The Real USS Essex

[rombaft]

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I do find if I see the picture of this ship, DICE did some prety good modeling

[imported_Gergnoodle]

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i noticed a lot of chinooks on the deck of one of the pics

too bad we couldnt use them in bf2 jump out like the 101st woot woot
60 troops anywhere any time

oh btw nice work on the random info !!!!!

[[M_Metcalf]]

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i noticed a lot of chinooks on the deck of one of the pics

too bad we couldnt use them in bf2 jump out like the 101st woot woot
60 troops anywhere any time

GREAT IDEA!

Picture this:

On the 64-player Wake there would be one commander, one guy manning the Phalanx, 29 people on board the Chinook and that one late-spawning smacktard noober back on the deck running back and forth screaming his lungs out: "Hey, gimme a ride!!"

[unununium]

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GREAT IDEA!

Picture this:

On the 64-player Wake there would be one commander, one guy manning the Phalanx, 29 people on board the Chinook and that one late-spawning smacktard noober back on the deck running back and forth screaming his lungs out: "Hey, gimme a ride!!"

You mean he TK's the Chinook and everyone inside it...

[MooneyBravo]

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You mean he TK's the Chinook and everyone inside it...

OR is waiting where the chopper spawns and flashbangs/teamkills for it when everyone respawns from being killed in the chopper by a UAV/Jet/Chopper/Jeep/APC/Tank or all of the above.

[unununium]

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OR is waiting where the chopper spawns and flashbangs/teamkills for it when everyone respawns from being killed in the chopper by a UAV/Jet/Chopper/Jeep/APC/Tank or all of the above.

What are you implying.

[MooneyBravo]

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What are you implying.

Just reflecting on personal experience. :nod:

[unununium]

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Just reflecting on personal experience. :nod:

How about some Oman? :evil:

[Gamera]

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Unlike in BF2:SF, CTOL jet fighters, such as the F/A-18E Super Hornet, cannot take off or land on the real Wasp Class. Only VTOL helicopters and STOVL jet fighters, such as the AV-8B Harrier II Plus and F-35 JSF, can.

[MackTheKnifeAU]

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I belive that picture taken with the 2 ciws at the rear was before it's refit.

That said, the Phalanx and RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) look similar from a distance, same type of white radar structure and look.

Since her commissioning, Essex has received numerous awards, including all of the warfare excellence awards, six Battle “E” awards, the Golden Anchor Award for retention, the Navy Award for food service excellence, the Thompson Award for public affairs excellence, the Ogden Award for firefighting excellence, and the Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific Safety Award.

051005-N-2970T-001 Sasebo, Japan (Oct. 5, 2005) – Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jared B.C. Lamson and Fire Controlman 3rd Class John D. Hermes upload a RIM-7 NATO Sea Sparrow missile into a launcher cell as Chief Fire Controlman Morris C. Spaulding supervises aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a medium-range, rapid-reaction, missile weapon system that provides the capability of destroying hostile aircraft, anti-ship missiles and surface missile platforms. Essex recently completed a Ship’s Restricted Availability (SRA) and is now preparing for training evolutions with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Marvin E. Thompson, Jr. (RELEASED)

USS Shangri-la CVA 38 Essex Class

[[FM]Master_Chief]

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Cool thread guys

[imported_Gergnoodle]

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droooool take the shrangli la to wake 64 person and have all those jets in the air at the same time

now have the chinese with same amount of jets

talllly hooooooooo

[.damage.nl]

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i like WW2 ships better, some german ships had turrets which could fire 34cm shells:)

[Gamera]

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i like WW2 ships better, some german ships had turrets which could fire 34cm shells:)

'According to the article about Daisenryaku 1941 for PS2 in Shuukan The PlayStation 2, Vol.304 (2002.09.27), the "Type 94, 40 cm" 46 cm gun on the real Yamato and Musashi had a range of 41.4 klicks. In modern terms, if the gun fires from the Tokyo JR Station (train) in downtown Tokyo, its 1.5-ton shell can hit Yokosuka in Kanagawa.' (O_O

[Stewart[31stMEU]]

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Just a little bit more on the USS Essex: While I was in the Corps, I served on board the USS Essex as a VMA-311 Tomcat. We were the first Harrier unit onboard. OOH-RAH! We actually caused severe damage to her flight deck with the jet blast! Semper-Fi.