You sunk my...what the heck is that thing?

[dvandom]

I was poking around the board game aisle at Walmart today and noticed that Battleship has gone hex-grid. And one of the new ships made for this layout appears to be an offshore platform of some sort with three pods coming out from a central hub. Weird.

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[foomf.livejournal.com]

Aircraft Carrier.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

No, it looks like the aircraft carrier is a five-space unit that takes up a trapezoidal footprint.

[foomf.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought you were referring to. Tiny picture on tiny screen. I'll look again.

(later:) After looking under extreme magnification I see nothing identifiable. Time for Google!!!

(yet later:) There appears to be some writeup about the new version here:
http://www.toynewsmag.com/spotlight/118/Ready-to-rumble

There is a linky in that article to an interview with a Hasbro talking-head.