New Addons for Ship Descriptions

[FurDenKaiser1914]

So, I was looking at the ship descriptions and noticed the new things for the Year of Design and amount of ships.

So I decided to list which ship classes had the most units for each type using the addon. (Only doing America and Japan)

 

Japan:

Destroyer: Kagero-class with 18 ships

Cruiser: Kuma-class with 5 ships

Battleship: Yamato-class with 4 ships

Carrier: Zuiho-class, Hiryu-class, and Shokaku-class all with 2 ships

 

America:

Destroyer: Fletcher-class with 175 ships

Cruiser: Cleveland-class with 29 ships

Battleship: Iowa-class with 6 ships

Carrier: Essex-class with 26 ships

 

 Something's a bit off...

[suleiman71]

There were 4 Yamato class battleships planned, including two (Shinano and no.111) that had 6 6" guns removed to place more dual purpose guns.

 

Do some research and this entire post is explained pretty much. WG likes to mess things up.

[Mesrith]

Not all of those were completed, but yeah, production was a bit lopsided.

[PelicanHazard]

Some of those counts are weird, I admit (like the 2 Iowa class BBs that were cancelled), but otherwise the tallies just reflect the US strategy of burying Japan under our impressive shipbuilding ability.

[Strike_Witch_Tomoko]

There were 4 Yamato class battleships planned, including two (Shinano and no.111) that had 6 6" guns removed to place more dual purpose guns.

 

Do some research and this entire post is explained pretty much. WG likes to mess things up.

 

that actually sounds pretty cool. 6 6" guns.

[suleiman71]

 

that actually sounds pretty cool. 6 6" guns.

 

Yeah, the model of 6" gun in question wasn't dual purpose, so they wanted to remove them for more dual purpose guns. Can't remember if they were 3.9" or 5"/40s. 

 

The Yamato and Musashi recieved said modification in 1944.

[paradat]

So, I was looking at the ship descriptions and noticed the new things for the Year of Design and amount of ships.

So I decided to list which ship classes had the most units for each type using the addon. (Only doing America and Japan)

 

Japan:

Destroyer: Kagero-class with 18 ships

Cruiser: Kuma-class with 5 ships

Battleship: Yamato-class with 4 ships

Carrier: Zuiho-class, Hiryu-class, and Shokaku-class all with 2 ships

 

America:

Destroyer: Fletcher-class with 175 ships

Cruiser: Cleveland-class with 29 ships

Battleship: Iowa-class with 6 ships

Carrier: Essex-class with 26 ships

 

 Something's a bit off...

 

err... um.... What is your point? Then numbers look good. Are you just pointing out the epic industrial might of the US back then?

[XavierNova]

It just goes to show that America had the resources and industrial power to maintain the war. Japan had neither. That's part of why they started the war to begin with.

[suleiman71]

Are you just pointing out the epic industrial might of the US back then?

 

When a B-17 came off the line every 20 seconds and where destroyers and escort carriers could be built like a Motel T assembly line compared to other ships.

[Mesrith]

While American industry was impressive, let us not forget that there are obvious benefits to having an untouched homeland to manufacture in.

[FurDenKaiser1914]

There were 4 Yamato class battleships planned, including two (Shinano and no.111) that had 6 6" guns removed to place more dual purpose guns.

 

Do some research and this entire post is explained pretty much. WG likes to mess things up.

 

Yeah, that's why I said I used the game, not any actual resources.

[Zodiac_A17]

"By war's end in 1945, the United States Navy had added nearly 1,200 major combatant ships, including 27 aircraft carriers and 8 battleships, and had over 70% of the world's total numbers and total tonnage of naval vessels of 1,000 tons or greater. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945, including 28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, over 28 submariens, 377 destroyers, and thousands of amphibious, supply and auxiliary ships." Copy paste from wiki; the first numbers (27 and 8) for carriers and battleships is referring to modern ships.

[QuicksilverJPR]

 

Yeah, the model of 6" gun in question wasn't dual purpose, so they wanted to remove them for more dual purpose guns. Can't remember if they were 3.9" or 5"/40s. 

 

The Yamato and Musashi recieved said modification in 1944.

 

I'm pretty sure they were dual purpose 100mm guns (long barrels/high velocity)

[HazardDrake]

Some of those counts are weird, I admit (like the 2 Iowa class BBs that were cancelled), but otherwise the tallies just reflect the US strategy of burying Japan under our impressive shipbuilding ability.

Well to be honest, Japan was outclassed in virtually every aspect. Small arms especially.

[FurDenKaiser1914]

Some of those counts are weird, I admit (like the 2 Iowa class BBs that were cancelled), but otherwise the tallies just reflect the US strategy of burying Japan under our impressive shipbuilding ability.

 

There were also 5 planned Yamato-class battleships.

[Hurlbut]

While American industry was impressive, let us not forget that there are obvious benefits to having an untouched homeland to manufacture in.

 

And plenty of resources as was pointed out. The japanese industry even before war, was disorganized and the scarce resources didn't help the matter any.

[FurDenKaiser1914]

If you want to know why I made this:

 

I dunno lol