Would have sucked to be in the bow when it was destroyed...
IIRC the bow remained afloat, the crew in the bow were taken off, and a fleet tug collected the piece and towed it back to the US, where it was re-attached to the ship.
Perhaps it's just me, but the forward guns look uncomfortably close to the prow. Not going to say it's wrong, just that it looks... potentially problematical.
I am curious as to what a RN version would have looked like. Apparently a small part of Erie 's design process was inspired by some rumors from Britain. Friedman writes: "However, at the hearing, the British were credited with a design for a 2,300-tonner (16 knots, 10,000nm radius) with a diesel en...
Excellent drawing; and the 'look' is (I think) due to her design origins as a Coast Guard cutter. The Erie class actually draws more from US cruiser design than Coast Guard cutters. They were designed in a bit the same sort of fashion as the French colonial avisos, and drew on the lineage of the Co...
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