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Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: brady on August 15, 2002, 02:46:40 AM

???

Title: USS Hornet
Post by: eddiek on August 15, 2002, 03:50:25 AM

Not sure.....June 5th or 6th, 1942?

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: Karnak on August 15, 2002, 03:52:39 AM

USS Franklin
March 19, 1945.

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: whgates3 on August 15, 2002, 05:32:48 AM

not to add insult to injury for the dudes who were hurt on that CV, but did i even mention that "Name This" r0o|z ?

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: Roscoroo on August 15, 2002, 07:10:09 AM

CV-5 the Yorktown  (the one befor CV-10 Yorktown) sunk in June 1942. after the battle  of Midway.

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: Widewing on August 15, 2002, 07:30:45 AM

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Originally posted by Roscoroo
CV-5 the Yorktown  (the one befor CV-10 Yorktown) sunk in June 1942. after the battle  of Midway.

Naw, it's the Franklin as Karnak stated. Despite the incredible damage sustained, she was sailed all the way to New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard for repair (passed through the Panama canal).
This photo was taken from the Light Cruiser, USS Santa Fe, which had come alongside to fight fires and evacuate the wounded.

For more photos, see below.

Essex class carriers were tough ships, despite not having armored flight decks, and USN damage control training was and still is, the best in the world. In contrast, the huge IJN carrier Shinano, built on the third Yamato class BB hull, sank after relatively minor torpedo hits, due almost exclusively to the lack of damage control training of her crew. She was the victim of USN submarine, USS Archerfish.

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k04000/k04760.jpg)

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g270000/g273880.jpg)

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h63000/h63437.jpg)


My regards,

Widewing

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: MiloMorai on August 15, 2002, 07:54:40 AM

How far is it from the flight deck to the ocean? That must have hurt hitting the ocean from that height.

Title: Name This...(323)
Post by: brady on August 15, 2002, 05:55:24 PM

USS Franklin. it is:)