Death of the Yorktown(cool pics)

[Gary26]

These are 2 pics i found of the final blow for the mighty Yorktown. Thought i would share them.

[FrodeMk3]

In the top pic, I believe that is the destroyer Hammann which was sunk in the same torpedo attack.

[bongaroo]

Wow!  our torps look nothing like that on impact!  when are we getting this HTC!



<S> to all those poor souls who faced that

[FiLtH]

 You realize thats not a real pic right?

[EskimoJoe]

You realize thats not a real pic right?

Of course it's not real. Looks mighty explosive, though 

[Lumpy]

So ... who made the pictures and why?

[SIK1]

Pretty sure it wasn't the Luftewaffe.

[FiLtH]

  They look similar to pics of a layout I saw in an old Time Life book I have on the Pacific War. Small models with cotton formed into geysers. Although these look more like a painting than they do 3 dimentional.

[EskimoJoe]

  They look similar to pics of a layout I saw in an old Time Life book I have on the Pacific War. Small models with cotton formed into geysers. Although these look more like a painting than they do 3 dimentional.

Looks like there might be some photo-shopping in the first picture as well, adding in the half-sunk destroyer.

Take a peek at the shadows, as well.

[Dowding]

I would hardly call the pictures 'cool'.

[Rino]

     They used models alot back then to simulate the large scale naval battles in a way that the public
could understand.  If you look at the scale of the torpedo explosion to the ship, you'll notice how out of
scale it is.

     

[Masherbrum]

I would hardly call the pictures 'cool'.

Agree.   But, some would rather "ignore" the blatant and disrespectful ways and point out "errors in the photos."

[Lumpy]

But if it was say ... the Akagi instead of the Yorktown, then it would be cool right?

[USRanger]

Dang right!

[Lumpy]

I rest my case.