R/C Naval Combat

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Originally posted by crzyhawk

"Also Konigsberg"

Actually, WW2 Konigsberg was sunk in Norway. The WW1 Konigsberg was used as a shore battery against the british...not sure if it was after she sunk or not.

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I remember that one of the "K"'s was used to bombard Russian troops after being sunk at the pier. WW2 is not my strong suite

In nautical parlance, what is 'the Devil'?

hot tar ?

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Originally posted by Tugboat

In nautical parlance, what is 'the Devil'?

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It's the seam in the hull, lowest down & hardest to get at. Caulking this seam was referred to as "paying the devil" & there was pretty much nothing "between the devil & the deep blue sea".

JM

John is the winner, and next up... (I clearly made the question too easy for it to be answered so fast! :)

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Originally posted by Tugboat

John is the winner, and next up... (I clearly made the question too easy for it to be answered so fast! :)

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Wow! I'd like to thank the voters, & everyone who got out & knocked on doors & made phone calls, gave money to the campaign, ...

I guess I should have had something ready, just in case. What's the preference, hard or easy?

JM

Maybe we should be offering Quatloos as prizes [8D][8D][:p]

too hard will kill the thread, too easy is no fun.

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Originally posted by JustinScott

too hard will kill the thread, too easy is no fun.

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OK, here goes (hope it isn't too far in either direction):

I come from a family that has produced many high-ranking naval & army officers. My son & I were the 1st ever father & son to achieve 4-star Admiral's rank in the USN. I sailed with the Great White Fleet on part of its round-the-world cruise, & served in WWI. I saw combat in the Pacific in WWII. As commander of TG 58.1, I had already turned my carriers around to return to Leyte in support of TU 77.4.3 (aka "Taffy 3") even before Adm. Halsey ordered me to do so. Strikes from my carriers helped turn back Adm. Kurita's force at the Battle off Samar.

Although my health was suffering due to the stress of command, at Adm. Halsey's insistence I was present at the surrender signing ceremony aboard USS Missouri on 02-September-1945. I died of a heart attack 4 days later, at my home in California, and was promoted posthumously to Full Admiral.

My grandson has been in the news lately.

Who was I?

John Sidney McCain Sr.

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Originally posted by RiverRaider

John Sidney McCain Sr.

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DING-DING-DING!!!

I guess that was too easy. Next up!

JM

You sure did alot there John!

For a few months I sailed with the British Grand Fleet
I witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet
In Europe during WW2 I bombarded Normandy, Cherbourg
and southern France and in the Pacific Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
During WW2 I had the smallest main guns of US ships of my type.
It only took one atomic bomb to take out Hiroshima but it took two to sink me.

What ship am I?

arkansas

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Originally posted by JohnmCA72

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Originally posted by Tugboat

In nautical parlance, what is 'the Devil'?

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It's the seam in the hull, lowest down & hardest to get at. Caulking this seam was referred to as "paying the devil" & there was pretty much nothing "between the devil & the deep blue sea".

JM

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Funny you should mention that. That was mentioned as I was reading the fourth Jack Aubrey novel yesterday. It's good to see this thread take off.

Yea, it is nice. Good job setting it up Gascan.

Greg is the winner!
Next question

I served in the Med, supporting the north africa campaign.

I supplied naval gunfire to support the landings in southern france

I survived the war and was in service in the 80's.

I never made it to the ship breakers, and went down (not according to plan) as all good ships should, rather than be scrapped.

while in service in the 80's, it was not american service

USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
Sold to Chile in 1951
Sank in 92 under tow to the breakers.