46 Michael_200061 Beta Testers 161 posts 1,391 battles Report post #1 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Feel free to leave your thoughts on the worst battleships ever sailed or designed during the second world war period, either due to its design or its combat history. Bismarck. Edited June 3, 2016 by Michael_200061 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,289 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,734 posts 26,570 battles Report post #2 Posted June 3, 2016 Can we have neg reps back? 29 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,102 Goose21891 Members 11,964 posts 6,273 battles Report post #3 Posted June 3, 2016 In terms of just sheer design flaws, Fuso. Love it in-game, but there were so many issues with them IRL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
656 [GUYS] TabbyHopkins Alpha Tester 2,768 posts 4,462 battles Report post #4 Posted June 3, 2016 Can we have neg reps back? I was going to bring in the neg-rep cannon gif, but forgot it is saved on my desktop, not my laptop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
9 Brontoscorpio Beta Testers 1 post 1,980 battles Report post #5 Posted June 3, 2016 Arizona xdd 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,289 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,734 posts 26,570 battles Report post #6 Posted June 3, 2016 On topic though, I would think in pure combat capacity, Schleswig Holstein? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,151 [SOUP] Chobittsu Members 9,391 posts Report post #7 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Arizona xdd Honestly, yeah. She was an aging hulk by the time the war started and is only really famous for being famous. Just a big oil-leaking coffin and a rallying cry of angry USN crews. As a ship, she wasn't anything special. She was in US waters the whole Great War, sent to Turkey to look fancy for a lil while, then transfered to the Pacific. Used to aid California after an earthquake in 1933, featured in a film, transfered from San Diago to Pearl. Bombed. Although awarded a battle star for her service in WWII, she was never truely used in combat and at most fired disorganized and panicked AAA during the Battle of Pearl Harbour. So... at the risk of pissing off the freedumbs, she was the most useless combat vessel of the USN in the war. Edited June 3, 2016 by Chobittsu 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,102 Goose21891 Members 11,964 posts 6,273 battles Report post #8 Posted June 3, 2016 On topic though, I would think in pure combat capacity, Schleswig Holstein? Worked well-enough shelling Gdansk in 1939 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
656 [GUYS] TabbyHopkins Alpha Tester 2,768 posts 4,462 battles Report post #9 Posted June 3, 2016 Worked well-enough shelling Gdansk in 1939 But in a ship to ship battle she dosn't look like she'd hold up long against any of the RN's capital ships. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
933 Freecloud Alpha Tester, In AlfaTesters, Beta Testers 6,298 posts 6,911 battles Report post #10 Posted June 3, 2016 Can we have neg reps back? Why so salty, my friend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
46 Michael_200061 Beta Testers 161 posts 1,391 battles Report post #11 Posted June 3, 2016 On topic though, I would think in pure combat capacity, Schleswig Holstein? I would consider that as a BC not a BB XD, even a Alaska can sink it quite easily. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,276 anonym_Hf93Jbjm9WjT Members 4,302 posts Report post #12 Posted June 3, 2016 Yamato, well tbh, she did look good on a beach/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
804 Wowzery Members 4,608 posts Report post #13 Posted June 3, 2016 HMS Hood 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,289 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,734 posts 26,570 battles Report post #14 Posted June 3, 2016 Why so salty, my friend? Because that spoiler in the OP is pure trolling and OP knows it. Because it's very likely to start a wehraboo vs ameriboo pissing contest. Because we already have several threads about that particular ship. I would consider that as a BC not a BB XD, even a Alaska can sink it quite easily. S-H was a pre-dread battleship, keel laid down in 1905, commissioned in 1908. In WoWS terms, she was comparable to Mikasa. Even Kawachi / South Carolina would've murdered her with ease. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8,151 [SOUP] Chobittsu Members 9,391 posts Report post #15 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Yamato, well tbh, she did look good on a beach/ HMS Hood Hood and Yamato both saw combat and actually tried to fight. There are far better candidates.Yamato also sortied several times trying to engage USN warships, however due to American codebreaking and the fact that the WORLDS LARGEST WARSHIP sticks out like a sore thumb... she never had the chance Edited June 4, 2016 by Chobittsu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
46 Michael_200061 Beta Testers 161 posts 1,391 battles Report post #16 Posted June 3, 2016 (edited) Because that spoiler in the OP is pure trolling and OP knows it. Because it's very likely to start a wehraboo vs ameriboo pissing contest. Because we already have several threads about that particular ship. Well, it is a bad ship...weakspots all around its armour. Edited June 4, 2016 by Michael_200061 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,289 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,734 posts 26,570 battles Report post #17 Posted June 4, 2016 Well, it is a bad ship...weakspots all around its armour. Worse than a 1908 pre-dreadnought? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,975 [XODUS] NGTM_1R Alpha Tester 4,697 posts 2,130 battles Report post #18 Posted June 4, 2016 On topic though, I would think in pure combat capacity, Schleswig Holstein? Yeah, that one's going to be hard to beat on those terms. In terms of just sheer design flaws, Fuso. Love it in-game, but there were so many issues with them IRL Fuso didn't do so great, but Yamashiro was damn near indestructible. You see the design at its best and at its worst, in the same night. I'd say it balances out to neutral, probably Especially compared to the Nagatos, one of which blew itself up at anchor in a safe harbor and the other of which accomplished nothing of interest. I wouldn't give the Kongos great marks for durability either, but they were definitely Japan's most useful battleships and did enough that it's hard to argue they weren't getting their money's worth, unlike the others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
46 Michael_200061 Beta Testers 161 posts 1,391 battles Report post #19 Posted June 4, 2016 Hood and Yamato both saw combat and actually tried to fight. There are far better candidates.Yamato also sortied several times trying to engage USN warships, however due to American codebreaking and the fact that the WORLDS LARGEST WARSHIP sticks out like a sore thumb... she never had the chance I agree, Hood actually did quite well as a WW1 era BC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
656 [GUYS] TabbyHopkins Alpha Tester 2,768 posts 4,462 battles Report post #20 Posted June 4, 2016 Worse than a 1908 pre-dreadnought? Heh, who will the 'wehraboos' side with? The German Pre Dread or the "It was not sunk by the Brits" Bismarck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,605 [HINON] Nuk_ Beta Testers 3,931 posts 8,150 battles Report post #21 Posted June 4, 2016 I'd have to say the Italian battleships. They never really justified their rebuild costs, were vulnerable to torpedoes, and were just fragile in general. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
39,289 [HINON] Lert Alpha Tester 27,734 posts 26,570 battles Report post #22 Posted June 4, 2016 But damn goodlooking, Nuk. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,975 [XODUS] NGTM_1R Alpha Tester 4,697 posts 2,130 battles Report post #23 Posted June 4, 2016 Hood and Yamato both saw combat and actually tried to fight. Tried nothing. Fish in a barrel maybe, but Hood still knocked out Dunkerque and Strasbourg as fighting units during Operation Catapult. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
516 Camping4XP Members 2,054 posts 2,359 battles Report post #24 Posted June 4, 2016 In terms of just sheer design flaws, Fuso. Love it in-game, but there were so many issues with them IRL Yup. Sailors considered deployment on the Fuso sisters to be the worst in the navy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,102 Goose21891 Members 11,964 posts 6,273 battles Report post #25 Posted June 4, 2016 But damn goodlooking, Nuk. But will be completely hideous on their stock hulls whenever they get added in-game, like a number of the battleships already in-game are stock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
