January 15, 2017
Name That Mystery Ship XXXII
It's been nearly a year since I last found something I thought challenging enough for a Mystery Ship competition. Very late last night (as in 5am late) while looking for something else entirely, I stumbled across the perfect thing! Ladies and gentlemen, here's your image:
As always, no image searching is allowed... I can't keep you from doing it, but what good is an unearned victory? CTX and FDM are not allowed to guess (or leave hints) until I let them off the leash. You get ONE guess, so make it count. The winner (as declared by me, and my decision is final) will get a post of their very own about anything they want (no pr0n, politics or religion, however) within reason.
Don't just sit there, get to guessing!
As always, no image searching is allowed... I can't keep you from doing it, but what good is an unearned victory? CTX and FDM are not allowed to guess (or leave hints) until I let them off the leash. You get ONE guess, so make it count. The winner (as declared by me, and my decision is final) will get a post of their very own about anything they want (no pr0n, politics or religion, however) within reason.
Don't just sit there, get to guessing!
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I'm going to guess it's the Verniy, ex IJN Hibiki. I can't actually find any images, but my thought process is as follows:
1. To start, it looks like it might be, or based off of, a destroyer. The rounded tower is indicative of IJN destroyers, and indeed if I bring up the WoWs tech tree and look at Akakutsi, it's a very close match, except for the weird bow. 2. Akakutsi is just an upgunned Fubuki. IJN Hibiki is a Fubuki class that took a torpedo to the bow, was turned into a guard ship, and then taken by the russians after the war and further re-gunned.
Given that the fore turret looks pretty standard except for the mounting, it might still be Hibiki in the guard ship phase.
1. To start, it looks like it might be, or based off of, a destroyer. The rounded tower is indicative of IJN destroyers, and indeed if I bring up the WoWs tech tree and look at Akakutsi, it's a very close match, except for the weird bow. 2. Akakutsi is just an upgunned Fubuki. IJN Hibiki is a Fubuki class that took a torpedo to the bow, was turned into a guard ship, and then taken by the russians after the war and further re-gunned.
Given that the fore turret looks pretty standard except for the mounting, it might still be Hibiki in the guard ship phase.
Posted by: David at January 15, 2017 09:12 PM (JMkaQ)
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Well, crepe. I thought that would take at least two guesses. This is indeed the Hibiki. She's in a mobile drydock while she's fitted with a temporary bow after that torpedo hit David mentioned.
Okay, name your prize, Mr Winner-Is-You!
Okay, name your prize, Mr Winner-Is-You!
Posted by: Wonderduck at January 15, 2017 10:03 PM (UDOXQ)
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And now I'm on the spot of trying to come up with an ask that is interesting, but not too onerous. Have you done a "why rubber ducks" post? If not, do that. Otherwise, pick a ship or battle that interests you and that you haven't written about before.
Posted by: David at January 15, 2017 10:31 PM (JMkaQ)
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Now that the answer is sitting there...well, I still wouldn't have got the question right; I don't know things like that...but it's surprising how recognizable the features of the ship are.
Posted by: Ben at January 16, 2017 10:30 PM (B1bvu)
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