The "fighting crunch" of the fleet, Task Force 16 - the USS Enterprise [CV6] and USS Hornet [CV8] in a rather compressed formation to get them all into picture shot (see below, the CVs with six escorting cruisers [USS New Orleans, USS Minneapolis, USS Vincennes, USS Northampton, USS Pensacola and USS Atlanta(AA)] and nine destroyers):
The final fighting batch is Task Force 8, another force of cruisers (see below, five cruisers [USS Nashville, USS Indianapolis, USS Louisville, USS St Louis and USS Honolulu] and a collection of five destroyers - arguably it could/should have been more, but 1-2-1 with a cruiser seemed a good compromise):
This should a bit of 1/3000 colour to the Pacific War that otherwise would be a counter game.
4 comments:
These task forces look great. I love the idea of a fleet being in formation for the photo too!
It's really helpful to see what these 1/3000 Navwar ships look like too, thanks.
James
You can see why the Japs lost - their recce aircraft couldn't count.
Cheers James, once painted they deserve their moment of glory before they go "into the box"
Bankinista .. respect, I had to go back and count them again myself .. I was under-reporting the destroyers
Good to hear from you, hope you and your family are safe in these strange times. When I tell my fellow wargamers about "The Fish Game" they look on is disbelief
Bankinista .. a corrected recon report has now been filed by the recon element of the IJN ;)
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