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@Brian2170 on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2017-03-21T18:47:23-04:00

Shinhwalee said:

Go away Error Musume we don't need you to weaken Iowa.

Error Musume GET THE F**K OUTTA HERE.

@dokisame on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-10-17T06:05:00-04:00

lol Kaga's face

@Angrygenius on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-08-21T13:45:12-04:00

Iowa said: 406mm nuclear shells confiscated?!

i didnt even know those EXISTED. thats awesome.

and by awesome, i mean in the biblical sense, which means terrifying.

@Searchwanted on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-07-31T06:08:55-04:00

Speaking of museum ships, I wonder what is the condition of the Belfast. I visited it once but I wasn't aware of the harsh realities of museum ships at the time so yeah.

@carguy1701 on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-18T16:14:27-04:00

ithekro said:

Go through enough millennia and everyone will be Enterprise's sister.

Centuries.

And canon variations, depending on your point of view.

@ithekro on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-17T02:41:35-04:00

Metroid said:

At least her sister was Enterprise~

Go through enough millennia and everyone will be Enterprise's sister.

@Metroid on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-17T01:33:35-04:00

carguy1701 said:

Eh, don't feel too bad, Yamato. At least you went down fighting, instead of, say, suffering a warp core breach caused by an Iconian computer virus.

At least her sister was Enterprise~

@carguy1701 on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-16T23:58:13-04:00

Eh, don't feel too bad, Yamato. At least you went down fighting, instead of, say, suffering a warp core breach caused by an Iconian computer virus, and exploding with no warning causing the death of all hands.

@Adolf95 on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-08T06:08:40-05:00

Blue_Stuff said:

I would love for Lexington/Hornet to be the type to either be super into ghost stories and/or be haunted by voices in her head.

Or as this fanfic suggests,be the ghost themselves.

@usso'bannon on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-06T04:07:55-05:00

Adolf95 said:

Not mentioned: Hornet and Lexington holds the title as the most haunted warship ever.

Lexington have this ghost of a sailor that died in 1943 when a torpedo nailed the boiler room. Some visitors claimed they encountered a young man dressed in Navy uniform of that era and often acted as a tour guide,showing parts of the ship while explaining it's functions for.When they asked the management,they surprised to find out that the museum never employed a tour guide.

Hornet on the other hand,well,try spend a night on-board. See if you can make it without seeing apparitions or hearing the sound of a door being slammed shut.

If both of these make it into the game,I suspect they were depicted as someone who loves giving out creepy ghost stories or have to keep a Bible and a cross close because they keep hearing voices in their head.

blue-eye charlie is the ghost guide

@Orochi_Herman on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-04T01:31:22-05:00

Adolf95 said:

Yeah,Lexington's haunting are quite mild,with only apparitions and mysterious fog around the engine room. Ghost Labs made an investigation there and only managed to get some EVPs(Funnily enough,one of the crews once served on Lexington and had experienced her haunting while she still in action).

USS Hornet on the other hand,her haunting is so hardcore it actually hurts people.Ghost Adventures investigated her in Season 4 and guess what,multiple occurrences including physical interactions are all captured on camera. In fact most viewers consider this as one of GA's most intense episodes. Don't believe me? Now you should.

Ghost Adventures. Been a while since I've watched them. Lexington's residual while Hornet's may be something quite malevolent.

@Blue_Stuff on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-03T14:24:12-05:00

I would love for Lexington/Hornet to be the type to either be super into ghost stories and/or be haunted by voices in her head.

@Adolf95 on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-03T12:12:10-05:00

kibehisa said:

Specifically, that title goes to Hornet.
The Lexington's haunters are largely benign, the Hornet's on the other hand...
...well, they call her the 'Black Ghost' for a number of reasons.

Yeah,Lexington's haunting are quite mild,with only apparitions and mysterious fog around the engine room. Ghost Labs made an investigation there and only managed to get some EVPs(Funnily enough,one of the crews once served on Lexington and had experienced her haunting while she still in action).

USS Hornet on the other hand,her haunting is so hardcore it actually hurts people.Ghost Adventures investigated her in Season 4 and guess what,multiple occurrences including physical interactions are all captured on camera. In fact most viewers consider this as one of GA's most intense episodes. Don't believe me? Now you should.

@BarefeetChaser on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-03T10:11:04-05:00

Joker.Hat said:
Can you give us more info bout this?

+65535
Would love to read more, very intriguing.

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2016-03-03T08:27:06-05:00

kibehisa said:

Specifically, that title goes to Hornet.
The Lexington's haunters are largely benign, the Hornet's on the other hand...
...well, they call her the 'Black Ghost' for a number of reasons.

Scored, the 2nd highest number of enemy planes shot down from the sky (and on the ground), the highest number of enemy pilots killed, 10 Japanese Destroyers, 1 Light Cruiser, 1 Aircraft Carrier (Hiyou), and the critical first strikes on the Yamato.

Meanwhile, the only damage that ever came to her was from 'friendly' fire, a landing accident, and when Halsey's typhoon ripped off her forward flight deck (and the crew would, within 20 minutes of pulling themselves together afterwards, send an aircraft off the aft of the ship just to prove they could still get in the fight).
Bombs and Bullets would just 'curve' their way around her, so claimed the Japanese.

She's haunted by the Japanese sailors and airmen that she sent to the depths.

That is actually how I would portray Hornet (and have), but Lexington would probably end up being more of the commander type from being the Flagship so often (traded frequently with Hornet [CV-12] and Enterprise).

Actually, all 4 of the Iowas are said to be haunted...
...by the benevolent spirits of the ships themselves (and, according to some, once in a while the spirits of those old sailors now gone on to the great beyond).
Although, the New Jersey supposedly gets riled up every time that she perceives the US as being in a war and can get violent.
This is where most of the stories of their ship spirits come from - Iowa's prissiness, New Jersey being they type of 'guy' (gal) that you want to go down to the bar and down a few rounds with, Mo's ladylike but solemn behavior, and Wisky just being one of the guys.

There is also the legend of an amorphous blob ghost-like entity (with an unidentifiable female in the middle of it) that will randomly appear on one of them and can cause damage. The legend claims that it was this spirit that caused the electrical fire on the Wisconsin back before she was recommissioned the last time.
(The legend says that this blob is the spirit of the never-built Montana, vengeful that she never got a body. Well, maybe the spirit will be satisfied now that there will be a Virginia-class USS Montana.)

Unfortunately (Fortunately?), it seems that the haunting at the Laffey has stopped ever since she tried to sink herself the last time.
Before that though, the legends say that every April 15th, for 80 minutes, she repeated her fight.

Can you give us more info bout this?

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2016-03-03T07:00:36-05:00

Adolf95 said:

Not mentioned: Hornet and Lexington holds the title as the most haunted warship ever.

Specifically, that title goes to Hornet.
The Lexington's haunters are largely benign, the Hornet's on the other hand...
...well, they call her the 'Black Ghost' for a number of reasons.

Scored, the 2nd highest number of enemy planes shot down from the sky (and on the ground), the highest number of enemy pilots killed, 10 Japanese Destroyers, 1 Light Cruiser, 1 Aircraft Carrier (Hiyou), and the critical first strikes on the Yamato.

Meanwhile, the only damage that ever came to her was from 'friendly' fire, a landing accident, and when Halsey's typhoon ripped off her forward flight deck (and the crew would, within 20 minutes of pulling themselves together afterwards, send an aircraft off the aft of the ship just to prove they could still get in the fight).
Bombs and Bullets would just 'curve' their way around her, so claimed the Japanese.

She's haunted by the Japanese sailors and airmen that she sent to the depths.

Adolf95 said:

If both of these make it into the game,I suspect they were depicted as someone who loves giving out creepy ghost stories or have to keep a Bible and a cross close because they keep hearing voices in their head.

That is actually how I would portray Hornet (and have), but Lexington would probably end up being more of the commander type from being the Flagship so often (traded frequently with Hornet [CV-12] and Enterprise).

Adolf95 said:

Iowa-class are lucky not to have this because they were rarely exposed to danger

Actually, all 4 of the Iowas are said to be haunted...
...by the benevolent spirits of the ships themselves (and, according to some, once in a while the spirits of those old sailors now gone on to the great beyond).
Although, the New Jersey supposedly gets riled up every time that she perceives the US as being in a war and can get violent.
This is where most of the stories of their ship spirits come from - Iowa's prissiness, New Jersey being they type of 'guy' (gal) that you want to go down to the bar and down a few rounds with, Mo's ladylike but solemn behavior, and Wisky just being one of the guys.

There is also the legend of an amorphous blob ghost-like entity (with an unidentifiable female in the middle of it) that will randomly appear on one of them and can cause damage. The legend claims that it was this spirit that caused the electrical fire on the Wisconsin back before she was recommissioned the last time.
(The legend says that this blob is the spirit of the never-built Montana, vengeful that she never got a body. Well, maybe the spirit will be satisfied now that there will be a Virginia-class USS Montana.)

Adolf95 said:

USS Laffey

Unfortunately (Fortunately?), it seems that the haunting at the Laffey has stopped ever since she tried to sink herself the last time.
Before that though, the legends say that every April 15th, for 80 minutes, she repeated her fight.

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2016-03-03T05:35:35-05:00

Orochi_Herman said:

I remember that. Would make interesting things to tell KDKW and Tanaka.

Well,majority of surviving USN ships that made it past WW2 is reportedly haunted.USS Salem,USS The Sullivans,USS Kidd,USS Laffey,are among them.Iowa-class are lucky not to have this because they were rarely exposed to danger(well,Missouri do got hit with a kamikaze,but casualty is minimal) unlike Lexington,which took a kamikaze directly at the bridge and killed much of those in it.

@Orochi_Herman on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-03T04:19:24-05:00

Adolf95 said:

Not mentioned: Hornet and Lexington holds the title as the most haunted warship ever.

Lexington have this ghost of a sailor that died in 1943 when a torpedo nailed the boiler room. Some visitors claimed they encountered a young man dressed in Navy uniform of that era and often acted as a tour guide,showing parts of the ship while explaining it's functions for.When they asked the management,they surprised to find out that the museum never employed a tour guide.

Hornet on the other hand,well,try spend a night on-board. See if you can make it without seeing apparitions or hearing the sound of a door being slammed shut.

If both of these make it into the game,I suspect they were depicted as someone who loves giving out creepy ghost stories or have to keep a Bible and a cross close because they keep hearing voices in their head.

I remember that. Would make interesting things to tell KDKW and Tanaka.

@fthdyrm5g on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-01T17:28:24-05:00

kibehisa said:

This is true, for the most part, I admit... I mean, beyond the fact that she was cannibalized for parts for the Iowas (meaning most of her machinery parts are actually missing/replaced with facsimiles), and complications from her repairs in the late 90s.

Massachusetts also has the only engine room you can go in for a battleship (I think). In a fully fitted ship there's just not enough room to make it safe for tourists to go in the engine room and not kill themselves trying to climb down the ladders.

When I went there the stuff in the No3 turret was in decent shape. The rangefinder was missing parts, and the original glass was replaced with clear plastic. There's a couple 5"/38 turrets you can go in and those are very well preserved.

The most rusted parts are the bofors mounts and the upper weather deck, everything else is in good shape.

Then of course all 4 Iowas are in fantastic shape because they've just come off the reserve fleet. Midway is even better because she spent almost no time laid up in Mothball.

@Eboreg on post #2288409 (kaga, akagi, yamato, iowa, maya, and 3 more (kantai collection) drawn by y.ssanoha)

2016-03-01T15:50:20-05:00

kibehisa said:

You speak to the crew of the Enterprise when they were alive, and they would quite clearly tell you that her scrapping was exactly what they wanted for her.
They didn't want 'snot nosed brats' running around putting hands on the lady in and out and wrecking her remains, her strung up somewhere like a stuffed animal to be ogled at.
So, it can be argued that the soul of a ship are her fighting men, and if so, it's what she wanted.

The Iowas' crews however? 'Put 'em in port, don't turn them into razor blades! America may need her ladies once more!'

I'm pretty sure there's a case of "sour grapes" there.