Dammit, I keep forgetting to see who the poster is before clicking on links....
It certainly served the Black Hawk Squadron well!
Directors were going to happen regardless. They started the war with the Mk 19 director on battleships before upgrading to the Mk 37 on most. For...
The 5"/38s had their own hoist design and nothing was re-used. An interesting side note is that retrofitting the older battleships with twin 5"...
This is actually incorrect. Depth did play a factor, but US turret design also featured a retaining clip that would prevent turrets from falling...
Can confirm; am single and doubled my research trips after the divorce. Random images I've posted for fun and to answer questions on Reddit: PT...
Or even online and with good google skills. NHHC has posted a selection of NARA's 80-G collection, which is a subset of photos the Navy...
Have you been to Lands End? The damaged bridge wings are there and are sobering.
Technically one of the keepers. NHHC has their own photographic division, but the National Archives is where the bulk of the Navy photographs were...
It should be stressed, because I see a lot of people calling these "WWII military assault vehicles" that they are NOT, as McCabe pointed out. They...
These projects were started due to the limitations on bases imposed by the pre-war treaties (Washington, etc.) Because the US had a lot of space...
It was absolutely hoped and intended that the gliders would be used again. Some of the lighter gliders incorporated what was known as a snatch to...
Actually, the Navy did learn lessons and disseminated them to the fleet. Damage control was one thing the US Navy took seriously and made good...
There was also the Kawasaki Ki-148.
Yes, and her war damage report talks a bit about this - they were kept turning at a speed equivalent to five to ten knots day and knight to push...
I don't know much about how much thought was given before the war, but there was definitely discussion about strengthening the bows of DDs and DEs...
There's a fundamental difference in theater however. German pilots were not stationed at remote island bases - if they were shot down and were...
There were other instances; DE-51 Buckley versus U-66 and DD-354 Monaghan versus "Midget B." Amagiri and PT-109. Most captains would not make it...
South Dakota's Damage report for the action can be read here, for what it's worth. The electrical damage section doesn't mention breakers being...
I'm working on transcribing and posting a new document; CV-19 Hancock's radar summary for March of 1945. It's more interesting than that might...
