You should keep a list of "hero" ships that perform superbly and use those for BCs when you get to that point.

@thisherehandleIdospout

15 күн бұрын

OMG, such a brilliant idea - I'm actually jealous I didn't think of it 😂😖

@Keaperman

14 күн бұрын

Thats actually what I do, I have three lists of ships. One for Battleships / Battlecruisers One for Heavy Ships One for Light Ships With notes for especially notable ships.

@Triple-A-Duracell-battery

14 күн бұрын

So far I reckon the truxtun Pensacola

American Torpedo boat captains: “admiral, I don’t think you heard me, I’m here for a good time not a long time, FULL SPEED AHEAD”

"I'll go through the Panama Canal" I think you mean you'll send your ships around Cape Horn!

@glauberglousger956

17 күн бұрын

Isn't there always the Drake Passage? Although neither would be good for a ship

Pensacola isnt unlucky, shes a wobbly hull and her crew cant really hit anything until shes been stabilized by substantial flooding and full stop

1890 Rangefinder: Ensign Kid stands in front of the bridge while ensign Waldo stands aft of it. Both point to the center of the enemy ship. The gunner aims for the spot where their fingers would meet. It's a work in progress.

@durinsson6583

17 күн бұрын

If you're a Brit, I'd imagine that the captain had a chuckle brother to each sode of him. As each salvo landed, they'd watch and let him know "To me. To you" to adjualst fire.

19:33 T-12 can help --- T-12 will have reloaded torpedoes and even with just a pop-gun you can threaten transports. So they either send one CL (reducing the pressure on the Pensacola) to head off T-12 or some transports will suffer holes ... BTW: the fastest bilge pump is a frightened man with a bucket.

It's kind of a historical irony that a USA ship sinks a Spanish ship named after Christopher Columbus! The battle of Cuba was certainly interesting, and now onto more territories. Can your ships even cross the Pacific, though? With their current ranges and all...

@tacticalcalebgaming7264

16 күн бұрын

Not possible but you can until start of 1914 when the P canal is open

@poodlemeister22314

16 күн бұрын

They can cross, but it'll take a lot longer once they run out of fuel (I think it cuts the distance you can travel down to 1/3 of your normal range?) and they'll be out of fuel for some time once they reach their destination (unless they have an ally in the region, in which the replenishment will be faster)

Honestly the USS Nautilus or class of vessel Named Nautilus would be cool.

To paraphrase The Mighty Jingles: The Spanish had a cunning plan....which wasn't so cunning after all

The AI only ever seems to do one of two things. Either it's sitting passive more or less letting you shoot them to bits, or it's so aggressive that it goes for full ramming and launch torpedo's at like 100 yards distance.

The Us Navy did the secondary on top of the main gun turret twice they finally wrote the idea off as stupid. Though you could say that particular bright idea fairy came back with the carrier and the idea of a battle carrier. Though still not as dumb or as interesting as Uss vesuvius, now that was a wild idea.

Second Battle of Habana, Part 2 New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCV: 16 May 1895 In A Fog A fog bank swept over the battle just as a second division of torpedo boats came at the battle line led by Targa and with Conejera and Orión. The battle line put some fire on Targa, forcing her back, but kept hitting Velasco. Secondary first now hit Conejera, sinking her with one survivor of her 24 man crew. Orión didn’t last long after that, and sank with one survivor. Velasco finally sank with 210 of her 213 man crew after taking two 12” hits. Targa was now the closest ship as the American line swung around the back of the Spanish formation. Targa was sunk with 23 of her 24 man crew, and another torpedo boat division was sunk, 69 of their 72 men lost. Nebraska was now closing on Isla de Cuba, hoping to see the Spanish lose both of them in the same month, just as they had lost both the Habanas. Isla de Cuba was sunk with 214 of her 231 man crew. Her division mates Begoña and Nuestra Señora were isolated from the bulk of the remaining Spanish fleet. Rhode Island was trailing the American formation and the bulk of the Spanish fleet was trying to get astern of her. Begoña took flooding fore and aft and sank with 216 men. Nuestra Señora kept trying to close and keeping Utah from closing up with the rest of the formation. Nuestra Señora kept taking hits, losing her engine and rudder along with both towers. Finally she flooded out and lost 212 of her crew. Velasco’s division was gone, 852 men out of 924. In the Clear Antonio Ulloa, which had taken a hit early, sank with 296 of her 320 man crew. La Juliana was attempting to close with Aragon behind her. As she did the fog lifted. Four Cruçeros lay to the north-west, La Juliana and Aragon in one division, Blasco de Garay and Gerona in the other. They were closing on Utah and Rhode Island. La Juliana was sunk with 215 of her 231 man crew. Aragon tried to wallow closer to the battle line but was sunk with 227 of her crew. This two ship division lost 442 of their 462 man. Blasco de Garay was sunk next, losing 310 of her 320 men. Rhode Island then sniped Gerona with a 12” shell. She sank with 306 of her crew. This division lost 616 men out of 640. However, in the fog the San Juan Baptista and Santiago el Mayor had retired with no damage. África had also gotten away unscathed, but her division mates Navarra and Don Antonio de Ulloa had lost 6 and 7 men respectively. Three torpedo boats still showed, but had the legs to withdraw. These were the Pólux and her division mates Ariete and Dorado. Utah had taken 17 casualties, Nebraska 13, Rhode Island 7, and Colorado 3. Nevada and Delaware picked up the 144 Spanish survivors.

The Spanish Navy will have nightmares about Cuba.

Cuba Falls! New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCV: 8 May 1895 The Island of Cuba has fallen. Only a force in the Guantanamo Bay Estación Naval is holding out. Losses were generally in our favor, with only 3200 lost to the Spanish 13,000.

Pensacola is same cursed name of a ship for USA as Condorcet is for France :D

26:26 despite there being none of your ships in the direction, or the range, in which they launched, the Spanish cruiser launched three torpedoes. Curious.

I got my membership re upped. I'm glad I get to watch members early content again. Specially when it's an American campaign. 👍💯 has anyone been a member longer then me?

Strike on Habana New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIV: 16 December 1894 The Truxtun class Battleship Colorado led the Second Fleet in an attack on the port of Habana, sinking four of eight transports at anchor and doing an estimated 19 thousand tons of port capacity damage on the facility.

12 inch guns in the 1890s really are brutal

Planning on joining either the patreon or KZread when I get an actual job. For just 3 episodes this campaign is already great, big fan of USN history. Edit: didn't realize the base was 0.99/mo gonna join

3:00 In my roleplay, in this period (I enlisted in 1890), I serve as a gunner right on the Truxtun (assigned to A turret, left gun). Maybe it was me that pulled the trigger for that fatal shot on the Spanish Cruiser Buenaventura... But we'll never know. But I can tell you that when we saw our shots hit the target, we started cheering like it was 4° of July

Landings on Cuba Begin New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIV: 7 December 1894 Landings have begun outside of Havana, with the intention of taking the port and eventually the whole islands. U.S. regulars are supplemented by volunteers led by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt. Initial reports of losses are highly favorable, with the American Expeditionary force suffering 655 casualties and the Spanish Ejército de Tierra and colonial recruits suffering 2,754.

21:14 Brother Munro remembers where Costa Rica is 😂😂😂

Pepsicola is working overtime

Liking these early period games.

didn't think the 6-inchers on the battleships would do a whole lot, but they seem to be doing the most out of the armament on the ships, the more you know i guess lol

Spanish Dispositions New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIV: 8 November 1894 A force of Spanish ships, believed to be three Nuestra Señora class Cruçeros de 2a Clas and four Antonio Ulloa class Cruçeros de 3a Clas, are in or in the vicinity of Habana. The majority of the Armada Real Española lay off New York City a month ago, another eight Nuestra Señora class and nine Antonio Ulloa class, along with nine ocean capable Barcos torpederos, but were seen heading south with a reported destination of Guantanamo Bay. Two Barcos torpederos were reported to be in the North Atlantic at that time headed to cover the American east coast.

This war seems impresive love the battles

Costa Rica Draws American Wrath New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIV: 20 December 1894 Bandit raids across the border of Panama with Costa Rica have been traced by to orders from San José. The United States Army has crossed the border with the intent of marching on San José and taking control of the whole country. The Navy is currently busy with the war with Spain.

Wow! A battle where Pre-Dreadnoughts hit things?

Your lucky, I'm winding up for my 3rd war with Spain in 1899, the catch is all their possessions in the Caribbean revolted during the second war so I don't have anything to Invade, lol. The Far East might be an idear, I'm just worried about Japan, they have so many Torpedo boats that even the Kamchatka would go: Damn !!!

Had to 😂 at using Panama canal in 1895 nearly 20 years before it opened

31:00 the Sir Robin draw out.

Pensacola has a Lamenter at the helm.

10:15 Not sure if you changed the stats in DIP, but if I recall the caged mast has some extreme long-ranged accuracy buffs.

@BrotherMunro

18 күн бұрын

It does but it’s the 1890’s ‘long ranged’ doesn’t factor in much 😅

Excellent showing from the Ohio in that first battle! Maybe this time the state won't be relegated to the nuclear triad, lol.

29:56 Who will win? The entire Spanish Navy or five slow American battleships?

@jarrodkopf6813

17 күн бұрын

The answer: The battleships won.🤣

Is the Panama Canal built yet? Or does it pop up in 1914?

@BrotherMunro

18 күн бұрын

I think it’s open already

@stuartmehlberg808

17 күн бұрын

@@BrotherMunro Unfortunately, (as I learned from my recent 1890's U.S.A. Campaign experience) it does only unlock the route in it's historical completion date... (1914) Sorry to be the messenger of irritating news. Irritating because the trip around South America IS accurately modeled to take ages (Low Fuel speeds) bare minimum 5 turns (or more), effectively forcing you to build a Pacific Fleet in San Fran or San Deigo. Still, it is historically a very realistic scenario Congress faced for determining funding Naval (Infrastructure) Buildup to the Spanish American War... So... 👌

@mitchelloates9406

17 күн бұрын

@@BrotherMunro Can confirm, it doesn't open until 1914. The only other option is to go across the Atlantic, thru the Med and the Suez Canal, across the Indian Ocean, and then to the Philippines. Debatable if that's better or worse than going around South America - especially with the short range ships you've built. That's why I usually try to delay the war with Spain until at least the historical 1898 time frame - you have the economy and funds to build a bigger fleet, you have better ship designs and bigger shipyards, you can have a sizeable tech advantage, and you have the time to get a West Coast navy built as well. That's why I initially try to go with at least 10K range minimum, or as close as possible, on my ships - because that's roughly the IRL distance from the West Coast to the Philippines - or at least to the Carolines and Marianas, where you can grab supply bases.

OK, maybe those 12 inchers are better. My bad.

What about naming a class of ships until they are replaced? So a name sake ship and class

would it have worked against the transports when you lure the Cruiser escorts away with your cruiser and then run in with TB against unarmed transports?

Might not be a bad idea for content to keep these old battlewagons around for as long as possible.

Can you get hit under fhe belt? Like as the ship rolls n pitches

@BrotherMunro

18 күн бұрын

No the game doesn’t model that I’m afraid

At 5:20, would that qualify as a Colon Blow?

Munro, will you ever make a dual 18in US super battleship?

@BrotherMunro

17 күн бұрын

Hmmm we shall have to see!

@brickbrainzwarshipcraft

16 күн бұрын

@@BrotherMunro yippee

Hey I am looking into a pc and getting this game as a new player do you recommend my first campaign be vanilla or DIP?

@BrotherMunro

14 күн бұрын

DIP! It’s very much designed to be an enhanced version of the regular game - it doesn’t add any mechanics or complexity (it actually removes some!)

@thepoojunkers6588

13 күн бұрын

@@BrotherMunro Thank you this game will definitely be my first Buy off steam and I am looking forward to getting the mod I think my first campaign will be an Austria 1930

You should do a challange series with russia using only 10 inch guns or smaller

❤

12:40: I'm impressed by your warranted optimism.

Christmas Riots New York Evening Journal: Hearst Communications MDCCCXCIV: 20 December 1894 With Advent proceeding the isolationist wing of the Republican Party and the liberal pacifist wing of the Democratic Party staged protests in most east coast major cities against the Administration’s war in Cuba. Demands were made that money allocated to the budget of the United States Navy be diverted, in times of war no less, to public funding. In the end the Administration had to divert over $110 million to the dole, with many naval contracts being suspended for a month. Our international ‘friends’ were quite impressed with our largess to the American people.

20:45 Of *course* the pacifists are dissatisfied - When has the world ever been at *peace*?!? 🙄

Conversation on the Bridge of the Pensacola in the heat of battle... Officer on Watch (OOW), "Captain, Engineering reports we're taking on extensive water in our engine rooms & boiler pressure is dropping rapidly (due to air intake damage); Ship only able to make way at slow!" Captain, "Very Well... Helmsman, Steady Up! We've got them right where we Want Them! Gunnery Officer, Fire at Will!!!" 💥💥💥🪖🎖🎆🚢🗽🦅🍀😂