4 Battleships (including Yamato), 8 Heavy Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers and 13 Destroyers. Note the battle basically went on for hours. There is no ship that can take "several torpedoes" or otherwise and not be sent to the bottom, and there never was. Let alone simply shrug them off as you imply. That's why the Biritish lived in mortal terror of subs to the point they wasted inordinate amounts of ammo pounding water when anyone thought they saw a periscope in WW1. An ounce of prevention is worth is worth a pound of cure is an understatement. Enterprise and Hornet deserve a lot of credit, yet for some reason its always the BBs, despite the fact they couldn't even really take on 6 dinky 7,800 ton Casablanca-class Escort Carriers when having a downright unreal concentration of force to pit against them. Last edited by FOG3 : 05-01-2008 at 14:10 PM.