DD 1-- Bagley Class DD Ralph Talbert NO Neg; SA Audacious attack
AV 2--- P-38 l FB Fighter Bomber 3--- Michell PBJ 1D PB Torp/Bomb/ASW
Other 4--- Indiana BB No USN BB with AA Veteran 5-- Essex Class CV No Essex with 3 Experts ? 6--- Saratoga Refit CV Survivor 7--- Brooklyn Class CL DD Hunter 8--- Tang SS War Patrol
Destroyers: 1. USS Somers 2. USS Buchanan 3. USS Skipjack (I guess there are more then DD in this category) 4. USS Growler 5. USS Card
Aircraft: 1. P-47D Thunderbolt 2. C-47 Skytrain (if looking for ideas on these two, our group has made cards for both, Weeds liked our C-47 concept if I recall when I sent him one)
Other: 1. USS Chicago 2. USS VIncennes (I'd be happy with New Orleans or Cleveland Class versions) 3. USS Hancock 4. USS Indiana 5. USS Atik
DD USS Gleaves (4 Votes) DD USS Somers (10 Votes) DD USS Buchanan (12 Votes) DD USS Maury (3Votes) DD USS Preble (Clemson class minelayer) (4 Votes) DD USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23 class, ex-Allen Sumners)(minelayer) DD USS Gamble (DM-15 class, ex-flush deckers)(minelayer) (4 Votes) DD USS O'Bannon (3 Votes) DD USS USS Ammen (2 Votes) DD USS Skipjack (2 Votes) DD USS Ralph Talbot (2 Votes) DD USS Growler
OS2U Kingfisher (7 Votes) P-47 (8 Votes) F8F Bearcat (4 Votes) Patrol Bomber C 47 Skytrain (8 Votes) ASW blimp (2 Votes) Patrol Bomber 'Operation Starvation' B-29 (mines) Torpedo Bomber 'Palau' TBF (mines) P-38 (variant) (9 Votes) A-26 Invader (This is missing from the above list I think) P-39 (5 Votes) TBD-1 Devastator (3 Votes) F7F Tigercat Michell PBJ 1D
USS Card (6 Votes) CV-10 Yorktown (3 Votes) BB-58 Indiana (9 Votes) AUX Mount Baker (AE-4) (2 Votes) AUX West Point (AP-23) (3 Votes) AUX Atik (AK-101 Q-ship) (3 Votes) CA USS Terror CM-5 (minelayer) (4 Votes) Sub USS Argonaut SS-166 (minelayer) CV USS Hancock (Essex class) (8 Votes, 3 additional Essex Votes) USS Chicago (9 Votes) CV USS Hornet (CV-8) operational variant (4 Votes) USS Skipjack (Sub) USS Vincennes (Cruiser) (3 Votes) USS Utah (3 Votes) SS Grayling (1 Vote) USS South Dakota BB-49 Saratoga Refit Brooklyn Class Tang Tillman Class IV-2 Maximum Battleship call it USS Nebraska
To you from failing hands we throw the torch be yours to hold it high. -In Flanders Fields. John McCrea