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(Boing Boing) Cool Apparently the Battle of the Java Sea was so chaotic, the Japanese navy didn't notice the small tropical island moving around   (boingboing.net) divider line 98
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Mentat [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 03:57:39 PM  
That's awesome. Love the Pacific Theater.

 
oldebayer [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 04:23:41 PM  
I used to have a big book of WWII photoes from Look Magazine. One was of a Japanese freighter disguised like this. Alas, their cunning plan didn't work so well, as the pic was taken from an American plane that was strafing them at the time.

 
The Icelander 2010-02-08 04:25:28 PM  
Maybe they didn't have that war file.

 
kmmontandon [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 04:27:47 PM  
Mentat: That's awesome. Love the Pacific Theater.

If you or anyone really wants to know about the Java Sea battles in particular detail, I recommend "The Fleet the Gods Forgot," by W.G. Winslow, published by Bluejacket Books. I actually had a copy within arm's reach when I saw this headline.

There was another ship that used the same trick, at least while at anchor, but I can't remember which one (I want to say the Canopus).

... OK, skimming through, both the Canopus and the Peary did, though neither ultimately survived.

 
Cup_O_Jo 2010-02-08 05:12:52 PM  
OK that was brilliant.

 
Quasar [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 05:13:13 PM  
@Override
private boolean useCamo();

 
Yakk 2010-02-08 05:13:35 PM  
Oh, it wasn't Gamera. Well that was nice too.

 
you are a puppet 2010-02-08 05:14:31 PM  
img2.timeinc.net

We have to move the island

 
LooseShoes 2010-02-08 05:15:09 PM  
The Icelander: Maybe they didn't have that war file.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: gov.jp.navy.fleet

 
busy chillin' 2010-02-08 05:15:42 PM  
www.yorkblog.com

A moving island?

 
scseth 2010-02-08 05:15:47 PM  
t0.gstatic.com
/hot like my java

 
busy chillin' 2010-02-08 05:16:47 PM  
shakes tiny fist at you are a puppet

 
dj_spanmaster 2010-02-08 05:16:56 PM  
you are a puppet: We have to move the island

Since when did listening to Ben get you anywhere worth a damn?

 
mofomisfit 2010-02-08 05:17:17 PM  
thegirlfromtheghetto.files.wordpress.com

Wants you to move the island.

 
Uchiha_Cycliste 2010-02-08 05:17:53 PM  
RIP java, hello Oracle.

 
Mock26 2010-02-08 05:18:42 PM  
kmmontandon: Mentat: That's awesome. Love the Pacific Theater.

If you or anyone really wants to know about the Java Sea battles in particular detail, I recommend "The Fleet the Gods Forgot," by W.G. Winslow, published by Bluejacket Books. I actually had a copy within arm's reach when I saw this headline.

There was another ship that used the same trick, at least while at anchor, but I can't remember which one (I want to say the Canopus).

... OK, skimming through, both the Canopus and the Peary did, though neither ultimately survived.


Most people do not even realize that the Japanese used paratroopers early on in the war!

 
busy chillin' 2010-02-08 05:18:58 PM  
mofomisfit

sorry you had to see me like that.

 
ebell 2010-02-08 05:21:23 PM  
i.imgur.com

 
Gilligann [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 05:26:12 PM  
Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

don't look now, but behind the crijnssen, there is an even bigger ship disguised as an even bigger island.

 
texdent [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 05:30:24 PM  
The X-Men may be interested in this
Krakoa (new window)

 
skaetur 2010-02-08 05:32:29 PM  
it's a trap!
pix.motivatedphotos.com

 
crm114 2010-02-08 05:35:43 PM  
"Is that island moving?

No, it just looks like that because we're moving."

 
TheGuyBehindYou 2010-02-08 05:39:49 PM  
The actual ship.

www.hnsa.org

 
Quasar [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 05:43:22 PM  
Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.

 
TheSilverOne 2010-02-08 05:48:02 PM  
See, I totally thought this was going to be a Lost reference too.

The actual story is pretty cool.

 
Thudfark 2010-02-08 05:48:17 PM  
Is that the Tirpitz in the background?

 
Dennis_Moore 2010-02-08 05:49:28 PM  
2.bp.blogspot.com

 
Sticky Hands [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 05:51:27 PM  
Quasar: Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.


Get a cartoon character or a joke tattooed to it, or for something less permanent, glue some googly eyes to it.

Then you can do as I do and pretend that the laughter is a complement of your wacky sense of humor :D

 
Uchiha_Cycliste 2010-02-08 05:53:56 PM  
Sticky Hands: Quasar: Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.

Get a cartoon character or a joke tattooed to it, or for something less permanent, glue some googly eyes to it.

Then you can do as I do and pretend that the laughter is a complement of your wacky sense of humor :D


You've put a lot of thought into this problem, eh?

 
lenfromak 2010-02-08 05:54:35 PM  
How not to be seen.

 
Rustybumperjack 2010-02-08 05:55:43 PM  
Java's? What the hell is this picture about, anyway?

 
Sticky Hands [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:00:37 PM  
Uchiha_Cycliste: Sticky Hands: Quasar: Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.

Get a cartoon character or a joke tattooed to it, or for something less permanent, glue some googly eyes to it.

Then you can do as I do and pretend that the laughter is a complement of your wacky sense of humor :D

You've put a lot of thought into this problem, eh?



those who can't do, teach
those who can't teach, administer
those who can't administer, put a lot of thought into the problem.

then they watch porn.
and cartoons
occasionally both at the same time.
rule 34 is a wonderful thing... kinda....

 
loserflame 2010-02-08 06:01:38 PM  
lenfromak: How not to be seen.

In the picture is Mr. E.R. Bradshaw of Napier Court, Black Lion Road London SE5. He cannot be seen. Mr Bradshaw, will you stand up please?

 
EmployeeOfTheMinute 2010-02-08 06:03:13 PM  
Supplies

 
IWood 2010-02-08 06:07:47 PM  
loserflame: lenfromak: How not to be seen.

In the picture is Mr. E.R. Bradshaw of Napier Court, Black Lion Road London SE5. He cannot be seen. Mr Bradshaw, will you stand up please?


BOOM

 
blazemongr 2010-02-08 06:07:48 PM  
Mentat: That's awesome. Love the Pacific Theater.

Didn't they just close a run of "Wicked" there?

 
Uchiha_Cycliste 2010-02-08 06:11:05 PM  
Sticky Hands: Uchiha_Cycliste: Sticky Hands: Quasar: Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.

Get a cartoon character or a joke tattooed to it, or for something less permanent, glue some googly eyes to it.

Then you can do as I do and pretend that the laughter is a complement of your wacky sense of humor :D

You've put a lot of thought into this problem, eh?


those who can't do, teach
those who can't teach, administer
those who can't administer, put a lot of thought into the problem.

then they watch porn.
and cartoons
occasionally both at the same time.
rule 34 is a wonderful thing... kinda....


Remind me to not shake your hand if we ever meet, I think a nod and a smile are sufficient. Though rule 34 sure can be wonderful, and awful and sometimes at the same time.

 
guinnessfanatic 2010-02-08 06:11:41 PM  

 
tortilla burger 2010-02-08 06:13:39 PM  
Uchiha_Cycliste: Sticky Hands: Quasar: Gilligann: Ok, that Weeners is hilarious.

If I had a nickel for every time a woman said that to me, I'd be poor and inadequate.

Get a cartoon character or a joke tattooed to it, or for something less permanent, glue some googly eyes to it.

Then you can do as I do and pretend that the laughter is a complement of your wacky sense of humor :D

You've put a lot of thought into this problem, eh?


Glue more than two eyes on it and it starts to look really creepy.

/not that I have any experience with this...

 
Jackpot777 [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:15:00 PM  
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put ("user", "islandShip");
props.put ("password", "java");
//Connection myDb = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://192.168.19.41/allies","navy", "java");
Connection myDb = ((Driver)(Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance()))
.connect("jdbc:mysql://192.168.19.41/allies", props);

 
frank249 2010-02-08 06:16:45 PM  
HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen was the third of eight Jan van Amstel class minesweepers, built in 1936 at Gusto shipyards in Schiedam, and named after the 17th century naval commander Abraham Crijnssen.

The ship was stationed in the Dutch East Indies when Japan invaded in 1941. After the Allied fleet was destroyed in the Battle of the Java Sea in February 1942, Abraham Crijnssen was ordered to escape to Australia. Several of her sister ships were scuttled or destroyed in the pursuit, and the Abraham Crijnssen was to be the last vessel to successfully escape Java.

The crew under Lieutnant 2nd Class Anthonie van Miert covered her thickly with tree branches, so that to observers she looked like one of the many small jungle islets of the area. The cover was intended as much to protect her from aerial detection and attack as from enemy ships, since Japanese air superiority in the area was almost total at the time - and the minesweeper's defenses would not have been sufficient to protect itself against such air attacks. By lying up unmoving most of the day, the disguised vessel manged to blend in among the many islands of the area she was traveling through, and arrived in Geraldton, Western Australia, on March 15.

After a refitting and installation of improved sonar on 26 August 1942, she was transferred to the command of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned as HMAS Abraham Crijnssen, she served with the RAN until 5 May 1943, mostly as a convoy escort and submarine training vessel. Even after her return to Dutch command, she operated often in Australian waters for the rest of the war.

 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:20:50 PM  
The Japanese don't spot well. They're better at hitting what they can already see:
i259.photobucket.comi259.photobucket.com

It's the French that have Excellent Spotting:
i262.photobucket.comi259.photobucket.com

 
WoodyHayes 2010-02-08 06:23:10 PM  
UNC_Samurai: The Japanese don't spot well. They're better at hitting what they can already see:
i259.photobucket.comi259.photobucket.com

It's the French that have Excellent Spotting:
i262.photobucket.comi259.photobucket.com


Ha!

 
ragekage [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:27:00 PM  
UNC_Samurai: The Japanese don't spot well. They're better at hitting what they can already see:


It's the French that have Excellent Spotting:


What game is that from?

 
relcec 2010-02-08 06:29:17 PM  
kmmontandon: Mentat: That's awesome. Love the Pacific Theater.

If you or anyone really wants to know about the Java Sea battles in particular detail, I recommend "The Fleet the Gods Forgot," by W.G. Winslow, published by Bluejacket Books. I actually had a copy within arm's reach when I saw this headline.

There was another ship that used the same trick, at least while at anchor, but I can't remember which one (I want to say the Canopus).

... OK, skimming through, both the Canopus and the Peary did, though neither ultimately survived.


Ah neat, a new book to look out for. Did you ever read dreadnought and castles of steel by massie? Great books. There was a canopus pre ww1 English BS involved in ww1 too.

 
ttyymmnn 2010-02-08 06:31:05 PM  
img208.imageshack.us

Without the ghillie suit

 
Denial_of_Death 2010-02-08 06:32:34 PM  
They learned their lesson well, however...

i15.photobucket.com

 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:36:44 PM  
ragekage: What game is that from?

Axis and Allies: War at Sea (new window)

 
kmmontandon [TotalFark] 2010-02-08 06:46:05 PM  
relcec: kmmontandon: Did you ever read dreadnought and castles of steel by massie? Great books. There was a canopus pre ww1 English BS involved in ww1 too.


Dreadnought
is one of my comfort reads - most nights, I pick it up and re-read a dozen random pages. Never have picked up Castles of Steel, though I love Massie's works (Peter the Great is superb).

 
Mnemia 2010-02-08 06:52:21 PM  
Old news.

 
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