If there would be a Midway event, since foreign ships had already received the green light, would it be great if the reward ship girls will be Hornet, Yorktown, and Enterprise.
Also, Enterprise, will be the only ship closer or probably share the same luck Yukikaze had. Having participated and survive almost all the naval engagement of the Pacific Campaign though a kamikaze plane took her out of commission during the closing stage of the war.
Like Yukikaze, Enterprise was the only ship of her class to survive till the end of the war. But having seeing her sisters (Yorktown and Hornet) sunk in action, those memories would surely hunt her.
If there would be a Midway event, since foreign ships had already received the green light, would it be great if the reward ship girls will be Hornet, Yorktown, and Enterprise.
Also, Enterprise, will be the only ship closer or probably share the same luck Yukikaze had. Having participated and survive almost all the naval engagement of the Pacific Campaign though a kamikaze plane took her out of commission during the closing stage of the war.
Like Yukikaze, Enterprise was the only ship of her class to survive till the end of the war. But having seeing her sisters (Yorktown and Hornet) sunk in action, those memories would surely hunt her.
It is unfortunate that she was scrapped after war. She should have been a museum ship like Missouri, she is the most decorated US warship ever and they scrapped for parts :(
It is unfortunate that she was scrapped after war. She should have been a museum ship like Missouri, she is the most decorated US warship ever and they scrapped for parts :(
Right.
But would you mind if I'll correct some parts.
USS Enterprise CV-6 received 1 campaign star, 20 battle stars, 2 presidential unit citations from 2 countries, a naval unit commendation, an American defense service medal, 2 campaign medals, a liberation medal, a victory medal, and the British Pennant in her whole career. To sum it all, she received a total of 30 decorations (I'm also aware that her men somehow won many Medal of Honors, Distinguished Service Crosses, etcs, but those do not count). So she is the most decorated American naval ship that served in World War 2.
Which means, she might be NOT the most decorated American naval ship in American naval history.
The title goes to USS Parshe (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-Class Nuclear-Powered Submarine, she received, 9 presidential citations, 10 naval unit commendations, and 13 naval expeditionary medals in her whole career. Which she earned a total of 32 decorations (2 decorations ahead the Big E). Unfortunately like Big E, she was also been scrapped for materials.
USS Enterprise CV-6 received 1 campaign star, 20 battle stars, 2 presidential unit citations from 2 countries, a naval unit commendation, an American defense service medal, 2 campaign medals, a liberation medal, a victory medal, and the British Pennant in her whole career. To sum it all, she received a total of 30 decorations (I'm also aware that her men somehow won many Medal of Honors, Distinguished Service Crosses, etcs, but those do not count). So she is the most decorated American naval ship that served in World War 2.
Which means, she might be NOT the most decorated American naval ship in American naval history.
The title goes to USS Parshe (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-Class Nuclear-Powered Submarine, she received, 9 presidential citations, 10 naval unit commendations, and 13 naval expeditionary medals in her whole career. Which she earned a total of 32 decorations (2 decorations ahead the Big E). Unfortunately like Big E, she was also been scrapped for materials.
Decorations are not created equal, what amounts to a bunch of "good conduct" awards don't even have close to the same weight as 20 battle stars. Just like someone with a bunch of such personal awards would not be considered as highly decorated as someone with the medal of honor in practice, even if in a pointlessly technical sense it could be argued to be true. There also tend's to be a distinction made in decorations awarded in the face of enemy action, which again carry far more weight. Pretty much all Enterprise awards came for actions performed directly in the face of enemy action at real mortal peril.
Some of Parche's intelligence work was indeed valuable, but it can't even come close to what Enterprise did. Even the sub's own would almost certainly baulk at the comparison. It would be rather like someone in the RN arguing their ship was greater then HMS victory cause it managed to serve longer and garner a bunch of comparatively meaningless awards. There's also the fact that award requirements tend to change overtime, but overall the threshold has gotten comparatively lower due to a lack of serious naval wars in the last few decades and there are allot more "keep up the good work" type awards handed out now then there used to be, which needs to be considered in these sorts of things.
This is ignoring the fact that she was so lauded other countries where recognizing her with high honors which is exceptionally rare for a ship.
Um, I wasn't comparing the value of their decorations since we all know that how great Enterprise CV-6 is and no other USN ships could ever match her greatness and the service she gave from the very beginning the US enters the war until they've finished it. I was rather talking about the numbers of their decorations (they even said that Parche is the most decorated ship in USN history).
