Post by Centanu on Feb 28, 2006 17:12:38 GMT -5
1942. The South-East Pacific. A lonely island in the Solomon island chain. Starvation Island. Guadalcanal. United States marines have already landed, taking parts of the island, but not without stiff Japanese resistance. They are not going to give up an inch of ground until they are drowning in their own blood. Fighting tooth and nail, their only supplies are those brought by ship from mainland Japan, a continuous stream of transport ships escorted by Destroyers and Submarines. This life line must be cut. The Japanese must be driven from the island. In coordination with the British Admiralty, the United States Navy has planed out an operation to locate this shipping lane, and blockade it for good. The British Admiralty have dispatched the Tribal Class Destroyers HMS Sikh, and HMS Bataan, and the United States have sent the Fletcher Class Destroyer USS Chevalier and Buckley Class Destroyer Escort USS Halloran, as well as the USS Cincinnatti, an Omaha Class Light Cruiser, to locate and destroy this vital stream of supplies to the Japanese on Guadalcanal. Screening and escorting the transport ships are the Imperial Japanese Navy Akitsuki Class Destroyers IJS Fuyutsuki, IJS Harutsuki, and IJS Akitsuki, and the Kuma Class Light Cruisers IJSOni and IJS Bakemono
INFORMATION
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Ship Classes
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TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Four double 5-inch (127mm) gun turrets. One quadruple 40mm AA gun. Four double .50 caliber machine guns.
Speed: 36 knots
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FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Five single 5-inch (127mm) gun turrets. One quadruple 1-inch (25mm) AA gun. Six single 20mm AA guns. Two quintuple torpedo tubes in rotating launchers on the deck.
Speed: 31 knots
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BUCKLEY CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT
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Armament: Three single 3-inch (76mm) guns in open tubs. One quadruple 1-inch (25mm) AA gun. Six single 20mm AA guns. One triple torpedo tubes in one rotating launcher on the deck. Two depth charge racks, one hundred fifty charges carried.
Speed: 24 knots
Extra: These vessels have much better radar as they are for anti-submarine warfare. They have excellent sonar and radar.
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AKITSUKI CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Four double 4-inch (100mm) gun turrets. Two double 25mm AA guns. Four torpedo submerged torpedo tubes, two facing forward and one to each side.
Speed: 33 knots
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OMAHA CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
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Armament: Two double 6-inch (157mm) gun turrets. Eight single 6-inch (157mm) guns in Single mounts. Four 3-inch (76mm) AA guns in single turrets.
Speed: 35 knots
Special: The Omaha Class is an older class of cruiser, and the single 6-inch gun mounts are in World War 1 style sponsons. It is, however, heavily armored.
You can clearly see the foreword turret and the two sponson mounted 6-inch guns.
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KUMA CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
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Armament:Six 5-inch guns in three double turrets. Two triple 25mm AA guns. Six single 20mm guns.
Speed: 34 knots
CHARACTER SHEET
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NAME:
SHIP: (Players are ship captains)
AGE:
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT:
OOC: I will take command of the Allied fleet, someone may take command of the Japanese fleet.
NAME: Michael Danielson
SHIP: USS Cincinnati Omaha Class Light Cruiser
AGE: Thirty four
WEIGHT: Two hundred pounds.
HEIGHT: Five feet, six inches.
Questions? PM me with them.
INFORMATION
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Ship Classes
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TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Four double 5-inch (127mm) gun turrets. One quadruple 40mm AA gun. Four double .50 caliber machine guns.
Speed: 36 knots
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FLETCHER CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Five single 5-inch (127mm) gun turrets. One quadruple 1-inch (25mm) AA gun. Six single 20mm AA guns. Two quintuple torpedo tubes in rotating launchers on the deck.
Speed: 31 knots
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BUCKLEY CLASS DESTROYER ESCORT
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Armament: Three single 3-inch (76mm) guns in open tubs. One quadruple 1-inch (25mm) AA gun. Six single 20mm AA guns. One triple torpedo tubes in one rotating launcher on the deck. Two depth charge racks, one hundred fifty charges carried.
Speed: 24 knots
Extra: These vessels have much better radar as they are for anti-submarine warfare. They have excellent sonar and radar.
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AKITSUKI CLASS DESTROYER
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Armament: Four double 4-inch (100mm) gun turrets. Two double 25mm AA guns. Four torpedo submerged torpedo tubes, two facing forward and one to each side.
Speed: 33 knots
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OMAHA CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
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Armament: Two double 6-inch (157mm) gun turrets. Eight single 6-inch (157mm) guns in Single mounts. Four 3-inch (76mm) AA guns in single turrets.
Speed: 35 knots
Special: The Omaha Class is an older class of cruiser, and the single 6-inch gun mounts are in World War 1 style sponsons. It is, however, heavily armored.
You can clearly see the foreword turret and the two sponson mounted 6-inch guns.
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KUMA CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
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Armament:Six 5-inch guns in three double turrets. Two triple 25mm AA guns. Six single 20mm guns.
Speed: 34 knots
CHARACTER SHEET
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NAME:
SHIP: (Players are ship captains)
AGE:
WEIGHT:
HEIGHT:
OOC: I will take command of the Allied fleet, someone may take command of the Japanese fleet.
NAME: Michael Danielson
SHIP: USS Cincinnati Omaha Class Light Cruiser
AGE: Thirty four
WEIGHT: Two hundred pounds.
HEIGHT: Five feet, six inches.
Questions? PM me with them.