Wow! Cool stuff!
fascinating!
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Thank you for sharing. My guess would be the surrender was of an outlying island or territory or perhaps part of a Japanese fleet.
Thanks for sharing
A quick Google search shows that the ship in the background was the USS Capps, a Fletcher class destroyer that went in service in 1943.Some one missed the Tail hook arresting wire.
I’d consider Googling images of the surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri to see if that last picture is from the same event.
It could be...
I’d love to know the stories behind the photos.
DD550 is the USS Capps - link to her history is here:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/550.htm
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Some one missed the Tail hook arresting wire. Looks like Pacific Theater, with a Jeep carrier in the photo. Task Force Taffey???
My uncle was on one of those carriers. A flaming aircraft on deck like that was a threat to turn the whole ship into a torch, especially if they had bombs and refuelling lines on deck. Must have been very scary for them. Brave, brave men.
Wow to all of them.
Was it, or is it, common practice to setup a freaking zip line between 2 moving ships???
Those are definitely not photos I’ve seen before. They may be quite historically valuable. From the 74 on the deck, they appear to be from someone who served on the escort carrier Nehenta Bay. The aircraft in the third image are Grumman Avengers. The other aircraft are FM-2 Wildcats, which were the most common fighter on escort carriers.
If these are truly unique, consider donating copies to the naval archives.
The last photo looks like a local surrender ceremony. Possibly the captain of a Japanese ship or commander of a base.
The third photo may be during the typhoon of Dec 1944.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nehenta_Bay_(CVE-74)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nehenta_Bay_(CVE-74)
The carrier is the Nehenta Bay. Looks like you also have a pic of the December 44’ typhoon that Casablanca class aircraft carrier endured.
Amazing photos. The surrender is not the Missouri. The Missouri wasw much larger.
Interesting story there - they had not planned very well - and lacked a table large enough for the documents. They ended up unbolting a table from the mess (two maybe?). And then I think there was a story about the “table cloth” (curtains?) to cover the ugly mess table.
Interesting how what were “everyday” photos from some serviceman (men?) with a camera are now so heroic and historical.
Great photos . Thanks for posting.
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