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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #75 on: July 14, 2021, 10:02:39 PM »
Interestingly, I am currently reading:



and in it, there is a very brief mention that the RN considered an option to fit the surviving King George V-class battleships with Ship Launched Ballistic Missiles such as Polaris.

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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #76 on: April 12, 2022, 12:40:52 PM »
 BALTIMORE,Feb.6--LAST VOYAGE--
The battleship Kentucky, whose keel was laid in 1942 but never was completed, is towed up Chesapeake Bay toward a Baltimore scrap yard today, where it will be junked.
Construction cost $55,000,000 before work on the ship was stopped with the end of World War II. The hull remained in the Norfolk, Va., area until it was sold last year to the Boston Metals Co. of Baltimore for $1,176,666.
This picture was made from the Chesapeake Bay bridge by Sunpapers Photographer Kllis Malashuk. (AP Wirephoto) 1959


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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #77 on: April 13, 2022, 03:32:52 AM »
 :smiley:

Would make for a different build.
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #78 on: April 13, 2022, 03:39:06 AM »
And what she might have looked like if she had been converted to guided missile battleship BBG-1:




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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #79 on: April 13, 2022, 01:32:19 PM »
  :-*  Such a 50s/60s conversion  :-*

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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #80 on: June 27, 2022, 07:48:47 PM »
From Reddit. Comparison.

URL: https://i.redd.it/f5zdhj9bc8791.jpg



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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #81 on: June 28, 2022, 01:22:01 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #83 on: October 01, 2023, 04:26:06 PM »
That's not something you see every day. Awesome! 8) :smiley: :smiley:
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #84 on: October 01, 2023, 10:38:30 PM »
Yes it is. 1,900 Tons of awesome.
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #85 on: March 11, 2024, 03:02:04 PM »
Think Big

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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #88 on: December 27, 2024, 12:50:12 AM »
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #89 on: January 13, 2025, 03:26:20 AM »
Weird, and thus intriguing. What is it, besides a battleship?

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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #90 on: January 13, 2025, 05:21:47 AM »
Weird, and thus intriguing. What is it, besides a battleship?
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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #91 on: January 14, 2025, 06:17:16 AM »
Judging by the size of the bell on the bow it's a replacement for Big Ben !

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Re: Battleship Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #92 on: January 14, 2025, 01:46:08 PM »
I would describe it as "a janky piece of AI imagery".

Yes, the ship form is pretty good (despite the hull being peppered with at least rather unconvincing 4 shell holes) & the turrets look cool, but the guns look like they're short-barrelled 75mm's from M3 Lee/Grants & the bell, apart from being incongruously plonked on the bow of the ship, seems to be about 15'-to-18' (4.57m-5.49m) tall.
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."