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Warszawa

The Warsz

awa was the leadship of the Warszawa-class compromising of 2 Heavy Cruisers. As apart of the Poland’s Naval Expansion program that would see the Grom-class destroyers ordered, an additional order for 2 Large Cruisers was envisaged.
Built by Scotsfield Shipbuilding, the Warszawa was heavily based off of the then under construction Towns-class Light Cruiser.

While initial plans called for 203mm guns, the decision was made to go to use the same 152mm guns used on the Town-class. Constructed in a relatively short time period due to Polish insistence that it need be completed before winter 1939, Warszawa was commissioned into the Polish Navy in July 13th, 1939.

## Service History

After the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed on August 23, 1939, Poland began preparing her fleet to flee the country at need.

Seeing a inevitable unwinnable war, the Polish President Ignacy Mościcki created the Peking Plan, and ordered the *Warszawa* to be loaded with the Polish Treasurys Gold Bullion to be delivered to Britain in the event of war. 3 Days before the Invasion, the Peking Plan went into action, and the *Warszawa* departed from Danzig for Britain carrying Poland's Gold Bullion, along with a preliminary government, designed to operate in Exile.

Accompanying the Warszawa were the Polish Destroyers *Grom*, *Błyskawica,* and the *Burza.*

The small fleet arrived in Scapa Flow at 05:00PM on September 1, 1939, 12 hours after the German Pre-dreadnought *Schleswig-Holstein* opened fire on the Polish Base in Danzig, signaling the beginning of WW2.

Free Polish Fleet

Warszawa

The *Warszawa* was immediately deployed under the command of the HMS Nelson.
USS Shangri-La

Deployed to Aleutian campaign alongside USS Pennsylvania, sinks IJN Izu

USS Shangri-La was the 38th carrier produced by the USN, and the 21st ship of the Essex class. First ordered to be a short hulled Essex, after the HMS Illustrious brief stint as the "USS Robin", the Shangri-La was the second of 3 Essexs selected for a subclass known as the Reprisal subclass.

## Reprisal Sub-class:

The Reprisal Subclass was a expiremental class of 3 Carriers of the Essex class, the three ships being the USS Reprisal, the USS Shangri-La, and the USS Tarawa.
The Reprisal class was essentially an armored variant of the Long hulled Essex.
The Reprisals had an armored flight deck, reinforced side armor, and reinforced blast doors in the hanger.
This was designed to up the Essex's survival, in particular after the disasterous lost of the USS Essex, USS Franklin, and USS Cabot in the same month in March 1943 due to sustained bombings from enemy planes.
However, the draw back was the increase in displacement of the ships to 45,000 tones, the size of the prewar USS Constitution and USS United States, while carrying the same amount of planes as the USS Langley. The ships also increased the ships cost to that of 1.5x of a regular long bow, to the point that for the cost of the conversion of the 3 ships, the carrier Blackfeet could have purchased an additional 2 long bows, and a short bow Essex, on top of the 3 ships themselves.
Additionally, the sinking of theUSS Tarawa shortly after her commissioning in 1946, and the lost of the British armored carrier HMS Illustrious and HMS Ark Royal. Led to the expirement being considered a failure, even after the survival of the USS Shangri-La during the Battle of the Aleutians.

## WW2 Service

She served with distinct honor during WW2, being deployed to both theaters, serving in the South Atlantic from her commisioning until 1946, when she underwent a massive refit that saw her be equipped with an angled flight deck. And then she would serve in the North Aleutians from 1947 onwards with USS Pennsylvania (BB-76).

Sink IJN Izu at the Battle of the Adak Island.

In Port Arthur, May 1949 with USS New Jersey and USS Bethlehem.

USS Shangri-La would also be present at the peace treaty signed during the Korean War.
First decommissioned in 1973, she was reactivated as apart of Reagans 600 ship Navy in 1984, but would once again be decommisioned in 1987.
In total, she earned a total of 11 battle stars.
Purísima Concepcion

The Purísima Concepcion was the lead ship of the Reina Victoria Eugenia-class super dreadnought. The Reina Victoria Eugenia was named after King Alfoso's Wife, Queen Victoria, who was of British royalty.

## British Service

After WW1 broke out, Britain had halted all foreign warship construction in focus upon her own war efforts. However, as the Reina Victoria was already 50% complete at the time, the British struck a deal with Spain, much like the one that allowed the Brazilean ship *Rio de Janeiro* to be completed as HMS Agincourt, before being sold to Brazil after the Armistice.

The compensation for which would be that the Reina Victoria would be resold to Spain for a fraction of the original price.

The Reina Victoria Eugenia was as such, completed and commisioned in 1916 as HMS Princess of Battenberg. Apart of the British fleet at Jutland, HMS Princess of Battenberg was severly damaged by fire from several german battleships, primarily the Bayern. However, she would heavily damaging the German Battlecruiser Seydlitz.

Repaired shortly after, the HMS Princess of Battenberg served as apart of the Home Fleet until the Armistace in 1918.

## Spanish Service

Mostly partrols the Mediterrean.

Renamed *Purísima Concepcion* in 1932*,* to Erase the ships ties to the Royal Family.
USS United States (CV-3)

The final ship of the Lexington-class battlecruiser, the USS United States would be the second ship to be converted into an Aircraft Carrier, next to the USS Constitution.

Alongside her sister ship USS Constitution, the two ships were the largest carriers in service with USN until the Midway-class was launched. While slightly smaller then the British HMS Indomitable, the United States held 78 aircraft to the British 65.

## Interwar Period

Preparing to undergo large refit in Pearl Harbor, December 5, 1941. Replace 8in guns with 5in guns, and other changes.

## Pearl Harbor Attack and Sinking

During the first wave of Japanese Attacks, the USS United States came under heavy air attack due to the high priority placed on Aircraft carriers.

14 Nakajima B5N 'Kate' divebombers attacked the United States, and 10 bombs managed to directly strike her while 4 others only caused moderate damage. The bombs fell along her deck.

8 bombs were direct center hits, and due to her thin armor, managed to pierce to the 3rd deck before exploding.

3 bombs were dead center, next to her island, with a cluster of only 10ft between the three. This blew a 20ft crater into her decks and hanger.

Another 2 bombs struck the bow. While one failed to detonate, the other managed to explode and cause significant damage to the bow.

2 bombs exploded along towards her stern, with one managing to piece the deck and hanger, and exploded in the decks below causing massive structural damage. Another bomb embedded itself in the hanger floor but otherwise did not detonate.

One bomb hit her fantail where the deck rolled down, pierced her deck and exploded a few feet below causing moderate concussive damage to the stern but otherwise not damaging the ship.

Another bomb must've been blown off course by other shockwaves, and was blown through the smokestack and exploded when it hit the dock next to her.

The most devastating bomb was a bomb that was essentially dropped straight down her smokestack. While the bomb exploded half way down the smokestack, it essentially blew out the sides of the smoke stack, and the shrapnel destroyed the bride and killed most of the men on it.

The shockwave of the bomb was found to have later also crippled the turbines of the United States.

During the second wave of attacks, 4 Japanese torpedo bombers would make a coordinated attack on the United States.

All 4 torpedos would ---- TBC

Came under heavy Sunk.
Siege of Malta

The Siege of Malta was one of the longest battles of WW2.

As the main base of Britain in the Mediterriean, Malta was of upmost strategic importance to Italy and Germany.

## 1941

HMS Invincible sunk by U-boat while at port

## 1945

Tegetthoff sinks HMS Fearless, and damages HMS Queen Victoria, HMS Vulcan is heavily damaged
USS Puerto Rico

The USS Puerto Rico was the 5th ship of the Alaska-class Large Cruisers. While the Puerto Rico was originally intended to be completed to a different sub-class of the Alaska-class (that called for a higher top speed of 35kn).

With the removal of much of the armor, the Puerto Rico and her sister ship USS Samao would be clocked at reaching speeds of up to 37kn, with rumors of reaching 40kn being claimed.
Moskva

Battle of Norweigan Sea, April 9, 1947.

Sinks the Hutton-class Berlichingen, battlecruiser Clausewitz and damage the carrier Peter Straßer and pocket battleship Pommern. Soviet Fleet is made up of longside the battleship Sovetskaya Belorussiya, battlecruisers Krasnaya Zvezda, **Moskva**, and carrierNovorossiysk
Rykov-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(20x4) 1.5in 61-K AA

(4x4) 45mm SM-20-ZIF

(8x4) 25mm 4M-120 AA

## Sensors

The Rykov-class was a class of 3 heavy cruisers. Built as a direct response to the Hindenburg-class, they would be have a split turret design, with 2 forward turrets and 2 rear.

The Rykov-class was also remarkable in being explicitly designed with blue water service in mind, and the first Soviet cruiser explicitly designed with an Atlantic bow.

She was also designed with Pacific service in mind, to enforce Soviet territorial waters in relation to Japan, as well as having to counter the American fleet.

Wanting to have her be armed with the heaviest broadsides of any cruiser, Admiral of the Soviet Fleet Ivan Isakov pushed to have the Rykov-class armed with 8 10in guns, .5 in larger than the French Saint Louis-class.

The Rykov-class were heavily deployed to the Northern fleet as the only Soviet ship the admiralty saw as being a viable convoy escort.

Heavily armored to the point she could outmatch anything short of a battleship, while having bulky torpedo bulkheads. But, being cheap enough that a loss would not be a massive strategic loss as well.

Becoming famous for leading the breakthrough of the northern U Boat Blockade, they escorted millions of tons of lend lease supplies into Russia. They would later refitted with Hedgehog and other U-Boat countermeasures to lead the charge against the U-Boats, and by the end of the war, the Rykov's would be the most successful cruiser class of the war, with a combined 19 U-Boat kills, or approximately 6 kills per ship.

While not as 'refined' as the Hindenburg-class, the Rykovss would be war heroes to the besieged citizens of Russia. At 21000 tonnes, she would be one of the largest cruisers constructed.

While more were ordered, they were cancelled in hopes of an even larger cruiser took shape, the vaunted Lenin-class.

Only the Enukidze would survive the war, and would go on to be retrofitted into a guided missile cruiser, which would form the same basis for Kirov-class Guided Missile Battlecruiser.

## Ships in Class

* Rykov
* Enukidze
* Frunze (converted into CV)
Camilla

Camilla é uma humana, habitante do Planeta Terra.

## Aparência

Camilla é uma humana que tem uma pele clara com cabelos longos pretos, normalmente prendidos.

## Curiosidades

* Não se sabe se Camilla mora na casa de Léo
	+ Mas provavelmente não mora, pois Camilla, diferentemente de outros humanos que moram na casa de Léo, não aparece muito
Midway-class

## Midway-class

USS Midway underway shortly after commisioning, 1946

## Anti-Aircraft

(18x1) 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber guns

(21x4) 40 mm Bofors gun

(28x1) 20mm Oerlikon cannon

## Propulsion

### Turbines

4x-General Electric geared steam turbines

## Sensors

Fleet carrier, with engine room of Montana with power of Iowa.

## Ships in Class

* USS Midway (CV-41)
* USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CV-42)
* USS Coral Sea (CV-43)
* USS Chasseur (CV-49)
* USS Tripoli (CV-53)
* USS Peleliu (CV-54)
* USS Kitty Hawk (CV-55)
* USS Chattanooga (CV-56)
* USS President (CV-57)
* USS Congress (CV-58)
Mackensen-class

## Anti-Aircraft

8 × 8.8 cm (3.5in) SK L/45

The Mackensen class was a series of 3 battlecruisers built by the Imperial German Navy during WW1. While none would be completed during WW1, 3 would be completed after the war. The Mackensen-class would the last class of battlecruisers built by Germany during the war. Of the 6 planned ships, only

While work on all 6 commenced, the wars end in 1917 led to the preliminary work halting on all 6. After provisions were made to allow Germany to commence work on laying down a class of battleship (the Nassau-class), 3 of the battlecruisers were allotted, with the stipulation that the remaining 3 of the ships would be availble to be purchased by other nations.

However, each of the ships would ultimately be completed to wildly different specifications, making each and every ship wildly different from the other.

The only ship of the class completed for the Germany Navy was the Mackensen and Prinz Ferdinand and Yorck.

The Mackensen & Prinz Ferdinand would be the only ship built to the original specifications of the class, armed with 13.5in guns. The Yorck would be an uprated version, based on the 'next gen' Ersatz Yorck-class, with 15in guns and slightly more armor. In all the Yorck would be 5000 tonnes heavier. However, while the Mackensen had a top speed of 28 knots, the Yorck had a slightly reduced speed of 27kn.

Either way, as the only ship in the Kriegsmarine with 13.5in guns, the ability to rearm her in a war situtiation was deemed inefficent compared to her actual strategic value. The Yorck was sold to Denmark, and renamed the Utrecht.

During the late 1920s, the Prinz Ferdinand was selected to undergo conversion into an armored carrier. Like the Mackensen, her 13.5in guns were outdated and ineffective, and it was decided that resupplying her ammunition in a war situation would put a heavier toll on the support lines then her stratgic importance. Plans were originally set aside to just rearm her with newer 15in guns, but it was decided to convert her into an armored carrier. The Prinz would go a lengthly conversion lasting from 1929, till 1935.

### Ships in class:

Mackensen

Prinz Eitel Ferdinand

Yorck (Sold to Denmarck, and renamed Utrecht)
Michelangelo Buonarroti-class

Line Drawing of the Marcius Agrippa

## Anti-Aircraft

20x- 3.5in L/50

35x- 1.5in L/54

(16x6) Breda 20mm L/65(10x2) Breda 20mm L/65

(20X2) Ansaldo/Terni 65mm L/64

## Sensors

The Michelangelo-class was a set of two battlecruisers built during the mid-1920s as a stretched battlecruiser variant of the Francesco Caracciolo-class. Using updated naval building techniques, the Michelangelo highly resembled the Battlecruisers of other European nations, primarily the Graf Spee, and HMS Hood.

A third ship was laid down, and was intially

The Michelangelos design would go on to serve as an important basis for the Soviet Krasnaya Zvezda*.*

Ships in Class:

* Michelangelo Buonarroti

* Marcius Agrippa
Moreno

Sunk during Chili raid against Argentine Naval Port of Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, by aircraft from the Almirante Cochrane. November 9, 1941.

She would later be raised and repaired, and would sink the San Jose in 1942

Eventually sunk in mid 1945 by british destroyers during attack on Falkland Islands.
Port Arthur

Port Arthur was the center of Russian Naval Activity in the Pacific. After the Battle of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war, the Russians built up shore defenses.

During the 1930s, fearing invoking a Naval war with Russia, Japanese largely ignored Port Arthur during the Japanese campaign in China. In fact, even as Japanese men wiped out neighboring cities, many refugees fled to Port Arthur. The Russians took a very hardline approach, and during 1936, the Soviet Army was deployed to prevent refugees from flooding the city.

During this crisis, the Battleship Marat (the flagship of the Pacfic fleet) would deploy her complement of marines to help fend off the waves of Chinese refugees. During the next several months of 1937, the Chinese refugees would set up a massive slum of tents.

During winter of 1937, the Russians signed a treaty with the Japanese, allowing Japanese warships and servicemen to use Port Arthur. This same deal would allow the Japanese warship Ashitaki to transit the Northern Passage in 1939.

During 1940, a massive fire broke out, and wound up killing over 5000 people. It is widely believed reported that the fire was seen to have been started by soviet servicemen.

However, during 1942, the Japanese had made several threatening moves against Russia. In response, Soviet admiralty deployed the new battleships Frunze and carrier Gromov.

Seeing this as an act of aggresion, in 1943, the Japanese would launch a large air attack on Port Arthur.

A Japanese fleet compromising the IJN Yamato, and IJN Kai, along with carriers IJN Shokaku, and IJN Mugenkaku. Would launch an attack in Autumn 1943. This would result in the battleships Marat, Svobodnaya Rossiya sunk, alongside the carrier Gromov sunk. The Frunze, which was in drydock at the time, was heavily damaged.

With this attack, the Japanese and Russians were officially at war.
Triunfo-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(4x2) 5in/38

20x- 13mm machine guns

## Sensors

The Triunfos were the last ships ordered and built by the Republic. Subject to much controversy in Spain due to ongoing economic difficulties, they were constantly hampered by demonstrations at the shipyards.

However, finally completed a year prior to civil war breaking out, the Triunfo was a massive beast of a Heavy Cruiser. The Largest Cruiser (excluding battlecruisers) in the world at the type of the commisioning, the style of large ~20000tonne Cruisers became unofficially known as the Super Heavy Cruiser.

The Triunfo-class elaborated upon the design of the Catalonia-class Cruiser, with 5 seperate triple turrets, Identical to those found on the brand new New Orleans-class Heavy Cruiser.

The same designer of the Catalonia-class, the brilliant Miguel Massa, would lead a team of spanish engineers to design the Triunfo.

All 3 of these ships were destined to be built at the El Ferro shipyards in Spain. While British owned, El Ferro shipbuilders had little expirence of building large miltary warships.

In turn, the Spanish Admiralty attempted to obtain German and Italian assisstance in developing an 8in guns, much like they would do with the LaCapitana-class 14in guns. However, both Germany and Italy lacked an triple gun turret design, and due to and got 8in turrets from America, which was already building them for the St. Louis-class.

The Triunfo would also obtain many AA guns that would be also used on the St Louis, such as 13mm machine guns.

These would be supplemented, and eventually replaced by German design FLaK guns.
To show gratitude for this American contribution, the second ship was named after the queen that sanctioned Columbus's Voyage.

## Ships In Class:

* Triunfo

* Isabel La Catolica
* Santa Anna
USS Georgia (BB-47)

USS Georgia was the third ship of the Colorado class. With work originally suspended in 1922, work would later resume on the USS Georgia.
On patrol duty in the South Atlantic in December 1941, she would remain there as a flagship of a small detachment of warships monitoring the Argentine Navy.

In late-1942, she would redeploy to the Mediterranean fleet, while the USS Wyoming and USS California would replace her.
Arriving in early 1943, she joined the USS Massachuettes in the Casablanca raid, where she helped disable the Vichy French fleet.
Later helping bombard targets in North African campaign alongside the HMS Warspite. In November 1942, while replenishing in Malta, a inbound convoy of merchants came under fire from the Spanish Battleship Triunfo. As the only capital warship ready for deployment, USS Georgia raised steam with a small escort of 2 British cruisers and 3 destroyers in pursuit.

Unable to catch the Triunfo, a spotter plane from the Italian warship Centurio and Littorio managed to spot the Georgia.
Making full steam, the much faster Centurio managed to catch up to the 20 year old battlewagon.

Unable to outrun, the Georgia turned to face the Italian warships. Opening fire at 19:00, from a range of 7500 yards, the Centario superior German sourced fire control managed to straddle the Georgia.
Meanwhile the Georgia struggled to get a sight in on the Centario.
A shot from the escorting cruiser managed to disable the Littorio's surface radar, and damage its secondary radar aswell.

Taking 3 shells from the Centario, the Georgia gradually settled into a 5\* list to starboard, with both forward guns disabled due to shrapnel slightly bending the barrels.
However, a shot from the Georgia managed to damage the Centario's radar- with the sun setting, the Italians were forced to give up the chase.

About 25nmi out from Malta, Italian Torpedo bombers from the Aquila managed to locate the struggling Battleship.

Taking a torpedo amidship on portside, and a Torpedo just forward of the forward turrets, the Georgia quickly lost power, and started to slowly sink.

While the surviving cruiser tried to take her under tow, they were unable to move the quickly sinking ship. After abandoning ship, the cruisers scuttled her.
USS Milwaukee

The USS Milwaukee was a unique large cruiser ship. Originally ordered as a Worchester-class, but she was laid down as a completely unique ship. The Milwaukee combined the ideology of the USS Wichita, and the goal of the Alaska-class.

## Design Background

The USS Milwaukee mounted the guns of the Iowa-class onto a Worchester-class hull. The Guns were mounted in two turrets of 2, overall giving it a very unique silhouette.
Tamandaré-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(4x4) QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mark VIII pom-pom guns

(8x1) .5 in Vickers machine guns

## Sensors

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The Tamandaré-class (or Tamandare-class) was a class of 3 heavy cruisers built by Britain for the Brazilean Navy in the mid 1930s. Based on the Leander-class light cruiser, the Tamandare differed significantly, as they were armed with 3 dual 8in turrets.

The Tamandare was a very successful class of heavy cruiser, combining the superior speed, agility, and versatility of the Leander-class with the fire power of a County-class heavy cruiser.

3 Ships of the class would be commissioned by Brazil, while another largely similar ship would be bought by Chile after. (The Chilean ship would be the Calbuco)

The 3 ships purchased by Brazil were:

* *Tamandaré*

* *Amélia*
* *Afonso*
Gau

## Special Ability

The wild boy, more chance of finding monsters.

## Starting Stats

* HP: 100
* STR: 20
* DEX: 30
* INT: 5
* VIT: 10
* LUK: 25

## Sub Quests

### Gau: Gau Gau 1

#### *Task*

* Provide Monster Dust x2. Items will be consumed.

#### *Reward*

* 200 G
* Gau joins staff

#### *Quest text*

> Gau, Gau, **2 Monster Dust**, I want to turn into a monster.
>
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## Staff Quests

### Gau: Gau Gau 1

#### *Task*

* Provide Soft Fur x3. Items will be consumed.

#### *Reward*

* One skill Slot
* Recipe: Stripping Knife

#### *Quest text*

> Gau, Gau, **3 Soft Fur**, I want to turn into a monster.
>
>

### Gau: Gau Gau 2

#### *Quest text*

> text
>
>

### Gau: Gau Gau 3

#### *Reward*

* One skill slot
* Recipe:

#### *Quest text*

> Gau, Gau, with the skill **Spy Eyes**, I can learn more about monsters
>
>
Sovietsky Soyuz

The *Sovietsky Soyuz* was the final battleship ever constructed by the Soviet Navy, and was consistently dubbed as "Stalin's Pet Project", as no Soviet Naval Admiral exactly cared for this ship.

The only Sovietski Soyuz-class completed to design (her sister, Krasny Tovarishch would be completed as an aircraft carrier)
Tirpitz

The Tirptiz would be the most illustrious battleship of the Kreigsmarine, serving with great distinction throughout the war.

## WW2 Service

Commisioned after the start of the war, the Tirptiz was immediately launched into a battleground that had enveloped the Atlantic and North Sea.

In the first action of her career, she was deployed to the Atlantic along with her sister Bismarck, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.

Raiding a series of convoys, the Tirpitz was personally credited with sinking 15 ships. During the Battle of Denmark Straight, the Tirpitz would engage the British battle group compromised of the HMS Hood, HMS Tiger, and HMS Prince of Wales.

Bismark would sink the Tiger, during a subequent air attack, Bismarck would be cripped. Tirpitz would flee under heavy pressure from Royal Navy forces

Sinks the USS Oriskany February 9, 1945

August 7, 1946 would engage and sink USS Washington alongside Tegetthoff.

sinks USS Gettysburg

would be partially sunk by USS Hampton Roads + USS New Hampshire
Lexington-class

USS Lexington, after her 1933 refit

## Anti-Aircraft

(8×1) 76 mm AA guns

Built post WW1 as an American interpretation of the British Battlecruisers, the Lexingtons were the first Battlecruisers of the U.S. Navy, and the only in service until the commissioning of Antietam-class in 1940.

While the ongoing Washington Naval Treaty put the plans on a temporary hold, plans were put forth for possible aircraft carrier conversions, or just scrapping them.

However, the introduction of the Japanese Amagi-class, along with the commissioning of several European battlecruisers, spurred the American investment into the Lexington-class.

While 2 of the ships would be converted into carriers (USS Constitution and USS United States respectively), they would hold the title of largest USN carrier by air wing until the commissioning of the dedicated aircraft carrier USS Langley in 1934.

The battlecruiser versions, would remain the largest American ship until the commissioning of the USS Iowa.

The Lexington-class also holds the record for being the most produced American capital warship class until the Essex-class, and the most produced 'gun' ship until the Iowa-class.

The Lexington's have the unfortunate distinction of being remembered as particularly thin skinned ships, particularly in comparison to their mid-20 battlecruiser contemporaries.

Albeit this is a semi unfair assessment of the ships capabilities- 2 ships (USS United States and USS Constellation) would both be sunk during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. A third, USS Lexington would be sunk by a U-Boat before Germany officially declared war on the United States.

Beyond that, only the USS Ranger would be lost during subsequent operations, and by the wars end, 2 ships would survive.

## Ships In Class

* USS Lexington (CC-1)
* USS Constellation (CC-2)
* USS Saratoga (CC-3)
* USS Constitution (CV-2) (converted into carrier)
* USS Ranger (CC-4)
* USS United States (CV-3) (converted into carrier)
USS Constellation

'Big C' was the first American Angled deck carrier, while also being the first 'Super Carrier'.
Constellation served mainly in the Pacific theater throughout the war.
Helping in the invasion of the Chichi islands, Connie also helped in the hunt for the remaining Japanese fleet.

## Operation Downfall/Operation Coronet

On March 31st, 1950, Connie stationed off Suruga Bay as flagship of the invasion fleet supporting the Eigth Armys invasion near Hiratsuka. Constelation was stationed off-shore with a taskforce consisting of 14 Aircraft Carriers, 3 Heavy Cruisers, and a small flotilla of destroyers.

The first phase of softening the beach was planned to start at 5:30AM on March 31st, 1950. However, at 4:35AM, a silent running Japanese submarine, I-4008, rammed into the port side of Connie and exploded. The I-4008 was the last I-4000 series aircraft carrying submarines. Her hanger had been packed with 30,000 pounds of explosives, with a skeleton crew of 50 men aboard. At 2:00pm, the submarine rammed into the starboard torpedo bulge, 50ft fore of amidship. 15 seconds later, the submarine exploded immediately disintegrating 550ft of the ship. The explosion lifted the remaining sections 15 ft into the air, before crashing down and breaking it. The explosion further detonated ordance and fuel onboard Constellation, of which Constellation had been fully loaded to capacity. The ship was blown in half, with her bow and stern quickly sinking in roughly 5 minutes.

The total explosion was roughly equivalent to 375t of TNT, making it one of the largest conventional explosions ever recorded. The mushroom cloud rose 8 miles in the sky, and was visible from over 200 miles away in Osaka. Identifiable debris from the Constellation was found onshore, 20 miles away. Of her complement of 4200 men, only 115 men survived.

The shockwave from the explosion heavily damaged almost every ship aprt of the taskforce. Many bridge windows were shattered, and masts destroyed. USS Seattle, the closest ship to the explosion, suffered massive damage to her superstructure, and lightly armored bow.

This would be the largest kamikaze attack of the war, and remains the single biggest lost of life for the USN.

As of 2021, she remains at the bottom of Suruga Bay, as a war memorial. While not visible above the water, A floating monument overlays the site of the wreck. Only 150 ft of her bow, and 250ft of her stern is distinguishable.
Vigour-class

HMS Vulcan as she appeared in 1948

## Anti-Aircraft

(2x8) QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mark VIII pom-pom

(2x4) .5in anti-aircraft machine guns

## Sensors

2x- Type 2734x- Type 2856x- Type 2824x- Type 2742x- Type 279B2x- Type 79

The Vigour-class was a class of 4 Heavy cruisers built by the British Royal Navy. Based significantly off the Edinburgh sub-class of the Town-class cruiser, the Vigour-class was designed as a Pacific-esque cruiser. A cruiser designed explicitly with the intention of matching Japanese Heavy Cruisers, the Virtue-class was the last british heavy cruiser with British armament.

Building upon experience from the Brazilian Ordered Tamandaré-class, which followed the same principle of mounting heavy weaponry on light cruiser hulls. In the case of the Brazilian cruisers, the ships were based off the Leander-class light cruiser.

Essentially built on hulls identical to the Edinburgh-class, the Vigours were large ships, stretching 614ft. However, the largest change was the main armament. Getting rid of the Edinburgh's 6-in weaponary, the Vigour-class was equipped with 10 BL 8in guns, in a armament similar to the KGV-class, with 2 Quadruple turrets, and a single superfiring dual turret.

The lead ship, HMS Vigour would be commissioned in May 1941, and would serve predominately in the Atlantic theater as an escort. The rest of the class would go on to serve similar roles, as superior escorts.

## Ships in Class:

* HMS Vigour (49)
* HMS Valour (75)
* HMS Virtue (43)
* HMS Vulcan (37)
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

Serving with distinction in WW1, she served primarily as flagship as the newest battleship of the American Navy.
However, it wasn't until WW2 did "Pennsy" become a master of the seas. As flagship of the Pacific fleet, she had been just moved to battleship row after maintenance was made in dry dock during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Berthed next to the USS Nevada, she was the first ship recorded to open fire on the enemy aircraft.

As she was raising steam, Japanese Val dive bombers targeted her.
Being struck 7 times, a fire ranged on her well into the following night. If not for the reloading of her ammo (like the rest of the fleet), she would've been a doomed ship.
With 7 bomb hits, and 2 torpedo bombs, her captain grounded her next to the USS Nevada, which was the only other battleship to make way Becoming an effective battery, she helped down several more fighters during the final third wave which devastated the facilities.
After the Attack was over, she was raised, and repaired. During this she was extensively modernized.

### **Midway Campaign**

USS Pennsylvania would leave port in time to meet with the other warships sent to repel the Japanese Invasion of Midway. USS Pennsylvania would be flagship of the first counter attack of the Midway Campaign. Sailing into battle, the US forces were met with an overwhelming Japanese fleet, the flagship of which was the IJN Yamato.

The Pennsylvania would be heavily damaged by fire from the accompanying IJN Kai.

She sailed to Alexandria, one of the few American battleships to do so, before helping shell the beaches of Africa.
After this, she was substituted for by the USS Alabama.

Transferring back to the Atlantic, she sailed for Norfolk for further overhauls.
After an extensive Early-1944 refit, she sailed to Panama and rejoined the Pacific fleet. By this point she was replaced by the USS Iowa. During this period, she was attached to the Midway Invasion force.
During the 1943 Second Battle of the Midway Campaign, she engaged in the actual naval conflict, instead of the shelling.

IJN Naval Planners gave her very minimal creedence, as she was deemed of little strategic purpose as opposed to the giant new Iowa class battleships. Helping shell the IJN Yezo, Pennsylvania was hit by torpedoes and disabled by aircraft from the Senzohō.
Heavily limping, she tried to withdraw from the battle, but aircraft from the reserve IJN Settsu, Located her and her escorts. With minimal maneuverability and low speed, she was a prime target.

Taking 3 torpedoes, and several bombs, she burned for 3 hours before damage control managed to control the flooding.
Taken under tow, it was thought she could be salvaged, but by the next day it was discovered that she was heavily listing. With her crew evacuated, she slowly sank below the waves.

Over all Pennslyvania had 15 Battlestars awarded.
The Montana class battleship Utah was renamed USS Pennsylvania in her honor.
Nelson-class

HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney, Circa 1941HMS Hood is in the background

## Anti-Aircraft

(6x1) QF 4.7 inch Mk VIII naval gun

(6x8) QF 2-pounder naval gun

## Sensors

Type 281 air warning radar

Type 273 surface warning radar

Type 284 radar

4 × Type 285 gunnery radar

6 × Type 282 radar for "pom-pom" director

The Nelson-class was the anti-thesis of the compromised treaty battleship. The design of the Nelson sacrificed just about everything for the 16in main armament. As such, the world would not see another Treaty battleship armed with 16in guns until material science had advanced to allow for lighter machinary and armor, and would result in the North Carolina-class

The Nelsons were essentially a Saint Andrew-class battleship that had been stripped of the steroids and forced on a massive diet, shedding some 15000 tonnes of armoring and 2 inches off the diameter of the main battery.

The Nelson happened to share much of its machinary and hull design with the Jellicoe-class.

Many historians see the Jellicoe-class and Nelson-class as semi-sister classes. Everywhere the Nelson compromised for heavy armament, the Jellicoe-class incorporated, including a higher speed, and more armor.

Ships in Class

HMS Nelson

HMS Rodney
Stalingrad

The Leadship of the Stalingrad-class battle cruisers, the Stalingrad served a relatively mudane service life.

Commissioned in 1946, the Stalingrad served a relatively uneventful life, being primarily attached to the North Atlantic Fleet, as apart of fledgling fleet designed to prevent a German attack.

In 1948, the Stalingrad would come under attack from the German aircraft from the Shütte-Lanz. Having just left Murmansk to meet another Lend-Lease Convoy, she was shockingly alone.

With a low hanging, spotty overcast weather, the Stalingrad did not notice the bombers and raise battle stations until it was to late.

Lacking 3 Torpedo hits on the Starboard side, and 2 bomb hits, the Stalingrad quickly listed to 5\* to starboard.

Lacking a well trained Damage Control Division, the Stalingrad's crew was unable to control the flooding.

When the list reached 30\*, the Captain ordered to abandon ship.

The Stalingrad quickly listed over, and sank. In total, only 3 men survived. Due to the last minute Abandon Ship Order, only those who could easily evacuate made it off, and of the survivors, many froze to death.
Royal Australian Navy

After gaining independence in 1901, Australia continued to serve as a core member of the crown colonies. As such, a decent amount of the ships sourced by the RAN would be old Royal Navy hulls.

Australia had a relatively small navy, seeing the British Royal Navy as her protector. However, during the 1930s, with the aggressive expansion by both Japan and Germany, Australian leaders feared that the Royal Navy would become caught up in an Atlantic War. This would leave Australia wide open to a Japanese Invasion.

As such, Australia would buy old ships that were being retired in favor of brand new ships. In particular, Australia would purchase several heavy cruisers. Australia would also purchase an old aircraft carrier that had been converted from a cruiser.

However, as the tensions continued to rise, the Australian Prime Minister personally advocated for the purchase of a single aircraft carrier.

## Cruisers

* HMAS Sydney (former HMS Marlborough)

* HMAS Canbarra

* HMAS Perth

## Aircraft Carrier:

* HMAS Adelaide (formed Hawkins-class cruiser HMS *Effingham*)

* HMAS Melbourne
Novorossiysk

Battle of Norweigan Sea, April 9, 1947.

Sinks the Hutton-class Berlichingen, battlecruiser Clausewitz and damage the carrier Peter Straßer and pocket battleship Pommern. Soviet Fleet is made up of longside the battleship Sovetskaya Belorussiya, battlecruisers Krasnaya Zvezda, Moskva, and carrier**Novorossiysk**
Tegetthoff-class

The Tegetthoff-class was essentially Hitler's wet dream. Built as a result of the H-class battleship design

## Anti-Aircraft

(16x2) 37mm Sk C/30

36x- 20mm FLaK 30

16x- 55mm L/77 Gerät Zweillung

12x- 55mm L/77 Gerät

## Propulsion

### Turbines

10x- Wagner PT-1 Gas Turbines12x- MAN EG.3 Electric Gearboxes

## Sensors

FuMO 26

MG 40 G(gO)

Seetakt

6x- Wackeltopf

studies. As apart of the Nazi-Japanese alliance, the Tegetthoff used 20.1 in guns sourced from the Japanese designs for the Aki-class. However, the resulting ship was larger then every European ship, out-sizing the similar British Queen Mary-class

Designed to out run heavy cruisers, the Tegetthoff was built as a fast Battleship, with 5 large propellers. The Tegetthoff's high speed of 38kn was a result of the requirement to outrun British battle cruisers. The Tegetthoffs speed was also the result of a top secret turbo-electric gas turbine setup. The first of its kind, The Gas turbine would revolutionize the Tegetthoffs, extending their range to unprecedented ranges compared to other ships. Additionally, the lack of boilers led to a much more concentric internal subdivision.

 The Tegetthoff's were also the first battleships with the 'SSF' Turrets setup, as the Ceasar turret was mounted super firing Bruno, which was already super firing Anton. As the first class with 5 main turrets, the aft most turrets were called Emil.

While their guns were outmatched by Queen Mary-class and the Michigan-class, the Tegetthoff's modified the Japanese firing mechanism procedure, leading to a high exit velocity, with a penetrating power of a Heavy 20.1in round. Additionally, the guns were reloaded as fast as the Hutton-class, as it incorporated the same automated reloading mechanism, which would involve the powder and round setup below, and then pushed up wards and loaded all at once.
 While a large complex system, it fired rounds much faster then the Iowa-class, and thus the Montana-class. At its level, no ship could match its firing speed.

In many ways, these ships surpassed the mighty IJN Izumo.

Another feature was the use of the Japanese superior sighting systems, which in conjunction with cross referencing of the multi-stage fire control, made it one of the most accurate ships. (in fact, the U.S. where unable to gain a similar accuracy with their guns till the early 1970s).

Finally, they were the first class to have an extensive AA suite attached from the drawing board. Even though even this impressive AA suite would be heavily augmented with even more AA.

As such, the Tegetthoffs  was one of the best ships of the war, favoring a high speed, heavy armor, and accurate heavy guns.

## Ships

-Tegetthoff

-FriedrichderGroße
USS Phantom (LCA-1/CVL-48)

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## USS Phantom (LCA-1/CVL-48)

### Motto

"By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty."

### Class

Phantom-class Large Cruiser, later Saipan-class Light Aircraft Carrier

## Details

### Fate

Museum ship in New York City, New York, since 1965

USS *Phantom* (LCA-1/CVL-50) was a large cruiser built for the United States Navy from 1897-1900. She looked very similar to the South Carolina-class battleships that were built a few years later. She had 8 9.5 inch guns in 4 double turrets, 2 fore and 2 aft. In 1938, *Phantom's* hull was lengthened, bow replaced, and converted into a light aircraft carrier. Her designation was LCA-1 as a large cruiser, and CVL-48 as a light aircraft carrier. She was launched in 1900, and commissioned in 1901. After WWII, she was turned into a museum ship in New York.

#### **Pre-World War 1**

*Phantom* did not much pre-WWI, except sailing around the country.

### **World War 1**

Due to being slightly obsolete by World War 1, she mainly battled with other older enemy ships.

#### **Battle with SMS *Stettin***

*Phantom* battled with the German armoured cruiser SMS *Stettin* on January 20th, 1917. They both survived, but *Stettin* was heavily damaged.

### **Post-World War 1**

#### **1920's**

*Phantom* sailed around the world, representing the US Navy.

####   **1930's**

Plans were made to lengthen the hull of *Phantom*, give the ship a new bow, and convert her into a light aircraft carrier. She was also given a new designation, CVL-48.

###  **World War 2**

In World War 2, *Phantom*, now a light aircraft carrier, participated in many battles of World War 2, but was never damaged, always staying at the back of the fleet. *Phantom's* aircraft damaged many ships, including the famous battleships IJN *Yamato* and IJN *Musashi.*

### **Post-World War 2**

She was put into reserve from 1950 to 1965, then was bought by a group of people that eventually formed the *Phantom* Sea and Air Museum in New York City, New York. In 1982, another addition was added the museum, aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11). After the addition, the museum was renamed to the *Phantom* and *Intrepid* Sea and Air Museum. When the space shuttle Enterprise was added to the museum in 2012, the name was changed to the *Phantom* and *Intrepid* Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

Phantom firing at SMS Stettin, 1917.Phantom being converted into a light aircraft carrier.Phantom sailing off Normandy, France, 1925.USS Phantom gets a direct hit in the forward magazine of Italian cruiser RM Marsala.USS Phantom sailing, from stern.USS Phantom sailing, from starboard bow.

All pictures: Screenshots from World of Warships (https://worldofwarships.com/) of either USS South Carolina (USS South Carolina (BB-26) - Wikipedia) (for LCA-1) or USS Saipan (USS Saipan (CVL-48) - Wikipedia) (for CVL-48).
Saint Andrew-class

## Anti-Aircraft

(6x1) 4.7in AA guns

(10x4) 2-pdr pom-pom

## Sensors

The Saint Andrews are some of the most recognized ships of the RN. Built with an unconventional turret layout, the Saint Andrews were the largest ships until the introduction of the Queen Mary-class.

While slow, the Saint Andrews carried the largest guns until the Izumi class battleships, which fired a heavier shell. Designed along side the Warrior-class Battle cruisers, they shared many similarities.

Infamous for being a well handling ship considering their size, they were well regarded by their crews, even though the media called them the ugly ducklings of the Royal Navy.

As the earliest large violator of the Washington Treaty, they were an especially large sore point for the Japanese, and later the Germans.

All refit between 1932-1942, they all adopted different bridges, that would distinct for the rest of the war.

## Ships In Class

* HMS Saint Andrew (93)
* HMS Duke of Kent (94)
* HMS Prince Royal (95)
* HMS King Henry II (cancelled)
Virginia-class

## Sensors

XCAM-13

The Virginia class battleships were built after reports came out that Japan was secretly expanding it warships fleet. The Virginias were built in primarily in response to the building of the Kii-class battleships. The main proponent of building the Virginias was Senator Tillman, who had a hand in the design requirements, which led to several design studies from the 'Maximum Battleship' project to be incorporated.

## Ships In Class:

* USS Virginia (BB-49)
* USS Kansas (BB-50)
* USS Connecticut (BB-51)

* USS Minnesota (BB-52)
* USS Vermont (BB-53)

* USS Montana (BB-54) (converted into carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-1)
USS Washington

USS Washington was the second ship of the North Carolina class. Like the USS North Carolina, upon commissioning in May 1941, she suffered from severe vibrations in the propulsion system. After prolonged re fitments, she would eventually be refit with 5 fin propellers. Washington was the newest ship at the time of Pearl Harbor, finally reaching operational status just weeks before.

Deployed to the Atlantic fleet, she would serve mainly as apart of the Home Fleet, out of fear that German warships would bombard the East coast.
After the loss of the USS Lexington to U-boats, the Washington was left as the largest United States warship in the Atlantic fleet.

Eventually she would make the treacherous journey to join the British Home Fleet. While making minor voyages, the Washington was deployed on several missions to hunt various German capital ships.
In particular, she would be part of the action that would see the old Nassau Battleship sunk in late 1942, and the Nettelbeck in 1946.

However, after the arrival of the USS Illinois and USS Maine in 1945, the USS Washington was regularly left to convoy duty.
From 1945 to 1946, she made half a dozen trips across the Atlantic. However, on August 7, 1946, she would face off against the Tegetthoff and Nettelbeck, 2 of the largest German surface ships, in a surprise Atlantic commerce raid. And the Tegetthoffs first.
While she originally was tasked alongside the escort carrier USS Manila Bay (Casablanca-class). However, Manila Bay would be torpedoed off the coast of Iceland, and was forced to return to the United States.

Without any air cover, she Opened fire at 1400, the Washington quickly opened fire on the German leviathans.

While Washington managed to land 6 hits on the Tirptiz, the Tegetthoff managed to severely damage the Washington, penetrating Washintons belt 4 times, 1 time above the waterline, and 2 times below. Another round lodged itself in its torpedo Buldge but did not detonate.

By 1600, the Washington was heavily damaged- the #2 turret had been disabled, with propulsion next to knocked out, and her superstructure obliterated. In contrast, the Tirptiz had taken several hits to her superstructure, and 2 rounds had penetrated her belt.

While continuing to fire, the USS Washington was slowly sinking. At 1630, as her bow dipped below the waves, her captain finally gave the order to abandon ship.

The Washington took hours to sink, allowing many merchant ships to save crew members.
However, without any heavy capital ships, the Tegetthoff and Nettelbeck managed to sink a total of 21 of the 36 ships in the convoy. The only thing that prevented further losses was the pending arrival of the HMS Thunderer, HMS Prince of Wales, and HMS Queen Mary.

Overall, while it's estimated 800 men survived the initial sinking, the subsequent loss of Merchant ships led to only 200 men surviving the ordeal.

This led to the Hunt for Tegetthoff.