What type of US Navy ship would you have wanted to serve on during WWII if you were able to choose?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What type of US Navy ship would you have wanted to serve on during WWII if you were able to choose? (Page 1 of 5)

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:28:11 PM EDT

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:29:55 PM EDT

[#1]

Essex Class. The true hammer that broke the back of the IJN, and great survivability.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:30:54 PM EDT

[#2]

Fletcher class Can

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:31:00 PM EDT

[#3]

PT boat

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:32:12 PM EDT

[#4]

Iowa because living is cool.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:32:34 PM EDT

[#5]

Balao Class Sub.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:33:28 PM EDT

[#6]

Battleship after Pearl Harbor. About the highest rate of survival, I’d guess.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:34:41 PM EDT

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This. Fast, enemy annoying bastards.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:36:34 PM EDT

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I wanted to add it, but I thought giving the cargo guys an option was better. Our logistics was more of a war winner than the PTs. I would want submarines or PT boats personally.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:37:14 PM EDT

[#9]

U-Boat

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:37:37 PM EDT

[#10]

Whatever kind stayed over here honestly.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:37:47 PM EDT

[#11]

Not the USS Indianapolis

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:37:50 PM EDT

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You are hereby assigned to the U 505 in 1944.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:38:33 PM EDT

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Not the USS Indianapolis

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How about the USS Juneau?

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:38:49 PM EDT

[#14]

USS Sea Tiger.

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Posted: 5/13/2023 6:39:12 PM EDT

[#15]

I would love to have worked on a Fletcher.

Maybe as a junior officer or Exec. I don’t know if I’m captain martial.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:41:51 PM EDT

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This. Fast, enemy annoying bastards.

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PT boat

This. Fast, enemy annoying bastards.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:41:56 PM EDT

[#17]

Fast battleship... because ice cream.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:42:06 PM EDT

[#18]

ice cream barge

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:46:48 PM EDT

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USS Sea Tiger.

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I came to post this

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:49:51 PM EDT

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Fast battleship... because ice cream.

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There was a sub who liberated an ice cream maker from a capital ship.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:53:06 PM EDT

[#21]

A Destroyer. They were always in the middle of the shit. I wouldn’t be bored

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:54:16 PM EDT

[#22]

USS Colorado, the battleship named for the state where I was born. I believe at the time this was encouraged by the Navy, letting enlisted to pick to serve on their states namesake battleship.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:55:39 PM EDT

[#23]

USSi Inaugural... a mine sweeper... could have hung out with my grandpa

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:57:19 PM EDT

[#24]

Tin can FTW! Get you some!

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:57:45 PM EDT

[#25]

The USS Massachusetts suffered no combat fatalities during WW2 so I'd know I had an excellent chance of surviving the war.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:58:05 PM EDT

[#26]

Carrier. Multiple acres of sovereign U.S. territory.

No idea what I'd do other than maybe be a cook.

Posted: 5/13/2023 6:59:47 PM EDT

[#27]

Iowa class battle ship.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:00:38 PM EDT

[#28]

Fletcher class tin can, or a sub chaser/escort frigate.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:01:07 PM EDT

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The USS Massachusetts suffered no combat fatalities during WW2 so I'd know I had an excellent chance of surviving the war.

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They did have that one incident with the French in North Africa.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:02:58 PM EDT

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PT boat

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Thats a pretty good answer, reconsidering my vote

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:05:14 PM EDT

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Essex Class. The true hammer that broke the back of the IJN, and great survivability.

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This is the Way.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:06:00 PM EDT

[#32]

Fletcher class.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:07:10 PM EDT

[#33]

"She's a fast ship, going in harm's way"

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:13:02 PM EDT

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Tin can FTW! Get you some!

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Conan The Destroyer

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Posted: 5/13/2023 7:15:48 PM EDT

[#35]

I remember Great grandpa had an old faded tattoo of an anchor. Asked him one time what he did in the navy. He said no I was in the Merchant Marines, I would set on a gun sometimes a 3” gun sometimes a 1” gun watching and listening, and sometimes you’d hear a buzz kinda like a mosquito then we’d shoot down japs.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:16:55 PM EDT

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Iowa because living is cool.

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This

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:18:19 PM EDT

[#37]

One of the ice cream barges

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:18:43 PM EDT

[#38]

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PT boat

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Yes

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:20:45 PM EDT

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Me too!

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:26:09 PM EDT

[#40]

USS Barb

Not too many Yanks got to go to the island of Japan prior to the A-Bomb and got back off alive.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:29:11 PM EDT

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I would love to have worked on a Fletcher.

Maybe as a junior officer or Exec. I don’t know if I’m captain martial.

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I knew Captain Martial and you're no Captain Martial.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:29:56 PM EDT

[#42]

That's like a choice of shit sandwiches

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:33:10 PM EDT

[#43]

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ice cream barge

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Or a refrigerated ship with all the frozen meats, fruits, and dairy.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:34:52 PM EDT

[#44]

Lots of folks beat me to the Ice Cream barge, so I guess i'm going with PT boat. Preferably one they mounted the 37mm cannon from a fighter on.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:35:24 PM EDT

[#45]

Gimmie a Dreadnought like the USS Texas, not a Cruiser like the Houston or Astoria.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:35:55 PM EDT

[#46]

Drachinifel is banned in this thread, although that navy rum ice cream float looked pretty good. No ice cream barges!

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:40:31 PM EDT

[#47]

The Iowa has some nice features.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:41:25 PM EDT

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Iowa class battle ship.

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Posted: 5/13/2023 7:41:51 PM EDT

[#49]

I was in the Navy. Have never set foot on a ship, even a cruise ship.

That worked for me. I guess I'll stick with that.

Posted: 5/13/2023 7:46:05 PM EDT

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Yeah, after touring the USS Alabama and USS Drum I came to the conclusion that was a job I was not up to.

The submarine Drum was really claustrophobic to the point where I’ve had dreams about it. The battleship Alabama wasn’t quite as tight. But it was still exhausting getting to end to end. Everything is solid metal and it was hot.

Bear in mind these are museum ships with air conditioning and various accommodations for tourists. Not warships underway in enemy waters.

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