Favorite WWII Ship

[legion3]

And yet not even a big deal compared to the ultimate commerce raider which had these stats

Displacement: 1050 tons
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft: 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Installed power: 300 HP
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement: 145 officers and men
Armament: 6 x 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 x 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 x 68 lb (31 kg) cannon

CSS Alabama at sea for 534 days out of 657, never having pulled into a single Confederate port. She boarded almost 450 vessels, captured or burned 65 Union merchant vessels, and took more than 2,000 prisoners without a single loss of life from either prisoners or her own crew.

But thats another war 

[crusaderiv]

The Duke of York.

[ABWorsham]

And yet not even a big deal compared to the ultimate commerce raider which had these stats

Displacement: 1050 tons
Length: 220 ft (67 m)
Beam: 31 ft 8 in (9.7 m)
Draft: 17 ft 8 in (5.4 m)
Installed power: 300 HP
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement: 145 officers and men
Armament: 6 x 32 lb (15 kg) cannons, 1 x 110 lb (50 kg) cannon, 1 x 68 lb (31 kg) cannon

CSS Alabama at sea for 534 days out of 657, never having pulled into a single Confederate port. She boarded almost 450 vessels, captured or burned 65 Union merchant vessels, and took more than 2,000 prisoners without a single loss of life from either prisoners or her own crew.

But thats another war 

Ah, another fan of the merchant raider. As a southern I've always loved the story of the Alabama. Had the Union not used chain-mail armor, perhaps the outcome of that duel off Cherbourg been different.

The German World War One Raider Wolf led a glormous life also.

[ABWorsham]

 Atlantis was at remote Kerguelen Island, in the Indian Ocean. There they did maintenance and replenished their water supplies. The crew suffered its first fatality when a sailor fell while painting the funnel. He was buried in what is sometimes referred to as "the most southerly German soldier's grave"

[legion3]

Ah, another fan of the merchant raider. As a southern I've always loved the story of the Alabama. Had the Union not used chain-mail armor, perhaps the outcome of that duel off Cherbourg been different.

The German World War One Raider Wolf led a glormous life also.
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Yep, and since I am a multi generational Floridian I am a big fan of the CSS Florida - Which ran the blockade into Mobile and escaped to boot. Took 37 prizes, two of which were converted into the CSS Tacony and Clarence which took 23 more prizes. And if not for the violation of Brazilian waters...who knows but c'est la guerre

[italiansarecoming]

Lol! i meant the enterprise and the yamato/m_______  (forgot the spelling)

Those ships are my top 3

[ABWorsham]

I wonder just how many ships were sunk in World War Two?

[d142]

i dont know, i would have a guess that around 15-20 thousand ships were sunk, at the end of ww2 i think there were less than ten servicable ships left of the kriegsmarine.

[legion3]

How many ships were sunk in WW1 and WW2 combined and were worried about a few oil spills 

[11HP20]

Italiansarecoming the word you're looking for is Musashi. As far as Axis ships I like the Shinano. She was a carrier built on a Yamato hull. She put to sea loaded with Shinyo suicide boats and Ohka rocket bombs. Now comes my favorite part of this story. The next day the US sank her.

28 NOV 44 1330 Shinano departs Yokosuka for Kure.
29 NOV 44 0309 four torpedoes from USS Archerfish slam into the Shinano.
29 NOV 44 1057 Captain Abe (Shinano's captain) goes down with his ship.
She was at sea for 21 hours and 27 minutes. This is one of my favorite night night stories.

[Antholin]

I'd have to throw my vote in for the type VII U-Boat, as they wreaked so much havoc across the Atlantic. However, I've got to tip my hat to the Enterprise, what an amazing ship and crew.

[AA Lover]

The New Orleans Class heavy Cruisers,
Atlanta Class Light Cruisers,
South Dakota and Iowa Class Battleships,
Fletcher Class Destroyers,
Yorktown and Essex Class fleet Carriers.

Those are just some of my favorite ships.

[Ragnarok]

The Bismarck. That thing was a beast.

Unfortunately, it never had the chance to fulfill its potential.

[PelierBay]

The Bismark

[Captain Kiwi]

The Achilles!

Involved in the battle of the river plate against the Graf Spee.

It's main guns are a monument in Auckland these days and I remember seeing them when I was about 5 and thinking they were just the most awesome things ever!

So not for combat record, but for childhood memories.