anyone have pictures of ww2 aircraft carrier formations?

[Citabria]

ie drawings of typical battlegroups with placement and type of ships in these groups?

japan and us navy formations?

[acepilot2]

all i could find of WWII on google:



note the other ships in the background

however, I also found these pics of a 1958 formation-I am sure formations haven't changed much throughout the years.

[Bino]

Those photos are really just PR "portraits".

Late in WWII, the USN anti-air CV formation typically placed capital ships in an inner ring around the CV, with smaller escorts forming an outer ring, with intervals of 1,000 to 2,000 yards between any two ships. After the advent of Kamikaze attacks, DDs were employed as distant radar pickets, often 20-30 miles from the CV.

The IJN employed similarly-shaped formations but used much larger intervals, typically on the order of 5,000 yards.

[Widewing]

Fester, see the bottom chart for specific ship locations per USN doctrine circa 1944. This should provide you with exactly what you need.

In the attached photo note the position of the Heavy Cruisers to the port and starboard of the CV, with a Battleship ahead and the Destroyer screen forming a circle around the group (inthe distance).




Here's a chart showing typical Japanese Destroyer placement around a CV.



This next chart shows how the USN deployed it ships around a CV.



My regards,

Widewing

[rod367th]

http://www.navsource.org/archives/02idx.htm


 you'll find alot of info here

[Cooley]

sorry kinda OT here...

Widewing I recently met a Crew Member of that ship pictured above!

Told me some hair raising stories ,
Took part in Doolitlle raid, Midway,
and was eventually sunk, crew was swimmin with sharks

Intresting History of that ship here
USS Vincennes

[Morpheus]

shweeet!:D


I have all sorts of kewl wall paper now:p