[thinkthenpost]

Thanks for the replies, I understand what everyone is saying, (though I disagree with The Senator about nukes and a CBG but that's another discussion) my quibble I suppose is, a WWII battlegroup would have multiple carriers and battleships, as well as heavy cruisers and all the other small boys at least late in the war. The WWII carriers carried more airplanes eventhough those planes were less capable than a current carriers outload, I can see giving the edge to today here, but I've been on a DD and FFG chasing you guys on and flying on to those carriers and the only weapons we had were 2 5" guns and 60 Tomahawks on a DD, and a 3" gun on a FFG. Even considering the Tomahawks whose range is nice, the throw weight of a few 3 and 5 inch gun compared to the 20mm, 40mm, 3in, 5in, 8in, 14in, and 16in tubes that were in the fleet during the Second World War makes me bring up the apples and oranges thing. I mean I know some of the things a modern CBG can pull off, but everything combined over 5 years of fighting in two theaters.

Finally, an aside someone mention land artillery attacking a carrier, the only time a carrier should be in sight of land is transiting the Suez, or mooring. IMO

Have a great weekend.

[Pukin Dog]

the only time a carrier should be in sight of land is transiting the Suez, or mooring. IMO

Not so.

A few wars, and countless deaths have been prevented from no more than the emotional effect of the sight of one of our carriers sitting on the horizon.

Kind of a "Do you feel lucky, punk?" kind of thing.

[bill1952]

Are there any battleships with those tubes in active service?