Subdeacon Joe Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 A U.S. Navy Vought OS2U Kingfisher taxis towards the recovery sled for recovery by the battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) in April 1943. Note the signalman with flags on board the ship. South Dakota was operating in the North Atlantic at that time. Date 29 April 1943 Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2004.166.002.005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 No pic here,Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Just now, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: No pic here,Joe. Yeah, trying to edit it on my phone and accidentally closed the FB page with the photo. Fixed the title and added the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I thought SoDak was in the Pacific in '43. Know her and Washington had a tiff with the Nippon Navy at Guadalcanal in late '42. Back in the Atlantic after battle damage repair??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Looks like you nailed it Buck. In the Atlantic only a few months. "South Dakota returned to the United States for repairs that lasted into 1943, after which she was briefly deployed to strengthen the British Home Fleet, tasked with protecting convoys to the Soviet Union." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Ooo, Arctic convoy duty, not the choicest assignment for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: Ooo, Arctic convoy duty, not the choicest assignment for sure. Especially for the crew that had been serving in the South Pacific just a short time before. The Army did something like that to some troops at Ft Benning in the '80's. They were based in GA and the first winter, they got sent to Jungle Warfare School. The next winter, they got sent to Desert Warfare School. The 3rd year, they get sent to Arctic Warfare School. Them poor folks ain't seen even a Southern winter in 3 years and they ended up in Alaska? Air Force ain't any better. My Uncle was stationed in Alaska twice during his career. The second time, his TDY station was Guam. He bounced between Moose Jaw, Alaska and Guam for 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 That looks like a rather rough ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 That pilot had to have nerves of steel and awesome sea handling skills. Not to mention the deck hands manning winches and cranes. Yeesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blarney Kid Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 No worse than my first 2 duty stations after my schools. My first duty station was Diego Garcia, just south of the equator. Average temp year round 98° average humidity 97%. Then I was transferred to Londonderry NI in December, heck of a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/25/2021 at 1:48 PM, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Looks like you nailed it Buck. In the Atlantic only a few months. "South Dakota returned to the United States for repairs that lasted into 1943, after which she was briefly deployed to strengthen the British Home Fleet, tasked with protecting convoys to the Soviet Union." Probably because there was some doubt that the HMS Anson & HMS Duke of York would win a naval engagement if the KMS Tirpitz & KMS Scharnhorst had decided to put out to sea and go after a convoy. If the books are correct, the 14" guns of the HMS King George V failed to penetrate the deck armor of the KMS Bismarck. I recall reading a reference that the British Admiralty ordered that the KMS Tirpitz was not to be engaged in a one on one fight with a King George V class battleship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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