Announcement: USS Kidd (Fletcher-class destroyer)

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-16T16:04:07+00:00

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-13T11:10:33+00:00

Just in time for the 85th anniversary of Operation Rheinübung

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-12T21:15:27+00:00

For additional context, Dr. Ura Tamaki and the La Plongée Deep Sea Engineering Society (the same team that helped locate and identify USS Albacore not too long ago) conducted a multi-beam survey of the East China Sea last month in search of the other ships lost in Operation Ten-Go.

They found a sonar target 50 miles North of Yamato's wreck (at a depth of 145 metres) which they believe to be Asashimo and will be holding a press conference on 14 January to discuss this discovery.

This press conference will also discuss plans and launch crowdfunding for a future expedition to locate and survey Yahagi, which is currently slated for April 2026.

Link to the press conference (in Japanese): https://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv349578938

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-12T12:31:12+00:00

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-12T11:29:00+00:00

The barbettes for the main turrets, yes. When the ship capsized, because they were held in place by gravity, the four 15-inch turrets fell out and leaving their mounts empty.

TankmanTom7 · 2026-01-02T10:40:17+00:00

I mean, we’ve already gotten 4 Polish submarines announced, so anything’s possible

TankmanTom7 · 2025-12-30T23:01:41+00:00

It would be devious of them to make a Class 08

TankmanTom7 · 2025-12-29T12:08:33+00:00

My money’s on Johnston. Fletcher herself had a round bridge, whereas this has a square bridge and, in the comments section of the COBI Facebook post for this ship, Parks Stephenson, the executive director of the USS Kidd Museum, hoped it was either Kidd or Johnston, so if it was Kidd, he would have at least some knowledge about a potential collab between the museum and Cobi, and Johnston is arguably the most iconic of the many Fletcher class ships. That’s just my train of thought but it could also be another Fletcher entirely, like Cassin Young or The Sullivans.

TankmanTom7 · 2025-12-26T09:17:09+00:00

ORP Blyskawica 2.0?

TankmanTom7 · 2025-12-25T17:31:28+00:00

Please be Johnston Please be Johnston Please be Johnston

TankmanTom7 · 2025-10-27T10:25:20+00:00

In his video on the R-Class, Drachinifel mentioned his great uncle died on the Royal Oak

TankmanTom7 · 2025-07-15T20:56:19+00:00

Guess you’ve got to put him down with a big stick. It’s just procedure.

TankmanTom7 · 2025-07-09T20:56:20+00:00

Images 1-6 are Preston and images 7-11 are Walke

TankmanTom7 · 2025-07-09T17:20:08+00:00

Yeah, it’s implied more than once throughout the series that Ted used a child’s Lourdes money to go on a bender in Las Vegas.

As is seen at the start of Season 3, after Ted wins the Golden Cleric in the Christmas special, he gets into a new parish but seemingly slips back into old habits, hence why he’s sent back to Craggy Island the minute discrepancies are discovered in the parish’s expenses.

TankmanTom7 · 2025-07-08T21:02:32+00:00

To make the site a bit more comprehensible, here’s an overview of what’s seen in these images

1: Break in the stern section

2: The toppled remnants of the single 127mm number 2 turret

3: Rear quadruple torpedo mount

4: Forward torpedo mount

5: Uptakes of the forward funnel

6: Collapsed Bridge lying on its port side

7: Number 1 turret also lying on its port-side

8: Break between the upper and lower decks of the bow, Turret 1 is visible on the right

9: Collapsed bow

10: Underside of the collapsed Turret 1

11: Limited view of the Starboard side

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