<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: TOMLABELHowever, I did do all of the BB line in sea-blue for this mod class-wise, so if I'm wrong, please correct me.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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It's too early to tell at this point.... there's just too much conflicting data and lack of finality. I'm hoping to ...

<r> It's always nice to see things like this to know that we have a broader impact than "just" a few model builders here and there. It was amazing to me when I started to help Randy with just the web code how much is either unknown or falsely known!<br/>
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By the way, in case you didn't notice ...

Bogue Class... be aware there were several classes of CVE during the war:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escort_carrier#The_ships

A number of the CVEs were used as ferries, and the larger fleet carriers would also cram as many planes in/on as they could when they were returning from stateside overhauls.

<t> For what it's worth, I'm the webmaster for ShipCamouflage and am researching USN camouflage. The 1945 Navy Gray may not be as much of a factor due to supply chains.... I'm fairly certain Pennsylvania was in Navy Gray but a ship that was overhauled at a forward base even in the summer time might ...

Hi everyone. Don't forget that Pearl Harbor was attacked a second time (unsuccessfully) in March of 1942 by two Japanese Navy flying boats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_K

Uhh yeah... look at my two posts on the 28th....

<r> As of March 10th the "Squadrons Assigned to Marine Carriers" shows:<br/>
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<I><s>[i]</s>Block Island<e>[/i]</e></I> - San Diego, Air Group MCVG-1 at Santa Barbara<br/>
<I><s>[i]</s>Gilbert Island<e>[/i]</e></I> - San Diego Air Group MCVG-2 at Santa Barbara<br/>
<I><s>[i]</s>Vella Gulf<e ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Not the dedicated groups, I believe.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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I looked at the Navy's listings of Aircraft by location for the week of May 19, in the middle of the Okinawa operation and the following CVEs had Marine squadrons embarked that took part in operations:<br ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Most CVEs served in the Atlantic where the Wildcat was good enough. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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It depends on the class. Bogue class, for example, was primarily an Atlantic theater class; Casablanca was Pacific. The escorts were used more for ASW protection, and so in ...

<r> Used in Operation Dragoon:<br/>
<URL url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon</URL><br/>
On CVE-69 Kasaan Bay: (VF-74 operating 32 Hellcats and 3 Avengers)<br/>
<URL url="http://www.navsource.org/archives/03/069.htm">http://www ...

<r> At the real Dutch harbor they started out with a seaplane base and then extended it to have a hard runway... but they had to cut into one of the hills a bit. Check out my Dutch Harbor Attacked section: <URL url="http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Pacific/NA50/">http://www.researcheratlarge.com ...