witchbottles
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okay premise is to take each of the following BB classes:
1. Iowa Class as it appeared in August of 1945.
2. Yamato Class as it appeared in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
3. Bismarck class as it appeared in April of 1941.
4. KG V class as it appeared in May of 1945.
If each of these BB classes was engaged by one of the following modern naval ship classes, which modern ship would stand the best chance of actually sinking a battle-ready BB listed above?
1. a Floreal class FF as they appeared in December of 1985.
2. a OH Perry class FFG as they appeared in January of 1991.
3. a Jiangki II class FFG as they appeared in January of 2018.
4. a Sa'ar III class FFL as they appeared in December of 1990.
Could any of the modernized FF/FFG/FFLs listed stand a chance of putting one of those BBs under before being sunk herself by the main batteries of these battlewagons? Remember, a simple CA - the KMS Prinz Eugen took 2 nuclear device hits and stayed afloat, at Bikini Atoll.
The frigates listed seem to lack the needed volume of SSMs it would likely require to put one of those battlewagons down for good, and every one of the listed BB classes at the period given could outrun any of the listed frigates.
An interesting thought.
as an aside, how many Mk 48 ADCAPs do you estimate it would take to put the Musashi under? How many 533mm carrier-killer torpedoes? To put the USS Missouri under?
(Keeping the period listed in mind only for those BB's.)
KRL,
Jon H
1. Iowa Class as it appeared in August of 1945.
2. Yamato Class as it appeared in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.
3. Bismarck class as it appeared in April of 1941.
4. KG V class as it appeared in May of 1945.
If each of these BB classes was engaged by one of the following modern naval ship classes, which modern ship would stand the best chance of actually sinking a battle-ready BB listed above?
1. a Floreal class FF as they appeared in December of 1985.
2. a OH Perry class FFG as they appeared in January of 1991.
3. a Jiangki II class FFG as they appeared in January of 2018.
4. a Sa'ar III class FFL as they appeared in December of 1990.
Could any of the modernized FF/FFG/FFLs listed stand a chance of putting one of those BBs under before being sunk herself by the main batteries of these battlewagons? Remember, a simple CA - the KMS Prinz Eugen took 2 nuclear device hits and stayed afloat, at Bikini Atoll.
The frigates listed seem to lack the needed volume of SSMs it would likely require to put one of those battlewagons down for good, and every one of the listed BB classes at the period given could outrun any of the listed frigates.
An interesting thought.
as an aside, how many Mk 48 ADCAPs do you estimate it would take to put the Musashi under? How many 533mm carrier-killer torpedoes? To put the USS Missouri under?
(Keeping the period listed in mind only for those BB's.)
KRL,
Jon H