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hikari-ni-naritai · 2 years

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Yknow fair point. UHHH Sazanami class, Nagato class, Yamato class, Kongou class, Graf, Iowa Saratoga and Intrepid? that may be a lot though.. I miss the grils als gamecushio is ushio I assume but what!?

gamecushio!!!!!!!!!!

anyway sazanami isnt a class of ships. but if you mean the 4 destroyers drawn by this artist (sazanami, oboro, akebono, and ushio) i think its kind of funny how they were like, the first ships to get alternate art at Kai instead of having to wait til kai ni, and ive always suspected it was bc their original art was just so. not great. their kai art is a huge glow-up! ushio of course did NOT get this treatment, ebcause she was always perfect from day one. she is my favorite of the four. obviously.

the nagato class is my moms <3 ever since the anime aired theyve just been the lesbian couple i wish raised me.

yamato class i went in hating musashi bc i thought her design was like. needlessly horny. but then i noticed!!!! that she!!!! has a little pair of glasses!!!!!! and i kind of fell in love with her. so she is very good. i really liked her kai ni when it came out, and i used it a lot even though she was Fucking Expensive to run.

kongou class my only thoughts are. that comic where they smash cake on kongous face and they all lick it off. they are like bizarre insects to me. tghey are like girls with something wrong with them to me. they lured two of them into a trap with kongou nudes in the anime. #girl

graf is like. german. shes got a neat design but shes a lil gloomy.

IOWA USA BABEY i LOVE that dumb bitch shes the best thing the state of iowa ever gave us.

saratoga is cute!! shes really fucking versatile tho and im prety sure i had like, two copies of her? one for her night plane capability and the other for her armoured carrier capability? its been a while. good girl

INTREPID tho. my favorite usa ship. shes just really cute. i love her a lot. i used her a lot. i think her plane distribution was fucked? i dont remember but i liked using her even if it was not super recommended <3

#kancolle

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greatworldwar2 · 4 years

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• Battle of the Java Sea

The Battle of the Java Sea, was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy, on February 27th, 1942, and in secondary actions over successive days.

The Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies progressed at a rapid pace as they advanced from their Palau Islands colony and captured bases in Sarawak and the southern Philippines. They seized bases in eastern Borneo and in northern Celebes while troop convoys, screened by destroyers and cruisers with air support provided by swarms of fighters operating from captured bases, steamed southward through the Makassar Strait and into the Molucca Sea. To oppose these invading forces was a small force, consisting of Dutch, American, British and Australian warships, many of them of World War I vintage, initially under the command of Admiral Thomas C. Hart.

On January 23rd, 1942, a force of four American destroyers attacked a Japanese invasion convoy in Makassar Strait as it approached Balikpapan in Borneo. The Japanese amphibious forces gathered to strike at Java, and on February 27th, 1942, the main Allied naval force, under Doorman, sailed northeast from Surabaya to intercept a convoy of the Eastern Invasion Force approaching from the Makassar Strait. The Eastern Strike Force, as it was known, consisted of two heavy cruisers (HMS Exeter and USS Houston), three light cruisers (Doorman's flagship HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java, HMAS Perth), and nine destroyers (HMS Electra, HMS Encounter, HMS Jupiter, HNLMS Kortenaer, HNLMS Witte de With, USS Alden, USS John D. Edwards, USS John D. Ford, and USS Paul Jones).

The Japanese task force protecting the convoy, commanded by Rear-Admiral Takeo Takagi, consisted of two heavy (Nachi and Haguro) and two light cruisers (Naka and Jintsū) and 14 destroyers (Yūdachi, Samidare, Murasame, Harusame, Minegumo, Asagumo, Yukikaze, Tokitsukaze, Amatsukaze, Hatsukaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Sazanami, and Ushio). The Japanese heavy cruisers were much more powerful, armed with ten 8-inch (203 mm) guns each, and superb torpedoes.

The Allied force engaged the Japanese in the Java Sea, and the battle raged intermittently from mid-afternoon to midnight as the Allies tried to reach and attack the troop transports of the Java invasion fleet, but they were repulsed by superior firepower. The Allies had local air superiority during the daylight hours, because Japanese air power could not reach the fleet in the bad weather. The weather also hindered communications, making cooperation between the many Allied parties involved in reconnaissance, air cover and fleet headquarters even worse than it already was. The battle consisted of a series of attempts over a seven-hour period by Doorman's Combined Striking Force to reach and attack the invasion convoy; each was rebuffed by the escort force with heavy losses being inflicted on the Allies.

Suffering heavy loses over the course of the battle, the Allied fleet could not defeat the superior firepower of the Japanese force. Although the Allied fleet did not reach the invasion fleet, the battle did give the defenders of Java a one-day respite. Following the battle, several more naval engagements would occur in the Dutch East Indies. The U.S. and Royal Air Force retreated to Australia. Dutch troops, aided by British remnants, fought fiercely for a week. In the campaign the Japanese executed many Allied POWs and sympathizing Indonesians. Eventually, the Japanese won this decisive battle of attrition and ABDA forces surrendered on March 9th.

#royal navy #naval history #wwii #second world war #world war 2 #world war ii #dutch history #us history #imperial japan #japanese history #dutch east indies #imperial japanese navy #history #military

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cutegirlsdoingcutethings · 7 years

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Hamakaze, Ushio or Urakaze?

Are you trying to trick me into admitting to lewding destroyers

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uss-edsall · 7 years

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World War II American submarines still ‘On Eternal Patrol’

Sealion (SS-195), 10 December 1941, bombed in Cavite Navy Yard -- 5 lost

S-36 (SS-141), 20 January, 1942, accidentally grounded -- none lost

S-26 (SS-131), 24 January 1942, mistaken for U-Boat and rammed by USS Sturdy (PC-460) -- 46 lost

Shark (SS-174), 8 Feb - 7 March, 1942, possibly sunk by Japanese destroyer Yamakaze -- 59 lost

Perch (SS-176), 3 March 1942, scuttled after damage incurred by Japanese destroyer Ushio -- six died as prisoners of war

S-27 (SS-132), 19 June 1942, accidental grounding -- none lost

Grunion (SS-216), 30 July 1942, cause unknown -- 70 lost

S-39 (SS-144), 14 August 1942, accidental grounding -- none lost

Argonaut (APS-1/SM-1, ex-SS-166), 10 January 1943 sunk by destroyers Isokaze and Maikaze -- 102 lost

Amberjack (SS-219), 16 February 1943, sunk by torpedo boat Hiyodori and a submarine chaser -- 73 lost

Grampus (SS-207), 5 March 1943, sunk by destroyers Minegumo and Murasame or air attack -- 71 lost

Triton (SS-201), 15 March 1943, cause unknown -- 74 lost

Pickerel (SS-177), 3-30 April 1943, cause unknown -- 74 lost

Grenadier (SS-210), 21 April 1943, scuttled after air attack -- four died as PoW

R-12 (SS-89), 12 June 1943, cause unknown, foundered in training -- 42 lost including two passengers of Brazilian Navy

Runner (SS-275), 26 June - 15 July 1943, cause unknown -- 78 lost

Grayling (SS-209), 9-12 September 1943, cause unknown -- 76 lost

Pompano (SS-181), 17 September - 30 October 1943, cause unknown -- 77 lost

Cisco (SS-290), 28 September 1943, sunk by gunboat Karatsu (ex-USS Luzon) -- 76 lost

S-44 (SS-155), 7 October 1943, sunk by Japanese escort Ishigaki -- 56 lost

Wahoo (SS-238), 11 October 1943, lost to submarine chasers CH-15, CH-43, and three E13A1 "Jake" aerocraft -- 80 lost

Dorado (SS-248), 15 October 1943, sunk by either friendly fire air attack or mines laid by U-boat -- 77 lost

Corvina (SS-226), 16 November 1943, torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-176 -- 82 lost

Sculpin (SS-191), 19 November 1943, scuttled after damage by Japanese destroyer Yamagumo -- 63 lost

Capelin (SS-289), circa 2 December 1943, cause unknown -- 76-78 lost

Scorpion (SS-278), 6-30 January 1944, cause unknown -- 77 lost

Grayback (SS-208), 27 February 1944, lost to air attack -- 80 lost

Trout (SS-202), 29 February 1944, cause unknown, perhaps Japanese destroyer Asashimo -- 81 lost

Tullibee (SS-284), 26 March 1944, sunk by own torpedo -- 79 lost

Gudgeon (SS-211), 18 April 1944, cause unknown -- 79 lost

Herring (SS-233), 1 June 1944, sunk by shore batteries -- 83 lost

Golet (SS-361), 14 June 1944, sunk by Miya Maru and Bunzan Maru -- 82 lost

S-28 (SS-133), 4 July 1944, lost during training exercise -- 49 lost

Robalo (SS-273), 26 July 1944, cause unknown -- 77 lost, with four killed in PoW camps

Flier (SS-250), 12 August 1944, sunk by naval mine -- 78 lost

Harder (SS-257), 24 August 1944, sunk by kaibokan CD-22 -- 79 lost

Seawolf (SS-197), 4 October 1944, sunk by friendly fire from USS Richard M. Rowell (DE-403) -- 83 Navy sailors, 17 Army soldiers lost

Escolar (SS-294), 17 October - 13 November 1944, cause unknown -- 82 lost

Darter (SS-227), 24 October 1944, grounded during Battle of Leyte Gulf -- none lost

Shark (SS-314), 24 October 1944, sunk by Japanese destroyer Harukaze during Battle of Leyte Gulf -- 87 lost, shares name with sub lost earlier in war

Tang (SS-306), 25 October 1944, sunk by own torpedo -- 78 lost

Albacore (SS-218), 7 November 1944, sunk by enemy mine -- 85 lost

Growler (SS-215), 8 November 1944, sunk by Japanese destroyer Shigure -- 86 lost

Scamp (SS-277), 11 November 1944, sunk by kaikoban CD-4 and aerocraft -- 83 lost

Swordfish (SS-193), 9-30 January 1945, cause unknown -- 89 lost

Barbel (SS-316), 4 February 1945, enemy air attack -- 81 lost

Kete (SS-369), 19-31 march, cause unknown -- 87 lost

Trigger (SS-237), 28 March 1945, sunk by kaibokan Mikura, CD-33, and CD-59 -- 89 lost

Snook (SS-279), 9-20 April 1943, cause unknown -- 84 lost

Lagarto (SS-371), 3 May 1945, sunk by Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka -- 86 lost

Bonefish (SS-223), 19 June 1945, sunk by kaibokan Okinawa, CD-63, CD-75, CD-158, and CD-207 -- 85 lost

Bullhead (SS-332), 6 August 1945, sunk by enemy air attack -- last US submarine lost during WWII, as she was sunk on the same day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Her 85 sailors were the last ones committed to the deep by the submarine service in the world’s largest war.

Fifty-two submarines of the USN were lost in WWII. Three, Dorado, Seawolf, and S-26 to friendly fire, two to defective torpedoes -- Tulibee and Tang -- and six to grounding. Another eight submarines went missing while on patrol. The other thirty-three are known to have been sunk.

The USN submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all American armed forces -- losing one in five submariners. 375 officers and 3131 enlisted men were killed during the war, most of them on these boats, still on eternal patrol.

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the-poi-doctrine · 7 years

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Going to wait out the event for like half of it’s duration. You know, so I don’t go through trial and error of fleet comps while blowing away all my resources/buckets. Can’t really afford to just throw away resources with how low they are. Still going to do easy mode.

I’m really screwed on potential historical fleet routing- as none of these ships are probably any higher than Lv.30. Especially not even fully modernized.

Fifth Fleet consists of:

21st Battle Squadron: Nachi, Tama, Kiso, Ashigara

1st Torpedo Squadron: Abukuma, Hatsushimo, Kasumi, Ushio, Akebono, Hatsuharu, Wakaba, Shiranui, Usugumo (Fubuki Class - Not Implemented yet)

31st Battle Squadron: Kaya (Matsu Class) [Not implemented yet]

^^pulled from comments section of the event page provided by Shinwhalee^^

Only maybe 4 of those girls are probably usable in a fleet. I haven’t really been leveling destroyers- Poi being the exception as the grind to Lv.99 is long.

I think I have a decent spread of ships ready, unless you need a special type- like Akitsumaru. Because of last event I even have all my SS at around Lv.50 and modernized.

Poi K2, Shigure K2, Verniy being my go-to destroyers, with Fubuki K2, Kisaragi Kai , and Mutsuki Kai for back-ups.

Sendai Class is all at Lv.60 with near max modernization all in their final remodels for light cruisers. KTKM and Ooi are a Lv.55 if I want a CLT out there- near max modernized as well.

Maya and Choukai in their first remodels- nearing their final remodels- with maxed out modernization. Kako and Furutaka in their first remodels as backup. Suzuya and Kumano available if CAV is needed for some reason.

Ryuujou Kai being my top CVL, unfortunately the only high level CVL.

Kongou class is at a decent level if we need FBB- don’t usually need BB but Mutsu is at a decent level, but still leveling up Nagato. Ise/Hyuuga are available, but can’t remember the last time I needed a Aviation Battleship for anything All the regular carriers are at a decent level. Akagi/Kaga/Zuikaku/Shoukaku all available.

Chiyoda/Chitose A variant are only at Lv.31 and Commandant Teste at Lv.28.

Aaaaand poor Akitsumaru who is only Lv.7

#YWS play Kancolle #Spring 2017 KanColle event

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dimitrygm-blog · 7 years

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recentanimenews · 7 years

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GSC Magic Transforms "Little Witch Academia" Heroine Atsuko Kagari Into Nendoroid Figure

Good Smile Company is ready to add a couple of new ladies to its Nendoroid super deformed figure line. Due in August, Kancolle's Ushio Kai-II will be the latest shipgirl to join GSC's combined fleet. Then in September, they enroll at Luna Nova with their first Little Witch Academia character, Atsuko Kagaria.

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Nendoroid Atsuko Kagari

"My magic is a heart that has faith!!"

From the anime series 'Little Witch Academia' comes a Nendoroid of the witch apprentice who looks up to Shiny Chariot - Atsuko Kagari! She comes with three face plates including a cheerful smiling expression, an expression with sparkling eyes for when she gets excited about magic as well as a flustered expression that captures her personality perfectly!

Optional parts include her wand, broom and the Shiny Rod, and she even comes with rabbit ears to recreate the scene where she failed to cast transformation magic. Be sure to add the always excited and cheerful Akko to your Nendoroid collection!

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Product Name

Nendoroid Atsuko Kagari

Series

Little Witch Academia

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Good Smile Company