Can this be considered the continuation of post #2279418 ?

LoweGear said:

Can this be considered the continuation of post #2279418 ?

*Need for the pool arises*

Feeding the ducks is a minor meme on pixiv... another example is post #2286716

Edit: Pool up.

aceofspudz said:

Feeding the ducks is a minor meme on pixiv... another example is post #2286716

Edit: Pool up.

Pool made. Time to get on it. Also putting posts referencing their or implicating their misfortune.

Very much loving the pool from the moment of its inception. Cheers, gents.

Stellarium said:

Very much loving the pool from the moment of its inception. Cheers, gents.

Once I thought of the name I had to act. Class Reunion exists for the exact same reason.

Feeding the ducks I wonder why pool names become like this LOL

Great pool.. really liking the concept of the three hungry sisters.

I just realized the pool name

Hmm, can someone explain how "poor" are they? I mean, historically-wise.

Sacriven said:

Hmm, can someone explain how "poor" are they? I mean, historically-wise.

Late in the war, Japan did not have the fuel to operate a lot of her ships. These are late built destroyers and it wouldn't be uncommon to not have them go out much due to lack of fuel or ammo, depending on where they were stationed.

Sacriven said:

Hmm, can someone explain how "poor" are they? I mean, historically-wise.

Just going off the top:

As far as I know, near the later portion of the war, Imperial Japan was crippled for resources at home and up front. Low capital, economy in ruins, starvation, etc. I think this is partly due to Japan's extravagant use of resources earlier in the war, but that aside...

I can't find anything in particular about the Akizuki-class destroyers and food. Pretty much every ship had food problems when things got bad. Most ships were served rice, spare veggies, and barley mash. Meat was a no.

Maybe someone who knows more about life on the IJN ships could give some thoughts about what that was like, but otherwise I'm not 100% sure if there are any notable incidents about the Akizuki-class destroyers and rationing food.

The Unryuu class are also depicted as not well feed, so not just the ducks.

Seika said:

The Unryuu class are also depicted as not well feed, so not just the ducks.

Funny thing is, Unryuu herself doesn't look that poor.

MD5 mismatch of http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcSwp7MWoAAsdaX.jpg:orig