I wonder if telling Ryuujou that she's cute just how short she is would make her stop being so desperate. In any cases where canon Ryuujou cares about that at all, that is.
I wonder if telling Ryuujou that she's cute just how short she is would make her stop being so desperate. In any cases where canon Ryuujou cares about that at all, that is.
Artists always seem to want her to feel inferior about something. It's a bit annoying...
Artists always seem to want her to feel inferior about something. It's a bit annoying...
I think it has to do with the height chart that came out around the same time as the movie. With her shoes, RJ is taller than all the destroyers except Yuudachi; without her shoes, she's shorter than all of them, even DesDiv 6.
IRL Ryuujou was a poster child of almost everything that could go wrong when designing a carrier.
Well, maybe not that many, but still a lot of her design choice was terrible.
The Washington Naval Treaty put forth lots of ship-building restrictions, and Japan did their best to exploit as many loopholes as possible. In the case of the IJN Ryuujou, they slapped a flight deck onto a light cruiser hull and took lots of other shortcuts in order to keep her under 10,000 tons. Among other problems, the Ryuujou was top-heavy despite not having a "proper" tower or any structurally integral bits above the flight deck.
Earthquakes during construction of the Ryuujou and other ships did little to help.
Could be worse. She could have ended up like Taihou.
Design-wise, Taihou is much better. At least she got the basics of seaworthiness right. Japan just couldn't get the fuel bunker right anyway in any design.
Let's see Ryuujou: - Designed from start to fit in the 10,000 tons limit with single story hangar, ends up built with two story hangar causing excessive topweight and stability problem. - Ends up exceeding that limit anyway. - Too light construction that bow and sag excessively when riding waves. - Too low forecastle that ship large amount of water on heavy sea, further compromising stability and endangering electrical systems. - Modifications to rectify these problems by adding bulges, ballast and one more deck on forecastle only adds weight and slow her more.
Classic example of treaty-era Japanese ship design that try to squeeze a quart into a pint.
Design-wise, Taihou is much better. At least she got the basics of seaworthiness right. Japan just couldn't get the fuel bunker right anyway in any design.
Let's see Ryuujou: - Designed from start to fit in the 10,000 tons limit with single story hangar, ends up built with two story hangar causing excessive topweight and stability problem. - Ends up exceeding that limit anyway. - Too light construction that bow and sag excessively when riding waves. - Too low forecastle that ship large amount of water on heavy sea, further compromising stability and endangering electrical systems. - Modifications to rectify these problems by adding bulges, ballast and one more deck on forecastle only adds weight and slow her more.
Classic example of treaty-era Japanese ship design that try to squeeze a quart into a pint.
