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Late 80s Hokie
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The old PC game from Avalon Hill called "Midway" taught me this as well.

It was widely shall we say 'distributed' around campus when the Engineering Freshman class who started in 1984 all had to have a PC. Very challenging game to win, even when you figured out a good strategy.
Posted: 02/11/2026 at 03:29 PM ET
(In response to this post by Chris Coleman)

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More aircraft carrier trivia
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 09:41 AM ET
As a child, I watched launching of the Shangri La at the Norfolk shipyard.**
AZHokie59 • 02/11/26 01:41 PM ET
NNSY Hammerhead Crane**
DoYouLiftHokies • 02/11/26 02:37 PM ET
I’ve been up in that crane
GOHOKEE • 02/11/26 04:18 PM ET
Still amazed at the cast of the original Midway movie! **
RhinoVT • 02/11/26 11:46 AM ET
Almost as nuts as the "A Bridge Too Far" cast.**
reestuart • 02/11/26 01:25 PM ET
Midway's cast had quite a few "A-listers"
EDGEMAN • 02/11/26 01:56 PM ET
wait, what?? Larry Csonka? Tom Selleck? Erik Estrada??**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:06 PM ET
USS Wolverine and USS Sable never had salt water touch their hulls**
vawter85 • 02/11/26 11:28 AM ET
They were training aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes in WW2**
vawter85 • 02/11/26 11:29 AM ET
correct!
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:02 PM ET
GHW Bush trained on the Sable.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 12:27 PM ET
1) Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu. 2) I've never been on either one.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 11:20 AM ET
The old PC game from Avalon Hill called "Midway" taught me this as well. ◄
Late 80s Hokie • 02/11/26 03:29 PM ET
Well done.**
ColoVT82 • 02/11/26 01:45 PM ET
Correct on the 4 Japanese carriers**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:02 PM ET
But for the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway may have been lost.
Atlee Hokie • 02/11/26 11:36 AM ET
On the other side of that...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 11:44 AM ET
Question: If the Japanese had massed their forces....
Freddyburg Hokie • 02/12/26 09:13 AM ET
Not sure. We would have had Lexington.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/12/26 09:46 AM ET
And, in estimation, it was way to complex.
Atlee Hokie • 02/11/26 04:35 PM ET
Hikaru Sulu**
Brown Water • 02/11/26 10:35 AM ET
1. Akagi, I don't know. 2. They both can access submarine cables or launch
soldcokesatLane • 02/11/26 10:26 AM ET
you got one - three more to go**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 10:59 AM ET
Nice going.....if ya playing baseball**
VTCC 65 • 02/11/26 05:31 PM ET