Wonder No More is now up on Amazon. It’s a solid novella, clocking in at about 179 pages. If you ever wondered what would happen with a more aggressively handled Center Force, Vice Admiral Lee forming TF 34 early, and Taffy Three being, well, Taffy Three then this is the book for you! Yes, […]
Sea Warfare
Warship Wednesday: No Easy Days (Carrier Ops)
Greetings everyone! I was perusing YouTube and came upon Ward Carroll’s channel. The title comes from an old saying about carrier aviation: “There are no easy days.” Carrier ops are inherently dangerous, as the “airfield” is moving in three directions. As most of you know, I’ve covered carrier operations just a few times. Or more. However, […]
Warship Museum Hopping Prelude (Warship Wednesday)
That One Summer… Sorry it’s been a bit. Seems like just a blink of the eye I was talking about The Strategic Air Campaign and getting ready to go on a jaunt across the South to visit warship museums. Well the jaunt happened: These are all the museums I visited from 30 May – 7 […]
Big Historical Find
For those of you familiar with the Pacific Theater, Admiral Chester Nimitz’s “Graybook” is available online in all its .pdf glory. For those less familiar, this is basically Admiral Nimitz’s complete war diary from assumption of command until victory of Japan. Go check it out if you get a chance. Also, had to take a […]
Warship Wednesday–Decking the Hulls (Carrier Doctrine #2)
As you guys may have noticed, I am completely willing to lean on the works of others. With that in mind, for today’s discussion, we’ll talk about a topic which as absorbed much ink: decks. Specifically, armored vs. unarmored iterations thereof. So, without further ado, I’ll turn it over to the video host Drachinifel and […]
Warship Wednesday–Territories and Mission
If you ever wonder just how crazy things got towards the end of the Washington Naval Treaty, look no further than the Alaska-class large cruisers. I’m going to let the always excellent Drachnifel give a quick rundown of the vessels here: Unlike the poster (and it’s a lovely series), I’ve never been of the school […]
Warship Wednesday: Fun With Turrets
Thanks to the U.S.S. Iowa for filming this interior of the 16-inch turrets. In the case of the Iowa and many other late war ships, each gun could elevate and fire independently. Bonus: Here is a World War II-era training video. As an author, as I watched this I realized just how many things could get knocked […]
Warship Wednesday–Death of a Prince
It is my intent to do a 2019 Year In Review blog post at some point before the end of the month. Until then, feel free to read some in-depth analysis of the Prince of Wales‘ loss. Much like reading an autopsy report will tell you quite a bit about how the human body fails, this […]
Warship Wednesday–Damage Control
*cough cough* Man, it’s kind of dusty in here. You’d almost think someone hasn’t been in this place for like weeks. Oh, wait… Welcome to another edition of Warship Wednesday. Today, rather than talking about a particular class of vessel, we’re going to talk about something near and dear to ship to ship fights: damage […]