tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post4405644601736342863..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Historic World War II aircraft carrier rediscoveredPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21028606849279802582015-04-20T21:54:33.321-05:002015-04-20T21:54:33.321-05:00It's a crime the number of important ships tha...It's a crime the number of important ships that were sent to the breakers or destroyed in tests post-WW2. I still can't believe Enterprise or Washington wasn't saved...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16542041913752478205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-62753940683746293492015-04-19T11:51:06.697-05:002015-04-19T11:51:06.697-05:00@Anonymous: No, "Jeep carriers" were es...@Anonymous: No, "Jeep carriers" were escort carriers (CVE's):<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escort_carrier<br /><br />They were even smaller than CVL's, and built on merchant ship hulls, so they were much slower. There were lots of them in the Pacific, but they typically ferried aircraft to the larger, faster carriers or operated off smaller beachheads. Several of them were involved in the Battle off Samar in 1944:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Samar<br />Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16628731246907077312015-04-19T09:00:25.740-05:002015-04-19T09:00:25.740-05:00Were these ships called
"Jeep carriers?"...Were these ships called <br />"Jeep carriers?" <br /><br />Seems to me I read that name <br />in something on the war in the <br />Pacific. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-87636967332245192952015-04-18T16:00:53.739-05:002015-04-18T16:00:53.739-05:00I'll echo Murphy's sentiment... sighI'll echo Murphy's sentiment... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36525630387921980192015-04-18T11:21:38.727-05:002015-04-18T11:21:38.727-05:00What is truly sad is that the last of this class, ...What is truly sad is that the last of this class, ex-USS Cabot, was given back to a preservation group in New Orleans in the 1990s, but they mismanged it and the ship was sold at marshal's auction to a scrap yard where she was destroyed in the year 2000. That carrer actually sailed into New Orleans under her own power when gifted back from Spain and she was a completely intact WW2 carrier...and she was destroyed for lack of a few hundred thousand dollars and competent management. <br /><br />I found out about Cabot too late to help save her, but I'm still angry about the senseless loss of that peice of American history today.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66183828116861006142015-04-18T09:46:38.995-05:002015-04-18T09:46:38.995-05:00I imagine you also know the story of Admiral Dan G...I imagine you also know the story of Admiral Dan Gallery (USS Guadalcanal, a CVE class carrier).<br />His book "Clear The Decks" is one of the best military histories I have ever read.<br />As a kid, I loved his humor books (the Capn' Fatso series), not knowing just what calibre of man wrote them.<br />Charlie Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711194082485871790noreply@blogger.com