Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki

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RE: Small Ship, Big War

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Sent over from warships board.
I can only write:
Thank you for the moving story.
And for the happy ends too :).
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bump.




Just can't have this drop through the default setting of one year.

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Bump.


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bump.
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I got a bit interested in WitP couple months ago, and read a few AARs since then. I must say that I never truly liked narrative AARs, but seeing this one with more than 5000 posts, I've got interested. Since it was Friday evening and I was bored, I decided to read a few pages. And guess what, it's 0:30 AM Tuesday here, and I'm finally done with this magnificient stuff. Spent almost all my free time during last three days reading the adventures of Hibiki, and if I ever buy and play WitP it will be because of this outstanding tale of struggle of the little ship and its crew, surviving battle after battle, despite being plug in any barrel. Thank you so much, Cuttlefish, for those wonderful hours that I spent reading this story, thanks to you this was by far my best weekend this year.
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Thats what WITP did¡; making good times For all of us¡,, still playing and reading about THE PACIFIC.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiki_(1933)

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The story would have made a great ww2 book.
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- instructions on U.S. rocket launcher
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Bump. [&o][&o][&o]
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I found a little info on LTC Ishii at this site: http://archive.is/MiSf#selection-1437.0-1485.143

Ishii Hagumu
Eta Jima Class 52 (class ranking unknown)
Promoted Midshipman - 24 July 1924
Promoted Ensign - 1 December 1925
Promoted Lieutenant (j.g.) - 1 December 1927
Promoted Lieutenant - 1 December 1930
Promoted Lieutenant Commander - 1 December 1936
Commanding Officer, Uzuki - 15 December 1938 - 15 November 1939
Commanding Officer, Yayoi - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1941
Commanding Officer, Hibiki - 25 September 1941 - 13 August 1942
Commanding Officer, Ikazuchi - 13 August 1942 - 27 August 1942
Promoted Commander - 1 November 1942

Ishii was KIA at some point during the war, but I don't know the circumstances or the date. In any event, he was posthumously promoted Captain.
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Been five months. Bump!
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Bump, can't let this thread disappear.
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Indeed!
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New bump to keep alive.
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Bumping a classic!
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Re: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki

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Bump.
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Re: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki

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Bump. To those who have never read this AAR, it is perhaps the finest that has been written and possibly the finest that will ever be written. That is not to say we shouldn't all aspire to achieve something like this.
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Re: Small Ship, Big War - The Voyages of the Hibiki

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Has any one heard from Cuttlefish? I know he referenced printing the story when it concluded, but I haven't found anything since the. My wife and I would like a physical copy if that plan ever did go forward.

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