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  1. A defense of Husband E Kimmel

    1. Less unlikely than you might think. The Oklahoma was less than 28,000 tons, and under 600 feet long. She was closer in size to a Baltimore or Oregon City class heavy cruiser (13,700 tons, 673 feet) than to a modern Fast BB like the South Dakota (44,500 tons, 680 feet)or Iowa (52,000 tons...
  2. A defense of Husband E Kimmel

    Actually, I am pretty sure you were hoping I would send seven 20 knot battleships to try to attack a 30 knot carrier force, resulting in the loss of the entire Pacific Fleet and ~20,000 personnel. Writing up that sort of slaughter interested me not at all. What I did was present a reasonable...
  3. A defense of Husband E Kimmel

    The USN also assumed that any such attack would come from the southwest, not from the North. The fuel drum situation was more for the ASW escorts than for the carriers themselves, or for the heavy surface escorts. It was the responsibility of the carriers to fuel the light units.
  4. A defense of Husband E Kimmel

    Of course, IOTL, Kimmel was not killed as a result of the attack (although it was very close, he was actually struck by a spent round from a machine gun that had slowed to the point that it did not even wound him; he is reputed to have said "it would have been kinder if it had killed me"). He...
  5. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    Okay... A Xmas wish covered :D https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=6928633#post6928633
  6. A defense of Husband E Kimmel

    Just a quickie bit of work in response to this thread https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261554 Even today, more than 70 years after the event, the surprise Japanese attack against the U.S. on December 7th 1941 remains one of the most popular discussion items among...
  7. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    The Japanese attack plan called for an air search going out 30 miles from Oahu to seek out the fleet. That is, however, a lot of ocean to search and the U.S. would outnumber the IJN fighters by 2-1 and the U.S. could concentrate on any group of searchers, allowing them to be overwhelmed piece...
  8. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    Now you have to be talking about 4 days or more warning, otherwise the carriers would be making their deliveries of Marine squadrons to Wake & Midway. If there was that much warning, Nagumo would have aborted the strike. His specific orders were to abort if discovered on or before December 5...
  9. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    Almost certainly correct. Although there would be a decent chance that he could get off whatever he was using as his flagship (IIRC the Maryland was the Battle Force designated Flagship) before she sank. Even if he survived he would likely be forgiven, even if his wisdom was questioned. A...
  10. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    If the USN hadn't put all but two of the ships back into service (one of which went down with better than 60% of its crew IOTL) I would agree with you. Since the U.S. did put all the other BB back into service you really don't gain much as far as total manpower. The USN also tended to keep...
  11. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    Nope. Six weeks, maybe, more likely no real difference. The Old BB were handy as gun platforms for the invasion beaches, that was about it. They didn't really even come into use until Tarawa.
  12. AHC: Get Thande banned

    Don't do this. Speculating on bans is actually actionable up to and including Banning for repeated offenses.
  13. AHC: Get Thande banned

    Yep. Locked.
  14. An even better 2012 election

    Don't. Just don't.
  15. An even better 2012 election

    Nope. Current politics. Not a reasonable post for Chat & since the OP has been around more than long enough to know what the rules are for current politics, the thread is locked.
  16. AHC:Pacifist Nazis Without Adolf.

    Except for Hitler being out of the picture, this is OTL The Japanese started the Second World War IOTL. :D
  17. My christmas wish: A TL about the US fleet sailing out of Hawaii to face the Kido But

    Infinitely worse. Be quick & ugly, although there are a couple ways to make it more interesting. Hmmm... BTW: Sara was in San Diego picking up most of her airwing, not in San Francisco. :)
  18. Another Pearl Harbor thread

    More like finding a particular eedle in a haystack made of needles. Actually the best chance might be to pick off one or two of the I-Boats the Japanese had waiting in case the fleet sortied.
  19. List alternate PMs or Presidents

    Don't be a jerk. It takes two to start a fight. Don't be the second one.
  20. List alternate PMs or Presidents

    20 minutes? Grow up and so on and so forth...
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