2nd WW2 Cumulative History Quiz

[YNCS]

The Soviets did a lot of experimentation with the Whiskey Class submarines. They had an early SSG (Submarine used to launch guided, not ballistic, missiles) called the Whiskey Long Bin. I heard one once on sonar. It sounded like a speeding freight train at a distance of over 50 nautical miles (100 km).

 

[cidknee]

ok this time it DEFINITELY from WW2 and im sorry ive been so stupid lately, 14 hr days and a lil sleepless baby tend to get to you.
so, name this WW2 "ship and where is it located and name its special character.

 

[Rik Meleet]

It looks like it is in ice. That would mean (logically) close to the northpole. What would a WW2 ship do in the Artctic ?
Either blocking sea routes or attacking Soviet ports.

So: It's a special ship which is designed to be able to cope with being stuck in ice and used in the Barentzsea to attack Murmansk and shipping to and from Murmansk.

 

[privatehudson]

I know but I'm not going to give it away. Let's just say it's not in the artic, and that is certainly not what you think it might be. A good hint though would be to look at the design of the mast in the picture, and if you think what it resembles, you might get the nationality of it

And Cidknee, I didn't look on google to know this, I've seen that photo 2-3 times before

 

[Serutan]

I don't remember the name, but isn't this the result of
Churchill's desire to use icebergs as aircraft carriers?

And might it be at Scapa Flow?

 

[privatehudson]

I probably shouldn't answer for him, but if it's what I think it is, then no, it most certainly is not that.

 

[FriendlyFire]

hmmm. Those masks and tower stucture looks like wheather station.
The large concret structure looks like a part of the mubery pier construction. Though most of those had AA and AAA rather then turreted cannons.

Maybe its one of those converted merchant ship jobs. Strange lack of AA arament.
I know its not a Bristish monitor convert.

That strange mask reminds me of German radar.
Just a guess

British Mobile weather ship ?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

That's a cruiser or battleship turret on a freighter with a radar mast.

 

[privatehudson]

British Mobile weather ship

Nope (again I shouldn't answer for others, but what the hell)

Good pic btw Cidknee, seems like not many have seen it before, plus at least this time it's actually from WW2

 

[cidknee]

Nope (again I shouldn't answer for others, but what the hell)

Good pic btw Cidknee, seems like not many have seen it before, plus at least this time it's actually from WW2

well thank you... and so far nobody is close... Ans yes i actually had time to sit down and pic a question that is from the right time period. OK clue time.....

Its in the Pacific ocean, and its still there.

ps, im moving at the moment so im posting wirelessly from my laptop... WAY to slow.

 

[privatehudson]

It's a good one and that's no lie

 

[cidknee]

British Mobile weather ship ?

nope it isnt mobile

That's a cruiser or battleship turret on a freighter with a radar mast.

indeed it is. they are guns, and the lack of AA is well consistent with the time period and the lack of this county's rediness at the beginning of thier war.

 

[Rik Meleet]

The tower has some resmeblance to the tower on Yamato. I just can't imagine the Japanese building such a lousy ship.

 

[FriendlyFire]

Its in the Pacific ocean, and its still there.

Nah cant be Japanese. No AA
Could it be part of some kind of FIXED defence of some sort ?
(I can barely make out the back ground on my 19" LCD monitor.)
deliberly sunk in low waters to act as a battery ?

Maybe it some kinda dummy decoy ship ?

I would guess Russian if it was used as a fixed defence measure.

 

[privatehudson]

Ooo getting warmer there in a way FF

 

[YNCS]

The mast is an American style cage mast. Here's a photo of USS Mississippi (BB 23) showing cage masts.

I think cidknee's photo is of a harbor fort somewhere in the U.S. or American possessions.

 

[cidknee]

I think cidknee's photo is of a harbor fort somewhere in the U.S. or American possessions.

well yes it is near a us possession, now lets remember the time frame here...LATE 1941 is when this item was used, but set up before that. IF you know your history of the pacific, then the where should be easy, YNCS got the country but its not a harbor, its a ship...technically.now we need what it is and why its special.

 

[YNCS]

If it's a ship then it doesn't appear in Paul Silverstone's U.S. Warships of World War II. I still think it's a harbor fortification. Among other things, there's no anchors, funnels, bridge, or any of the other accoutrements of ships. Also, it has an extremely high freeboard and massive beam for a ship. Plus it's obviously made out of concrete, which wasn't used by the U.S. Navy for any ships during or before WW2, especially not for any ships mounting 12" or larger guns.

As for where it was used, late 1941 would mean the Philippines.

 

[cidknee]

ok good. it is a ship. Its called a concrete battleship. It is a harbor defence gun, that used to be a ship. It is in the Philipines .

This appears to be a "concrete battleship", and indeed the installation was commonly known by that name. Formally named Fort Drum, this US Army installation was constructed on the small island of El Fraile in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands. The fortification was built in 1909-1919, and is probably seen shortly before completion (note the crane visible to the left of the "mast").

The fortress carried two naval-style turrets, designed and built by the Army, each mounting two 14 inch guns. Fort Drum also had two 6 inch guns in casemate mountings. The fort was 350 feet long and had 27 foot thick concrete walls. This nearly-impregnable fortress was the last effective US fortification in the Philippines at the time of the US surrender to the Japanese, 6 May 1942. It survives to this day, bearing scars of both Japanese and US bombardment during WWII.

so technically YNCS got it right. good job

 

[YNCS]

What was the Baedeker Blitz?