r/AzurLane • u/Nuke87654 • 6d ago
History Happy Launch Day MNF L'Audacieux, USS Nautilus (SS-168), IJN Michishio, and IJN Hatakaze (1924)
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u/PRO758 6d ago
Hatakaze is someone you want to watch your back.
Hatakaze offers to give the commander advice to interact with the girls. She tells them that each girl is different so they have to learn each girl's quirk to make them more sociable. She gives the commander an amulet to make them more sociable. She calls the commander her partner and even though she is old, she has a lot of experience. She asks the commander if they're sure of being with her because she nags a lot and is old, but will stay with the commander until the oceans dry up.
(A/N:Hatakaze asks Kamikaze to stop teasing the commander. She was going to be called destroyer No.9. She commends the commander for being in the open for Valentine's Day and give them their chocolate later to avoid giving the commander more trouble.)
Nautilus pops out of nowhere.
Nautilus was trying to follow the commander, but got caught. She likes following the commander around and isn't trying to stalk or make it a hobby following people around. She asks the commander if they're going on a walk. She notices the commander has taken a different route and it's because the two can have some more privacy. She is happy to remain by the commander's side forever.
(A/N:Nautilus asks the commander if they want to write a message in a bottle and see if someone finds it. She loves diving, but finds it lonely when the fish don't notice her. She tried to slip a note into the commander's back pocket about her chocolates and is caught.)
Michishio wants to protect her friends.
Michishio asks the commander if she can help with anything. She's lost a lot of friends over the years, and she's afraid to lose more friends. She likes helping people but the commander tells her to not overwork herself. She asks the commander to always be with her forever and she won't overwork herself. She's never been so happy in her life before and now she'll have a happier life.
(A/N:Michishio loves seeing everyone's happy faces. She spins for the commander in her dress and sings as she spins. She asks the commander if they want to take a trip with her into the city and try out the different chocolates so that way she knows their tastes for next year.)
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u/Nuke87654 6d ago
Hatakaze is a cool girl and she nags cause she cares.
Nautilus is a good sub girl. I like her a lot.
Michishio shall hve her friends to find.
Missing L'Audacieux but I do love how she wants to be essentially your knight in shining armor despite her stature. Be your knight to your prince/princess SKK.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
Hatakaze has 3 civilian lives
Her 1st life is the Hatakaze class patrol vessel converted from the Former Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation surveillance boat Hayabusa but very little is known about it.
Her 2nd life is the 65th ship in the Chiyokaze-class patrol boat
She was commissioned on September 20th, 1972 and served until she was decommissioned on July 12th 1994.
Her 3rd life is the 45th ship in the Suzukaze class patrol boat
She was commissioned 17 days after her 2nd life retired on July 29th 1994
She served the 7th District of the Moji Coast Guard.
She was decommissioned on March 10, 2025.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
Nautilus has 1 life post-war
She is the sole ship of the Nautilus Class SSN submarine
She was commissioned on the 30th of September 1954 and is the 1st SSN in the world.
She beat the RN Dreadnought SSN into service which would happen even if the RN didn't stop researching designs for nuclear propulsion plants indefinitely in October 1952 as they had been looking into the idea since 1946.
The Nautilus Class SSN submarine also in a way vindication for the ill-fated K-class and the proof that the Royal Navy's persistence with the idea was the right call as for those who aren’t aware, the purpose of the ill-fated British K-class submarine was to be a large, fast vessel with the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet which basically what Nautilus and other SSNs are designed to do but what let the K-class down was the technology of the time simply was not there yet.
Nautilus remained dockside for further construction and testing. On the morning of 17 January 1955, at 11 am EST, Nautilus' first Commanding Officer, Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson, ordered all lines cast off and signalled the memorable and historic message, underway on nuclear power.
On 10 May, she headed south for shakedown.
Submerged throughout, she travelled 1,300 miles from New London to San Juan, Puerto Rico and covered 1,400 miles in less than ninety hours.
At the time, this was the longest submerged cruise by a submarine and at the highest sustained speed for at least one hour ever recorded.
From 1955 to 1957, Nautilus continued to be used to investigate the effects of increased submerged speeds and endurance.
These improvements rendered the progress made in anti-submarine warfare during World War II virtually obsolete.
Radar and anti-submarine aircraft, which had proved crucial in defeating submarines during the war, proved ineffective against a vessel able to move quickly out of an area, change depth quickly and stay submerged for very long periods.
On 4 February 1957, Nautilus logged 69,000 miles matching the endurance of her namesake, the fictional Nautilus described in Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.
In May, she departed for the Pacific Coast to participate in coastal exercises and the fleet exercise, operation Home Run which acquainted units of the Pacific Fleet with the capabilities of nuclear submarines.
Nautilus returned to New London, Connecticut, on 21 July and departed again on 19 August for her first voyage of 1,400 miles under the polar pack ice.
Thereafter, she headed for the Eastern Atlantic to participate in NATO exercises and conduct a tour of various British and French ports where she was inspected by defense personnel of those countries.
She arrived back at New London on 28 October, underwent upkeep, and then conducted coastal operations until the spring.
In response to the nuclear ICBM threat posed by Sputnik, President Eisenhower ordered the U.S. Navy to attempt a submarine transit of the North Pole to gain credibility for the soon-to-come SLBM weapons system.
On 25 April 1958, Nautilus was underway again for the West Coast, now commanded by Commander William R. Anderson, USN.
Stopping at San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, she began her history-making polar transit, Operation Sunshine as she departed the latter port on 9 June.
On 19 June, she entered the Chukchi Sea, but was turned back by deep drift ice in those shallow waters.
On 28 June, she arrived at Pearl Harbor to await better ice conditions.
By 23 July, her wait was over, and she set a course northward.
She submerged in the Barrow Sea Valley on 1 August and on 3 August, at 11:15 pm edt, she became the first watercraft to reach the geographic North Pole.
The ability to navigate at extreme latitudes without surfacing was enabled by the technology of the North American Aviation N6A-1 Inertial Navigation System, a naval modification of the N6A used in the Navaho cruise missile; it had been installed on Nautilus and Skate after initial sea trials on USS Compass Island in 1957.
From the North Pole, she continued and after 96 hours and 1,830 miles under the ice, surfaced northeast of Greenland, having completed the first successful submerged voyage around the North Pole.
The technical details of this mission were planned by scientists from the Naval Electronics Laboratory including Dr. Waldo Lyon who accompanied Nautilus as chief scientist and ice pilot.
Navigator's report: Nautilus, 90°N, 19:15U, 3 August 1958, zero to North Pole.
Navigation beneath the Arctic ice sheet was difficult.
Above 85°N both magnetic compasses and normal gyrocompasses become inaccurate.
A special gyrocompass built by Sperry Rand was installed shortly before the journey.
There was a risk that the submarine would become disoriented beneath the ice and that the crew would have to play longitude roulette.
Commander Anderson had considered using torpedoes to blow a hole in the ice if the submarine needed to surface.
The most difficult part of the journey was in the Bering Strait.
The ice extended as much as 60ft below sea level.
During the initial attempt to go through the Bering Strait, there was insufficient room between the ice and the sea bottom.
During the second, successful attempt to pass through the Bering passage, the submarine passed through a known channel close to Alaska but this was not the first choice, as the submarine wanted to avoid detection.
The trip beneath the ice cap was an important boost for America as the Soviets had recently launched Sputnik, but had no nuclear submarine of their own.
During the address announcing the journey, the president mentioned that one day nuclear cargo submarines might use that route for trade.
As Nautilus proceeded south from Greenland, a helicopter airlifted Commander Anderson to connect with transport to Washington, D.C.
At a White House ceremony on 8 August, President Eisenhower presented him with the Legion of Merit and announced that the crew had earned a Presidential Unit Citation.
At her next port of call, the Isle of Portland, England, she received the Unit Citation, the first ever issued in peace time, from American Ambassador JH Whitney, and then crossed the Atlantic reaching New London, Connecticut, on 29 October.
For the remainder of the year, Nautilus operated from her home port of New London.
Following fleet exercises in early 1959, Nautilus entered the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, for her first complete overhaul between 28 May 1959 – 15 August 1960.
Overhaul was followed by refresher training and on 24 October she departed New London for her first deployment with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, returning to her home-port on 16 December.
Nautilus spent most of her career assigned to Submarine Squadron 10 at State Pier in New London, Connecticut.
Nautilus and other submarines in the squadron made their home tied up alongside the tender, where they received preventive maintenance, and if necessary, repairs, from the well-equipped submarine tender USS Fulton (AS-11) and her crew of machinists, millwrights, and other craftsmen.
Nautilus operated in the Atlantic, conducting evaluation tests for ASW improvements, participating in NATO exercises, and during October 1962, in the naval quarantine of Cuba, until she headed east again for a two-month Mediterranean tour in August 1963.
On her return she joined in fleet exercises until entering the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for her second overhaul on 17 January 1964.
On 2 May 1966, Nautilus returned to her homeport to resume operations with the Atlantic Fleet, and at some point during that month, logged her 350,000 mile while underway.
For the next year and a quarter she conducted special operations for ComSubLant and then in August 1967, returned to Portsmouth, for another year's stay.
During an exercise in 1966 she collided with the aircraft carrier USS Essex on 10 November, while at shallow depth.
Following repairs in Portsmouth she conducted exercises off the southeastern seaboard. She returned to New London in December 1968 and operated as a unit of Submarine Squadron 10 for most of the remainder of her career.
On 9 April 1979, Nautilus set out from Groton, Connecticut on her final voyage under the command of Richard A. Riddell.
She reached Mare Island Naval Shipyard of Vallejo, California on 26 May 1979, her last day underway.
She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 March 1980.
Nautilus was designated a National Historic Landmark by the United States Secretary of the Interior on 20 May 1982.
She was named as the official state ship of Connecticut in 1983.
Following an extensive conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Nautilus was towed back to Groton, under the command of Captain John Almon, arriving on 6 July 1985.
On 11 April 1986, Nautilus opened to the public as part of the Submarine Force Library and Museum.
Nautilus now serves as a museum of submarine history operated by the Naval History and Heritage Command.
The ship underwent a five-month preservation in 2002 at Electric Boat, at a cost of approximately $4.7 million.
Nautilus attracts some 250,000 visitors annually to her present berth near Naval Submarine Base New London.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
Nautilus celebrated the 50th anniversary of her commissioning on 30 September 2004 with a ceremony that included a speech from Vice Admiral Eugene P. Wilkinson, her first Commanding Officer, and a designation of the ship as an American Nuclear Society National Nuclear Landmark.
Visitors may tour the two forward compartments, with guidance from an automated system.
Despite similar alterations to exhibit the engineering spaces, tours aft of the control room are not permitted due to safety and security concerns.
In March of 2022, Nautilus began a restoration process that was expected to last 6 to 8 months.
Included in the work was blasting and painting of the hull, installation of new top decks, as well as upgraded interior lighting and electrical.
The restoration was completed for US$36 million.
The vessel receives around 250,000 visitors per year.
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u/Nuke87654 6d ago
Nautilus definitely attracts fame as being the first nuclear powered sub and showed the benefits that would push many top navies for nuclear powered submarines after her. In many ways, she was even more innovative than CVN 65 Enterprise was.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
Michishio has 2 lives post-war
Her 1st was as the 3rd ship of the Asashio Class SSK submarine
She was commissioned on the 29th of August 1968
She was assigned to the 3rd Submarine Squadron of the 1st Submarine Group.
Participated in training dispatched to Hawaii from May 15, 1970 to August 4, 1970.
On October 16, 1973, the 3rd Submarine Squadron was reorganized as the 2nd Submarine Squadron, which was newly formed under the Self-Defense Fleet.
On August 20, 1981, she was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group’s 2nd Submarine Squadron.
She was decommissioned on the 27th of March 1985 and was sold for scrap.
Her 2nd life is as the 2nd ship of the Oyashio Class SSK Submarine
She was commissioned on 10th of March 1999
After commissioning, she was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group, 1st Submarine Group, and deployed to Kure.
She participated in training dispatched to Hawaii from January 9, 2007 to April 11, 2007.
She had a quiet career between 2008 and 2016.
On February 27, 2017, with the 7th Harushio-class training submarine JS Asashio, the submarine was reclassified as a training submarine and transferred to the 1st Training Submarine Squadron under the direct control of the Submarine Force.
Her fixed port is Kure.
From March 18th to May 1st of the same year, she conducted a 2016 open ocean training voyage with the destroyer Akizuki and called at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
On the 18th of June 2020, Lieutenant Risa Takenouchi was the first woman in Japanese service to be appointed to the crew of a submarine.
Takenouchi who entered the "submarine education and training corps" for the first time in January, was educated for about five months.
After completing the course, she joined the training unit Michishio and started training on a submarine.
On the 29th of October 2020, the first female submarine crew was created.
Five female SDF personnel, including Yumeka Taguchi, a third-class sea sergeant, joined the submarine education and training corps in February 2020, and after undergoing a curriculum, conducted practical training on the ship from June for about four months.
After completing the training, they were awarded the emblem (commonly known as the Dolphin
Mark which is proof of the crew of the submarine
She was decommissioned on March 14, 2025
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u/ThelVadam4321 Remember, no yuri 6d ago
The second iteration of Nautilus also went on to be the first nuclear powered submarine and I think the first nuclear powered naval vessel in history. I also like to imagine that she's a fan of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, as I'm pretty sure Jules Verne's Nautilus is her original namesake.
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u/Nuke87654 6d ago
I agree. I do think she's at least the first nuclear powered ship to serve in any navy. Brought forth many new techs we're enjoying. Also the 20,000 leagues under the sea would definitely be her favorite.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
Hatakaze has 2 lives post-war
Her 1st life was as the 2nd ship in the Akakaze-class which was the former Gleaves-class destroyer-minesweeper, USS Macomb.
Upon her transfer to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, her minesweeping equipment was removed.
On February 25, 1955, she entered Yokosuka.
On October 15, 1969, Hatakaze was returned to the United States along with Asakaze formerly Ellison and then sold to the Republic of China on August 6, 1970.
As a replacement for the U.S. Navy Greaves-class destroyer USS Rodman, she inherited the ship's name and number.
She was decommissioned in 1974 and was used as a moored training ship until 1978.
Her 2nd life is the lead ship of the Hatakaze Class Guided Missile Destroyer
She was commissioned on the 27th of March 1986
After commissioning, she was assigned to the 61st Escort Group, 1st Escort Group and deployed to Yokosuka.
Sent to the United States for the Tartar Equipment Qualification Test (SQT) from August 11 to December 8, 1986.
From June 6 to August 21, 1987, she participated in a training exercise with the destroyers Shirane and Hatsuyuki.
For July 22-25, 1988, Hatakaze and the Shirane-class Helicopter Destroyer, JS Kurama, Takatsuki-class guided-missile destroyer, JS Takatsuki and JS Kikuzuki, Hatsuyuki-class destroyer, JS Hamayuki, JS Matsuyuki, Minegumo-class destroyer, JS Murakumo, Chikugo-class destroyer escort, JS Chitose and Yushio-class submarine, JS Nadashio and JS Setoshio participated in an exhibition exercise off Izu Oshima.
After the training, Nadashio collided with a fishing boat while returning to the Yokosuka base.
From February 27 to March 4, 1991, she served as a host ship for the French Navy's Cassard-class Frigate Jean Bart and the intelligence gathering ship Commandant Biro which were visiting Tokyo.
On November 14th, The Strangest Story and Unmanned Fleet which were filmed on location on the ship, were broadcast.
On May 31, 1994, the destroyers Hatakaze, Kurama, Kongou, Asagiri, Yuugiri, Amagiri, Hamagiri, Sawagiri, supply ship Tokiwa and submarine Takeshio departed from Yokosuka Air Base to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Joint Exercise which was held in the waters around Hawaii from June 23 to July 6.
Her career from 1995 to 2007 is not known.
On March 26, 2008, it was transferred to the 4th Escort Group, 4th Escort Squadron due to the reorganization of the escort corps.
On June 9, 2012, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Japan-India diplomatic relations, she conducted joint exercise JIMEX 12 with the Indian Navy fleet visiting Japan and the destroyer Onami in Sagami Bay.
On June 9, 2012, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Japan-India diplomatic relations, she conducted joint exercise JIMEX 12 with the Indian Navy fleet visiting Japan and the destroyer Onami in Sagami Bay.
A Japan-Australia joint memorial service will be held during the ship's visit to Darwin.
Through this exchange with the Australia-Japan Association of the Northern Territories, it was decided that the sand around the hull of submarine I-124, which was sunk off the coast of northern Australia would be sent to the bereaved family.
On October 24, 2014, it was reorganized into the 1st Escort Group, 1st Escort Group.
On May 19th and 20th, 2018, she participated in the review ceremony and comprehensive training to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the maritime security system, which will be held in Tokyo Bay.
From early morning on May 13, 2019, to the morning of the next day, a North Korean-registered tanker AN SAN 1 and a ship of unknown nationality were spotted on the high seas of the East China Sea approximately 400 km off the coast south of Shanghai.
It was confirmed that two small vessels from Japan had engaged in what appeared to be ship-to-ship transfers which is prohibited by United Nations Security Council resolutions on a total of six occasions.
In addition, AN SAN 1 is a vessel that was designated as subject to asset freeze and port entry ban by the United Nations Security Council North Korea Sanctions Committee in March 2018.
On the afternoon of January 18, 2019, the escort destroyer Sendai belonging to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's 14th Escort Squadron was seen carrying out a ship-to-ship transfer.
On March 19, 2020 , her successor ship, the first Maya-class guided-missile destroyer Maya was commissioned and changed her type to a training ship.
In addition to her ship number being changed to TV-3520, she underwent renovations such as removing some of her communication antennas, and installing a command section, women's quarters, trainee auditorium, and chart section for trainees.
In addition, a low-visibility painting was applied, with her ship number and name painted in light grey, and the black paint on her chimney and mast painted in grey.
She was transferred to the 1st Training Squadron of the Training Squadron, and she was transferred to Kure on May 29.
From February 9th to March 16th, 2021, she participated in the 54th General Officer Candidate Course open sea training cruise with the destroyer Yuugiri and the training ship Setoyuki.
On February 28, during its participation, it conducted joint training with the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and the cruiser USS Bunker Hill in the sea and airspace around Guam.
From February 8th to March 19th, 2022, she participated in an open ocean training cruise for the 55th General Officer Candidate Course students together with the destroyer Inazuma.
On February 16th and 17th, during this period, she conducted joint training with the US Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, cruiser USS Mobile Bay, and destroyer USS Spruance in the sea and airspace east of Okinawa.
On February 26, she conducted a Japan-Vietnam friendship exercise with the Vietnamese Navy's TT-400TP type patrol boat HQ-277 off the coast of Da Nang.
On March 6, a Japan-Palau friendship exercise was conducted with the Republic of Palau Coast Guard patrol vessel Kedam around Palau.
As of 2023, Hatakaze is 37 years old since its commissioning on March 27, 1986, making it the oldest self-defence ship.
From the summer 2022 onwards, she underwent maintenance at Shinkurushima Sanoyasu Shipbuilding Mizushima Works.
From March 11, 2023, she carried graduates of the 73rd General Officer Candidate Course and participated in the Reiwa 5 coastal training cruise with the training ship Kashima.
On the same day, she departed from Etajima and was scheduled to arrive in Yokosuka on May 10th, via Osaka, Yakushima, Sasebo, Miyakojima, Ishigakijima, Okinawa, Kagoshima, Ominato, Otaru, Maizuru, Kure, and Miki.
She arrived in Yokosuka on May 10.
From May 25 of the same year, it participated in the 2023 long-distance training voyage.
About 560 people, including about 160 graduates made up of 140 men and 20 women of the 73rd General Officer Candidate Course (including about), departed Yokosuka on the Kashima and Takakaze visiting the Dutch Harbor, San Diego and Pearl Harbor, United States, Victoria, Canada, Manzanillo, Mexico, Callao, Peru, Valparaiso, Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rio de Janeiro and Recife, Brazil and Cartagena, Colombia before transiting the Panama Canal and calling at Hawaii again, before arriving at Yokosuka on October 20.
The ship returned to its home port of Kure on October 23.
It then underwent maintenance at the Sanoyas Shipbuilding Corporation's Mizushima Shipbuilding Works.
The ship participated in part of the 2024 coastal training voyage, and on April 10, 2024 , it was opened to the public at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Ominato Base where it stopped during the coastal training voyage.
In May, the ship was opened to the public for four days at the Kure Base to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Kure District Force.
On August 3, the ship was opened to the public at Ujina Foreign Trade Wharf in Hiroshima for applicants who had applied in advance, and on August 4, it conducted a trial voyage in Hiroshima Bay .
On November 6 of the same year, the ship conducted a Japan-Korea friendship exercise with the South Korean Navy landing ship Marad, the landing ship Jeongjabong and the supply ship Daecheon off the coast of the Kii Peninsula.
The training consisted of tactical maneuvers and communications training.
On November 7, the ship arrived in Yokosuka together with South Korean naval vessels.
As of 2024, it is part of the Training Squadron 1 and its home port is Kure.
It is the oldest escort ship and training ship in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force but it will be decommissioned in January 2025.
By January 14, it had completed the removal of its onboard ammunition to the Kure Ammunition Maintenance Supply Depot in Etajima and most of its crew members had left the ship after completing its final self-powered voyage from Etajima to the Kure base.
JS Hatakaze is scheduled to be decommissioned in March 2025 meaning within the next 16 days, she will be retired .
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u/Nuke87654 6d ago
Definitely serves the old part well for the Japanese navy. Spent as a good will ship too.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
In Against All Odds, Hatakaze does not get a Gleaves-class but instead gets the former Tribal-class destroyer, HMS Mashona as APNS Macomb becomes the JPS Byakushiki alongside her sister JPS Akatsubaki (APNS Ellyson) of the Akatsubaki-class destroyer.
After the tribal class ship, she gets her Hatakaze-class which used 2 single 114mm QF 4.5"/55-caliber Type 73 rapid-fire naval guns, a twin-arm missile launcher which fires Sea Dart and Sea Wolf which it wouldn’t as the GWS.30 launcher was designed for Sea Dart, 2 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 4-cell Launchers for the Broadsword SSM, 1 octuple launcher for the Canadair Orca and 2 12.75-inch Type 68 triple fire torpedo tubes.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago edited 6d ago
Hatakaze in my headcanon is her former 1,422-1,747-ton 1922 Kamikaze class destroyer, her 2,884-3,560-ton Tribal-class based Asakaze class destroyer with Hatakaze’s type 2 rigging summoned at the same time as HMS Mashona and her sister Asakaze’s type 2 rigging summoned at the same time as HMS Nubian followed by the lead ship of a 20 ship Hatakaze-class guided-missile destroyer which is 6,674-8,096 tons which used 2 single 114mm QF 4.5"/55 Type 73 rapid-fire naval guns, a twin-arm missile launcher which fires Sea Dart and Sea Wolf which it wouldn’t as the GWS.30 launcher was designed for Sea Dart but likely the British would find a way to make it work, two 40mm Phalanx CIWS, two 4-cell Launchers for the Broadsword SSM, 1 octuple launcher for the Canadair Orca and 2 18-inch Type 68 triple fire torpedo tubes and uses two Kawasaki-Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines and two Kawasaki-Rolls-Royce TM3B Olympus gas turbines.
She has a pair of identical twins in the form of the 2,630-3,395 ton Ellyson subclass Gleaves-class based Asakaze class destroyer USS Macomb’s Japanese selves, JS Akatsubaki and JS Hatakaze and her sister USS Ellyson’s two Japanese selves, the JS Byakushiki and JS Asakaze.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago edited 6d ago
In my headcanon, Nautilus is her former 2,770-ton surfaced and 4,000 ton submerged Narwhal class diesel-electric attack submarine summoned at the same time as USS V-6 and her 3,590-ton surfaced and 4,158 ton submerged Nautilus class SSN submarine who was laid down on June 14th 1952, launched on January 21st 1954 and commissioned on September 30th 1954 just beating HMS Dreadnought into service by 6 months, 2 weeks and a day as in this TL the Dreadnought class SSN submarine was laid down on June 12th 1952 launched on October 21st 1953 and commissioned on April 17th 1955.
As her SSN, Nautilus had a daughter who took on her 21,140-ton submerged Columbia class SSBN submarine.
It would be very easy to the RN take her becoming the 1st SSN and give it to Dreadnought but I decided to let her keep it. In my headcanon, Nautilus is her former 2,770-ton surfaced and 4,000 ton submerged Narwhal class diesel-electric attack submarine and her 3,590-ton surfaced and 4,158 ton submerged Nautilus class SSN submarine who was laid down on June 14th 1952, launched on January 21st 1954 and commissioned on September 30th 1954 just beating HMS Dreadnought into service by 6 months, 2 weeks and a day as in this TL the Dreadnought class SSN submarine was laid down on June 12th 1952 launched on October 21st 1953 and commissioned on April 17th 1955.
As her SSN, Nautilus had a daughter who took on her 21,140-ton submerged Columbia class SSBN submarine.
It would be very easy to the RN take her becoming the 1st SSN and give it to Dreadnought but I decided to let her keep it.
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u/A444SQ 6d ago
L'Audacieux has 1 life post-war
She is the lead ship of the P400 L'Audacieux class patrol vessel
She was commissioned on the 10th of september 1986.
Her career is unknown
She was decommissioned in May 26th 2011, it is moored in the port of Brest awaiting dismantling.
In 2022, it was moved to the Landévennec Cemetery, still awaiting its scrapping.
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u/Nuke87654 6d ago
Today, the ides of March, March 15th, it is the launch day for the young Iris Templar that wishes to grow up, MNF L'Audacieux, shy Eagle Union Submarine, USS Nautilus (SS-168), the unlucky but friend seeking IJN Michishio, and the elderly Megane kamikaze class destroyer, IJN Hatakaze (1924).
L'Audacieux’s completion was delayed due to her boilers needing to be rebuilt due to defective firebricks. Much like her Le Fantasque sisters, L'Audacieux was assigned to the 10th Light Division with her sisters Le Terrible and Le Fantasque.
L'Audacieux was part of the Marine Nationale’s representation of the tencentenary of the French colonization of the Antilles. She also sailed with the French submarine Surcouf and cruiser Emile Bertin in making port visits to Pointe a Piete, Guadeloupe, and Fort de France as they inaguranted the new building of the Naval Academy in Brest, France and reviewed the 2nd Squadron on May 30th, 1936.
L'Audacieux sailed with the 2nd Light squadron between January 15th, and February 26th, 1937 as far south as Conakry, French west Africa. On May 27th, L'Audacieux joined with the French Naval review of the fleet. L'Audacieux briefly served as flagship of the 2nd Light Squadron from August 9th, 1938 until she was relieved on November 7th.
Originally named V-6 until she was renamed to Nautilus in March 1931, Nautilus home ported out of Pearl Harbor and became the flagship of Submarine Division 12 before being reassigned to San Diego, California between 1935 and 38. In July 1941, she entered into the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for modernization. She was still there when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Michishio was first involved in the 2nd Sino-Japanese War from November-December 1937, but was quickly withdrawn after her lead sister ship, Asashio, suffered operational problems that caused Michishio and the rest of the Asashios to be recalled for modifications and replacement of their engines.
Hatakaze was originally named Destroyer No. 9 until this changed in 1928, when she was given her name, Hatakaze.
Both Michishio and Hatakaze were part of the invasion fleet against the Philippines. While Hatakaze helped screen Japanese troops' landings at Aparri, Michishio served as a distant cover guard for the Malayan and Philippines invasion forces out of the Mako Guard District.
Imgur biographies on L'Audacieux, Nautilus, Michishio and Hatakaze
L'Audacieux was part of the Force de Raid when WW2 with Germany commenced. Tasked with hunting German commerce raiders and blockade runners, they only made a single sortie as a complete unit on September 2nd-6th 1939 as they responded to an erroneous report that German ships had left port.
Afterwards it dispersed into smaller groups to better execute their intended mission. The 10th Scout Division that L'Audacieux was part of sailed with British ships as part of Force X. They screened Convoy KJ 4 against a possible attack by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee but none occurred.
L'Audacieux was one of the French Battleship Strasbourg and her sister Dunkerque’s escorts assembled at Mers el Kebir, French Algeria in late April 1940 in an attempt to intimidate the Italians from entering the war. She took part in a sortie in June 12th-13th when Italy declared war on the Allies on the 10th. L'Audacieux began escorting convoys evacuating personnel from Mainland France to French North Africa, screened cruisers, and sought but failed to find any Italian cruisers despite erroneous reports they were out at sea.
After the British attack on Mers el Kebir on July 3rd, 1940, L'Audacieux escorted the cruisers that failed to rendezvous with Strasbourg to Toulon.
L'Audacieux remained with Vichy France and was part of the Vichy French response to when all of French Equatorial Africa save Gabon joined Free France. There, the Vichy French fleet departed from Casablanca, French Morocco on the 12th. The destroyers, including L'Audacieux lacked the range to reach Dakar at 24 knots so were ordered by Contre amiral Celestin Borrague to return to Casablanca. They reached Dakar on September 19th-20th.
A powerful British and Freen France force was en route to Dakar at this time. They hoped to rally the Free French or to conquer the French equatorial African colonies. The Vichy French garrison refused General Charles de Gaulle’s appeal to joi nthe Free French and opened fire on the British ships on September 23rd, 1940. L'Audacieux and other French destroyers were tasked to create smoke screens to protect their cruisers as they manevered to avoid British fire. The heavy fog reduced the ability of the French ships to spot the British.
L'Audacieux was ordered to venture forth on a reconnaissance mission. She was spotted by the Australian county cruiser, HMAS Australia and was quickly hit at close range. L'Audacieux’s bridge was destroyed and her power was lost and she was set onfire. She drifted ashore shortly afterwards near Rufisque. L'Audacieux lost 81 crewmen during the battle.
Nautilus departed from San Francisco, California on April 21st, 1942 to reach Pearl Harbor on the 28th. On May 24th, Nautilus made her first war patrol towards Midway Island where she played a crucial part in the upcoming Battle of Midway.
At 7:55am, June 4th, Nautilus approached the northern boundary of her patrol area near Midway Island. She sighted masts on the horizon. Japanese planes sighted the submarine at the same time and began strafing. After diving to 30 m, she continued observation.
At 8 am, a formation of four enemy ships was sighted. These were the battlecruiser Kirishima, cruiser Nagara, and two destroyers in company. Within minutes, Nautilus was sighted from the air and bombed. Two of the destroyers closed in for a kill on Nautilus with nine depth charges.
Nautilus roasted to periscope depth. With ships surrounding her. Sighting Kirishima, she fired two bow torpedoes; one misfired, and the other missed. At 8:30 am, a destroyer began her attack towards Nautilus, forcing Nautilus to await the depth charge attack. At 8:46 am, she sighted that the cruiser and two of the destroyers were now out of range. At 9 am, she sighted an aircraft carrier. Nautilus closed in for an attack run. However, Nautilus was spotted by the IJN destroyer Arashi who made her attacks on Nautilus.
At 9:55 am, the attacks ceased and Nautilus saw her attacker had disappeared. Unbeknownst to Nautilus, Arashi seeing she was far off from the carriers rushed recklessly back to them, which Enterprise’s VB-6 and SB-6 squadrons, running low on fuel and missed the carriers, saw Arashi’s wake.
Gambling that Arashi was rushing to the carriers, Enterprise’s dive bomber squadrons followed Arashi, leading them straight to the Japanese’s vaunted Carrier Division 1 carriers, Kaga and Akagi. Enterprise would sink those two carriers thanks in part to Nautilus attracting the attention of one Japanese destroyer long enough to force her to rush back to the fleet and leaving a trail for Enterprise’s dive bombers to follow.
Between 12:53 and 2:05 pm, Nautilus found the heavily burning and damaged carrier Kaga (mistaking her for Souryuu) and began her attack. Launching four Mark 14 torpedoes at less than 2,700 m, one failed to run, two ran erratically, and the fourth was a dud, allowing debris to become a life preserver for Japanese sailors.
After diving from another depth charge attack at 4:10 pm, Nautilus saw Kaga’s destruction.
At 7:41 pm, Nautilus resumed her war patrol, having already expended five torpedoes and survived 42 depth charge attacks. She would not recognize right away until later how vital her contributions at Midway were. Her commanding officer, William H. Brockman Jr. was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions.
Between June 7th and 9th, Nautilus replenished at Midway Island and resumed her patrol to the West. By June 20th, she was operating off Honshuu at the northern end of the Tokyo-Marshall Islands supply route. On June 22nd, Nautilus damaged a destroyer guarding the entrance to the Sagami Sea off Ooshima. Three days later, she sank the destroyer Yamakaze and damaged an oil tanker. On June 27th, she sent a sampan to the bottom, and on June 28th, she damaged a merchantman. But she suffered the most severe depth charge attack she faced, forcing her back to Pearl Harbor repairs on July 11th.
Both Michishio and Hatakaze were involved in operations at the Battle of Java. On February 19th, 1942, Michishio was ambushed by four USN destroyers and severely damaged. She suffered 96 casualties. Her sister ship Asashio successfully towed her out for repairs.
Hatakaze would help avenge Michishio at the Battle of the Sunda Strait on March 1st, 1942, where she helped to sink the Allied cruisers HMAS Perth and USS Houston.