melkor the first
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Greatest ships
While I'm still extolling HMS Victory as the greatest ship, reading he various messages has led me to add a few more that I think deserve mention. 1unknown to me) Themistocles flagship at Salamis- an ancient trireme, odd and fantasticships. 2:Mikasa-Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima 3 a sentimental favorite-IJN Mogami- not only considered one of the world's worst warships(Anthony Preston in the book of the same title-but he also considers Bismarck and Yamato in this group) but a ship that took incredible punishment at Midway, was repaired and had its after turrets removed and was again pounded at Surigao Straits and sunk after ramming another ship and pounded again by US Cruisers 4 and although the Japanese built some of the ugliest ships ever (see above Mogami) with the Fuso and Yamashiro leading the pack, my favorite greatest ship(s) are the IJN Ise and Hyuga after their modification as battleship-carriers(S>E>Morrison called them hermaphrodites) which made them fairly useless in either role but still created one of the greatest photos (my opinion) of one of these babies under attack-just chugging away- you just feel for this ship.5: I mentioned USS Washington and HMS Warspite before. Just wanted to again. Best JWC
While I'm still extolling HMS Victory as the greatest ship, reading he various messages has led me to add a few more that I think deserve mention. 1unknown to me) Themistocles flagship at Salamis- an ancient trireme, odd and fantasticships. 2:Mikasa-Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima 3 a sentimental favorite-IJN Mogami- not only considered one of the world's worst warships(Anthony Preston in the book of the same title-but he also considers Bismarck and Yamato in this group) but a ship that took incredible punishment at Midway, was repaired and had its after turrets removed and was again pounded at Surigao Straits and sunk after ramming another ship and pounded again by US Cruisers 4 and although the Japanese built some of the ugliest ships ever (see above Mogami) with the Fuso and Yamashiro leading the pack, my favorite greatest ship(s) are the IJN Ise and Hyuga after their modification as battleship-carriers(S>E>Morrison called them hermaphrodites) which made them fairly useless in either role but still created one of the greatest photos (my opinion) of one of these babies under attack-just chugging away- you just feel for this ship.5: I mentioned USS Washington and HMS Warspite before. Just wanted to again. Best JWC