Subdeacon Joe Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 USS Intrepid departing San Francisco, California, 9 June 1944 packed with vehicles, equipment, and aircraft including SBD Dauntless, F6F Hellcats, C-45 Expeditors, PV-1 Venturas, and P-61 Black Widow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 A take-off from that deck would be....................................................challengng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 I bet the hanger decks were also crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Are there tie down points all over the deck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 They would've unloaded it using cranes,I believe. The same way they got it loaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 What caught my eye was the Dazzle camo. I thought that it had been dropped in 1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 25 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: What caught my eye was the Dazzle camo. I thought that it had been dropped in 1943. Launched in 43, probably painted before that decision was made. Her angle deck was added in 55-59, as part of SCB125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: What caught my eye was the Dazzle camo. I thought that it had been dropped in 1943. The USS Missouri was painted in dazzle camo when she was commissioned in 1944, so apparently they used it until fairly late in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: Are there tie down points all over the deck? yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Are we going to the trash heap?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The Marines will have a rough time jogging around the flight deck. Actually, this was a flying air craft carrier. When all the planes were properly tied down, they started their engines (all of them) and the carrier become airborne. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: Actually, this was a flying air craft carrier. When all the planes were properly tied down, they started their engines (all of them) and the carrier become airborne. ..........Widder Early version of: Or: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ambitious-us-air-force-plan-to-make-a-flying-aircraft-carrier-2015-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Too bad the two of those they built had problems getting through rough weather. They both foundered in storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 The German pilots flew around storms. US Navy pilots flew into them. The US ships Shenandoah, Akron, and Macon all floundered in storms. Apparently the US Navy was a slow learner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 1 minute ago, Church Key, SASS # 33713 said: The German pilots flew around storms. US Navy pilots flew into them. The US ships Shenandoah, Akron, and Macon all floundered in storms. Apparently the US Navy was a slow learner. Airships weren’t fast enough to fly around storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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