Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

Seika said:

Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

Large Fuel Ta- i mean Bridges.

Seika said:

Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

Large bridge, heavy armament, 3 x dual 20.3cm turret at front, 2x dual 20.3cm turret at the aft

Seika said:

Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

As much as people dismiss it, I still find Wiki a good source for both ship general armament and profile images.

Well, problem with newbie shipspotters (or airplanes, or guns, or trains) is, we don't know what characteristic to look for

OOZ662 said:

As much as people dismiss it, I still find Wiki a good source for both ship general armament and profile images.

Seika said:

Well, problem with newbie shipspotters (or airplanes, or guns, or trains) is, we don't know what characteristic to look for

The Takao-class and Myoukou-class look pretty similar to untrained spotters. (Not surprising when you consider Takao was an evolution of Myoukou.)

Seika said:

Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

well, IMO they kinda look similar with the modern Arleigh Burke class destroyer

Seika said:

Fusou has that huge tower
Tone has the half-and-half design

But what about the Takao class ?

There super structure really does look like nothing else afloat at the time. Even ignoring it's hugeness for a cruiser the sloping, geometric look of it was quite unusual somewhat reminding me off...

GweAnakJakarta said:

well, IMO they kinda look similar with the modern Arleigh Burke class destroyer

This, the resemblance is admittedly somewhat vague, but the profile is not entirely dissimilar particularly from the front quarter.

That said the problem was rather rarely IDing a ship that was a thousand yards away and could be clearly seen (although shockingly bad identifications of this type did occur most often involving aircraft. The case of RN Swordfish launching 11(!) torpedoes at a RN light cruiser they mistook for Bismark coming to mind). The real problems came in when it was a smudge 20 kilometers away, or obscured behind smoke, or weather, or darkness.

Tk3997 said:

That said the problem was rather rarely IDing a ship that was a thousand yards away and could be clearly seen (although shockingly bad identifications of this type did occur most often involving aircraft. The case of RN Swordfish launching 11(!) torpedoes at a RN light cruiser they mistook for Bismark coming to mind). The real problems came in when it was a smudge 20 kilometers away, or obscured behind smoke, or weather, or darkness.

To add to that, the Akizuki-class that's finally going to be included in-game soon were often confused for Yuubari by allied sailors and airmen during the war.