Trivia II: A rough night

[Chickenboy]

(sorry for the quality of the picture(s) that follow). Who is this and what's going on?

1 of 2

[Chickenboy]

2 of 2 (again, sorry for quality of photo)

[heibernt]

That looks like Repulse, so guess its her being hit..

[Terminus]

Except that it's at night, and a surface action. I'm saying USS Houston and HMAS Perth at Sunda Strait.

[dcpollay]

Chikuma, off Midway?

[heibernt]

My ignorance is revealed You can see its the same paint job.


HMAS Perth

[Terminus]

And the Houston's tripod masts are extremely distinctive...

[netjam99]

Great looking painting...thanks! I just read about that action in the book Ghost Ship. Takes a really good artist to do those night scenes.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Except that it's at night, and a surface action. I'm saying USS Houston and HMAS Perth at Sunda Strait.

Correct. This follows the exhibit. Very sobering.

[John 3rd]

THAT is one heck of a set of paintings!

[Kwik E Mart]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Except that it's at night, and a surface action. I'm saying USS Houston and HMAS Perth at Sunda Strait.

Correct. This follows the exhibit. Very sobering.

...anyone know what /c and /o mean after some of the rataings?...

edit: i guess they are all /c...

[Terminus]

"class", maybe? As in Y3/c = "Yeoman 3rd Class".

Is just guess.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

"class", maybe? As in Y3/c = "Yeoman 3rd Class".

Is just guess.

It would be a correct one.

[AW1Steve]

S2 means Seaman 2nd class which would equate with a modern Seaman apprentice. S1 is Seaman (same as today , except it's written as Seaman.No class!). QM is a quartermanster , as it is today.