OOOHH well then. That is something completely different, and encouraging. I'm with A4s, carry on LT.
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Point Paper/Letter Re: Aviation Greens.
- Thread starter MasterBates
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OOOHH well then. That is something completely different, and encouraging. I'm with A4s, carry on LT.
Observe the cap closely as modeled by RADM (then CAPT) McKenna on the USS Midway's bridge in 1944.
Great pix ... and interesting, too ... as the MIDWAY wasn't commissioned until SEP 1945 ....
.... details, details ... always those pesky details ... MasterBates
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I went with what the caption said. I wasn't there when it went down the slipways like you were A4s!
phrogpilot73
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Nope. The keel wasn't laid until 1945...
I think I got the deal-io on the pix ... the name McKenna and the USS St. Lo joggled something in my mind, so I looked it up ... as my Dad went through St. Lo (France) and I was on CV-63 ... it held some interest from a personal standpoint.
USS CHAPIN BAY laid down in Jan, 1943
... renamed USS MIDWAY CVE-63 Apr, 1943, launched Aug 1943
... sailed for WestPac as USS MIDWAY ...
... renamed USS ST. LO October, 1944
... sunk Leyte Gulf, Oct 1944 ...
So the pix is probably correct. Details ... details ... details ...
Bad day for the St. Lo:
25 OCT 1944: The first major explosion following the impact of the Kamikaze aircraft has created a fireball that has risen to about 300 feet above the flight deck. The largest object above that fireball is the aft aircraft elevator, which was hurled to a height of about 1,000 feet by this first explosion. In this photo it is about 800 feet high. Official U.S. Navy photograph Photograph taken by a combat cameraman aboard USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68)
Since (I'm guessing) we've now been sans winged cover now longer than with it, which look is really "tradition?" The one that was first, or the way it's been done longest?
I think it looks cool, though. Good luck w/that!
I think it looks cool, though. Good luck w/that!
MasterBates
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It was primarily the AWG effort. The wings was a "hey look what else we are trying to get" add-on.
MB is finding out the hard way.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=white paper
I actually googled it myself. I just always wanted to use that website though. Wikipedia explains it all.
torpedo0126
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I love that website. The next step is for them to streamline it by letting you enter email addresses, type in a search term, and then send it to the recipients.