tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8611903935550702967..comments2024-03-28T05:04:12.280-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The "baby flattops" of World War IIPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52150601395264014712017-03-11T17:36:13.992-06:002017-03-11T17:36:13.992-06:00My father in law was in the Canadian navy,on the f...My father in law was in the Canadian navy,on the flight deck of the nabob when it was torpedoed.He finished ww2 in a destroyer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181862019929836241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82020849249416463652017-03-11T14:40:15.911-06:002017-03-11T14:40:15.911-06:00Forgot about the low deck. Certainly that contribu...Forgot about the low deck. Certainly that contributed to the number of carrier planes at the lake bottom. Brad_in_ILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13252010917952350450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-40010325722611584152017-03-11T13:45:08.086-06:002017-03-11T13:45:08.086-06:00Ron:
there was a near ten knot speed deficit betw...Ron:<br /><br />there was a near ten knot speed deficit between the Japanese forces and those baby carriers. They sank the closest one, and were overhauling the rest, when they turned and left.<br />One of the carriers mauled one of the attacking cruisers with the stern 5" cannon they had.<br /><br />Those DD and DE's should have acquired a lot more medals than they did. An astounding performance in repelling the attack. Reads like a naval fiction novel. You know, as they did going in, that the end was pre-ordained, but what they accomplished was stunning.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38162369156874863152017-03-11T13:25:18.679-06:002017-03-11T13:25:18.679-06:00I was a little surprised to find that they were si...I was a little surprised to find that they were single screw vessels. <br /><br />That, and the Roma was built on a carrier that had been declared to be too slow for fleet use.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7660004630450176962017-03-10T23:40:30.802-06:002017-03-10T23:40:30.802-06:00The interesting thing about the Lake Michigan trai...The interesting thing about the Lake Michigan training carriers were that they were paddle wheel coal fired steamers. IX-64 (Wolverine) and IX-81 (Sable) were both originally Great Lakes passenger ships that the government bought, but down to below the passenger decks, and has flight decks built on. They could just steam fast enough to get sufficient Wind Over Deck to practice takeoffs/landings (although, since they didn't have hangar decks, the flight decks were very low to the water).Ben Yalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559411931000354498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-60398703519799774172017-03-10T18:16:06.239-06:002017-03-10T18:16:06.239-06:00The Wright was modified into a command ship after ...The Wright was modified into a command ship after the war. She was still tied up at the Inactive ships facility in NorVA in the early 70s. My father in law had been assigned to her during her active days as a command ship. The flight deck was used as an antenna deck. She also has a presidential suite as well.Quartermasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48422331370693581832017-03-10T17:49:16.376-06:002017-03-10T17:49:16.376-06:00Naval Institute Press published two volumes on CVE...Naval Institute Press published two volumes on CVEs by William Y'Blood in the 1980s. And can't forget the Morison multivolume history of USN in WWII.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86129772041063616632017-03-10T16:49:09.982-06:002017-03-10T16:49:09.982-06:00Adm. Daniel V. Gallery commanded one in the Atlant...Adm. Daniel V. Gallery commanded one in the Atlantic, on anti-U-boat operations. They captured the U-505, the only U-boat taken on the high seas, the last time an American warship heard the command, "AWAY, ALL BOARDING PARTYS!" As an aside, he was a pretty good fiction writer, as well! JohninMd.(HELP?!??)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-18458512635670488052017-03-10T16:13:55.239-06:002017-03-10T16:13:55.239-06:00You can get a pretty good look at two of them in t...You can get a pretty good look at two of them in the final shoot out in the movie 'Magnum Force'. They were tied up at the west end of the Richmond Bridge over San Francisco Bay.RHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-44898698007230153152017-03-10T15:02:13.865-06:002017-03-10T15:02:13.865-06:00Just so you don't miss it:
https://www.amazon...Just so you don't miss it:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-Tin-Sailors-Extraordinary/dp/0553381482<br /><br />The Battle of Leyte Gulf.Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25627077326276363212017-03-10T14:03:42.959-06:002017-03-10T14:03:42.959-06:00Don't forget the flattops of Lake Michigan. Ma...Don't forget the flattops of Lake Michigan. Many a carrier pilot learned take off and landing from greater Chicago's Glenview Naval Air Station.Brad_in_ILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13252010917952350450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63439152139117792662017-03-10T09:46:57.156-06:002017-03-10T09:46:57.156-06:00Anyone else hear themes from Richard Rodgers' ...Anyone else hear themes from Richard Rodgers' "Victory at Sea" suite playing in the back of their heads?<br /><br />Ed_McAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22726855553927116252017-03-10T09:44:05.072-06:002017-03-10T09:44:05.072-06:00My father served on one during the Battle of Leyte...My father served on one during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. If I remember correctly, they had to outrun Japanese battleships because they were sailing with the wind and could not launch their planes. He remembered it as being "close."rognualdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607581474523447070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58286944236692211172017-03-10T07:49:32.364-06:002017-03-10T07:49:32.364-06:00Neat post. The CVE's are fascinating. I remem...Neat post. The CVE's are fascinating. I remember reading that the CVE's were sometimes referred to as Combustible Vulnerable Expendable, but they really came through for the Allies both in terms of logistics and in battle. The operation that caught U-505 was run from the escort carrier USS <i>Guadalcanal</i>, and the ferocity of their (nearly futile) attacks on the IJN Center Force during the Battle of Leyte Gulf convinced the Japanese commander to retreat.TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.com