Re: Ships of the US Navy

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<shrug>  I've got 10 of each, and that's not counting the Type 4 slips & docks I have (4 of each).  It IS slightly awkward in that it's JUST BARELY over the length of a Type 3, though, so I may see if I can tweak it a little to save around 5 feet.

What? you built type 4s?!

[KWorld]

<shrug>  I've got 10 of each, and that's not counting the Type 4 slips & docks I have (4 of each).  It IS slightly awkward in that it's JUST BARELY over the length of a Type 2, though, so I may see if I can tweak it a little to save around 5 feet.

What? you built type 4s?!

Yep, it was a way to use up all that money I had.  :)

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and I thought I was going overboard with a singel type 3

[KWorld]

I've probably got more docks and slips than I'll need for quite  while, but if I need them sooner, at least I don't have to build them....

[Tanthalas]

So did I... Course I have enough type 0s to build IDK alot of DDs...

and I thought I was going overboard with a singel type 3

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basicly maxing out my BP, I cant fill everything I have. Then again, I need bases scattered around the globe to hell and gone.

[Delta Force]

<shrug>  I've got 10 of each, and that's not counting the Type 4 slips & docks I have (4 of each).  It IS slightly awkward in that it's JUST BARELY over the length of a Type 3, though, so I may see if I can tweak it a little to save around 5 feet.

What? you built type 4s?!

I have two Type 4s and four Type 3s. Since ships are only going to get larger it doesn't really make sense to have large numbers of Type 0 and Type 1 docks when you can produce destroyers assembly line style in larger docks.

[Tanthalas]

Dont you guys think that just maybee your giving into hind sight just a tad to much?  I had a hard time justifying a Type 3 to myself letalone multiple type 4s...

<shrug>  I've got 10 of each, and that's not counting the Type 4 slips & docks I have (4 of each).  It IS slightly awkward in that it's JUST BARELY over the length of a Type 3, though, so I may see if I can tweak it a little to save around 5 feet.

What? you built type 4s?!

I have two Type 4s and four Type 3s. Since ships are only going to get larger it doesn't really make sense to have large numbers of Type 0 and Type 1 docks when you can produce destroyers assembly line style in larger docks.

[Nobody]

I have to agree. Germany doesn't have a single type 4, just some type 3. And even those are hindsight. I'm probably not going to need anything bigger than type 2 for the next decade or so.

[KWorld]

It's not so much about hindsight as it is foresight: the US shipyards are built primarily for civilian construction, which at this time is often larger and longer than most all of the military ships.  RMS Oceanic, for instance, was 704 feet (215m) long, with her keel being laid in 1897.  The US shipyards want a bigger piece of the action than they historically had, and the capacity to build bigger ships helps them get there.

[Jefgte]

I have to agree. Germany doesn't have a single type 4, just some type 3. And even those are hindsight. I'm probably not going to need anything bigger than type 2 for the next decade or so.

We are still waiting for a few more years before seeing Derflinger  :)

[KWorld]

I have to agree. Germany doesn't have a single type 4, just some type 3. And even those are hindsight. I'm probably not going to need anything bigger than type 2 for the next decade or so.

We are still waiting for a few more years before seeing Derflinger  :)

Or Von der Tann, she needed a Type 3.

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But what about the Splendid Cats?

[Tanthalas]

VDT was actualy my justification for the type 3 stuff I built, which is my point how long till we realisticly need a type 4? (as Rohan the only ships that ever required one were Asfaloth and her sisters)

I have to agree. Germany doesn't have a single type 4, just some type 3. And even those are hindsight. I'm probably not going to need anything bigger than type 2 for the next decade or so.

We are still waiting for a few more years before seeing Derflinger  :)

Or Von der Tann, she needed a Type 3.

But what about the Splendid Cats?

[Nobody]

VDT was actualy my justification for the type 3 stuff I built, which is my point how long till we realisticly need a type 4? (as Rohan the only ships that ever required one were Asfaloth and her sisters)

1912 for Derfflinger ;)


EDIT
Scratch that, its 1915 for Mackensen, or Hood.