        Here is an aid to identifying those ships. True it's not a crack,
but its better than nothing at all. Hope to have the crack for this soon.
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                             American Ship Data
                         ---------------------------
 CLASS          SPEED   ARMAMENT   Characteristics
 -----          -----   --------   --------------- 
Carolina         28      9x16"     2 stacks
S.Dakota         28      9x16"     1 stack
Iowa             33      9x16"     2 stacks
Pensicola        32      10x8"     2 stacks (straight)
Northampton      32      9x8"      2 stacks (front one is angled)
New Orleans      32      9x8"      2 stacks (both are angled)
Portland         32      9x8"      2 stacks (rear one is smaller)
Kent             31      8x8"      3 stacks
Brooklyn         34      15x6"     2 stacks
Cleveland        33      12x6"     2 stacks (thin)
Leander          32      8x6"      1 stack (large)
Atlanta          36      12x5"     2 stacks (short)
Farragut         36      4x5"      2 stacks
Porter           37      8x5"      2 stacks
Mahan            36      4x5"      2 stacks (angled)
Gridley          36      4x5"      1 stack (large,angled)
Sims             38      4x5"      1 stack (large,angled)
Benson           37      4x5"      2 stacks (thin)
Fletcher         37      5x5"      2 stacks
Manley           25      2x5"      2 stacks (thin)
Transport        12      none      Numerous cranes
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                              Japanese Ship Data
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CLASS           SPEED   ARMAMENT   Characteristics
-----           -----   --------   ---------------
Nagato           25      8x16"     1 stack
Kongo            30      8x14"     2 stacks
Yamato           27      9x18"     1 stack
Furutaka         33      6x8"      2 stacks (small unequal) *same as Aoba*
Aoba             33      6x8"      2 stacks (small unequal) *same as Furutaka*
Myoko            34      10x8"     2 stacks (angled unequal)
Takao            34      10x8"     2 stacks 
Mogami           35      10x8"     2 stacks (appear as if one)
Tont             35      8x8"      2 stacks (angled, appear as if one)
Tenryu           33      4x5"      3 stacks (small)
Nagara           36      5x5"      3 stacks
Naka             35      5x5"      4 stacks
Agano            35      6x6"      1 stack
Fubuki           34      6x5"      2 stacks (angled)
Shiratsuyu       34      5x5"      2 stacks (rear is angled,"Rising Sun" flag)
Asashio          35      6x5"      2 stacks (rear is angled,"Rising Sun" flag)
Kagero           35      6x5"      2 stacks (unequal)
Akizuki          35      8x5"      2 stacks (appears as one,"Rising Sun" flag)
Chitose          29      4x5"      1 stack (midship boom noticible)
Matsuki          34      2x5"      2 stacks (small angled)
Transport        12      none      Numerouos Cranes visible
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