Task Force-51 Led by the flag ship USS Tarawa (LHA-1)
Big Deck Formation Arabian Gulf 4/2003
Posted on 09/11/2004 11:24:21 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
Smooth! Thanks for the music.
I think you're right. As soon as I've had more coffee I'll check my files. :-)
Sounds familiar though.
Miller has a quote up above that's similar, but more like "Held on for dear life".
I hate brain fog!
Makes the memory go flaky.
And by Archerfish sinking the Shinano,about 58,00tons, the Archerfish made the top ten of submarines in tonnage sunk. IIRC Archerfish only sunk two or three other ships.
But it wasn't the Archerfish that sunk the autogyro carrier, I don'r recall the name of the sub now. The Japanese autogyro carrier was on par with the US CVE's, and it had a Maru name, I will dig around and see if I can find it.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
Here ya go SAM
Akitso Maru class auxiliary escort/assault aircraft carriers
Displacement: 11,989 tons standard
Dimensions: 471.5 x 74 x 25.5 feet/143.7 x 22.5 x 7.8 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts, 7,500 shp, 20 knots
Crew: ??
Armor: none
Armament: 2 3 inch AA, 2 3 inch bombardment guns
Aircaft: 20
Concept/Program: Merchant ships acquired, converted and operated by the Army as minimal aircraft carriers to support amphibious operations in the Western Pacific and East Indies. They were intended to assist in the defense of amphibious convoys, transport aircraft to landing areas, and fly aircraft off for defensive and assault-support roles. They could fly off conventional aircraft but not land them, however, they did operated autogyros, which could land aboard. Little is known about these ships service histories.
Design/Conversion: Converted passenger liners, taken over before completion. An extremely simple conversion. A lightweight, relatively short flight deck was built above the hull, on top of the superstructure. There was no hangar, but aircraft could be stored below the flight deck on the original main deck. The funnels and bridge were relocated to the starboard side, and several small cranes were fitted. There was no arresting gear. They retained their original cargo capabilities.
Departure from Service/Disposal: Both sunk by submarines in 1944.
Akitsu Maru
Built by Harima. Laid down 17 Sept 1939, launched 24 Sept 1941, completed 30 Jan 1942. Sunk by submarine Queenfish 15 Nov 1944.
Nigitsu Maru
Built by Harima. Laid down 6/1941, launched 1942, completed 3/1943. Sunk by submarine Hake 12 Jan 1944
Link to site
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/ijn_cv.htm
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
On a roll today, here is the Shinano data,
Displacement: 71,890 tons full load
Dimensions: 840 x 119 x 34 feet/256 x 36.3 x 10.3 meters
Extreme Dimensions: 872.5 x 131 x 34 feet/266 x 40 x 10.3 meters
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 12 boilers, 4 shafts, 150,000 shp, 27 knots
Crew: 2400
Armor: 8.1-15.7 inch belt, 7.5 inch armored deck
Armament: 8 dual 5/40 DP, 145 25 mm AA, 12 28-barrel AA rocket launchers
Aircraft: 47 (120 maximum)
Concept/Program: A large battleship hull of the Yamato class taken over for conversion to a carrier. The ship was intended to operate as a support, supply and repair base for the fast fleet carriers. She would have carried a mid-size air group of her own, plus spare aircraft, parts and supplies for the fleet carriers, enabling those ships to resupply without returning to Japan. She was the largest carrier prior to 1960.
Design/Conversion: Single-level hangar built above the main deck, armored flight deck, large island. The battleship hull was unchanged.
Departure from Service/Disposal: Never became operational; sunk prior to fitting out. When lost she had no functional damage control facilities.
That's it for now, y'all have a great day
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
kerry is a good example of a bad samaritan.
He, like all democrats accuse us of doing exactly what they are doing to take the focus off themselves and on us..
Yeow! Hi Sam. You can't insure an autogyro in Minnesota.
This is true. They always accuse us of their dirty deeds.
Thanks for the DUCK photos. We have one here in the Tillamook Museum.
Ol' Glory waving SOUTHWEST ASIA -- The wind blows the U.S. flag over the top of the DC-10 rotator aircraft that brought the first wave of air and space expeditionary forces to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing here Sept. 1. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shaun Withers) Death from above sized
I've never thought about aerobatics in an autogyro. WOW!
Heh heh heh. That's the, until now, secret motto of the Engineer's Club.
Oh what a sweetie!!!!!! LOL Just love her!!!
Thanks for making the picture for us. Msdrby loves it.
You're most welcome. I love do to baby photos.
I made a young Marine whole month this morning. At church Fr. John motioned for somebody to come forward. A young Marine, Pvt. Tom, came forward for a special blessing. He is heading for camp Al Phabet, in the Fallujah area, in 3 weeks.
After the service, Msdrby and I spoke with Tom, to thank him for serving. He is a avionics/electronics mechanic. His eyes got as large as saucers when I pulled my Hobbit Hole knife out, and gave it to him. I pointed out the website, and asked him to check it out. He was stunned to hear there are about 300 of the knives out and about in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is the second time I've found a Marine (oo-rah) to hand off to!
Msdrby has handed off her second knife to another so'jer too, a shirt tail cousin, at a family gathering last week. He's already back in the Sandbox.
Hmm, I'm seeing a pattern here. The Lord is wonderful indeed.
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