Glad you all enjoyed them. I come across those in the national archives when researching other topics and it seems a shame to just "leave" them...
I have posted San Francisco's Damage report from this action and recently started South Dakota's... should be online in January.
I've got some documents on the technical side of the carriers... not the aircraft. The following image was circulated as an example of typical...
Another Aleutians "Vet" still amazingly around is the SS Northwestern: Panoramio - Photo of S.S. Northwestern at Captain's Bay She was grounded at...
For those that might not know but would find it of interest, model manufacturer Hasegawa has just released a 1/350th kit of the Gambier Bay. It...
You're missing the point; the splotches were an official scheme.
Second the recommendation for Shattered Sword. A must.
No. Alabama was in Measure 12 Modified/Revised, which featured the term splotches if you actually read the SHIPS - 2 Revision 1 instructions....
photo recon = photographic reconnaissance. Essentially the submarine would take photos through the periscope that were used to look for potential...
No, it would be better to call it parallel development as opposed to the LCPR leading to the LCVP. A good book to read is Andrew Jackson Higgins...
The original Higgins boat was the LCP.. no ramp. Bureau of Construction & Repair designed the narrow-ramped LCPR and wanted Higgins to build it,...
I've got some documents posted that help with the story as well: Interviews: Lieutenant H. Harden - Air Operations Officer, 1942-43 Lt. Cdr J. R....
Karen: I'm no code breaker but I have some knowledge based on some collaboration I did with WWII cryptologist Lt. Cdr Phil Jacobsen. I'd be...
Aloha! I'm an IT consultant in Seattle who researchers for "fun" (if you can call an addiction fun). I'm working on the Essex and Independence...
There was an earlier version of this (I.E. to all the commandants of the naval districts) as well that is online here. It's essentially the same...
It was a SBD, not a F4F. With regard to the photo in the original post, that was included in a report I found and posted to my site a while back;...
