Cool image thread of USN seaplanes

[richlove]

Can be found here. Very interesting stuff!

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: richlove

Can be found here. Very interesting stuff!

Cool. Thanks for sharing, richlove.

[Jorge_Stanbury]

Very good stuff! thanks

question on Seagull vs. Kingfisher
the game starts with Kingfishers on board BBs and Seagulls on board cruisers; was this related to hangar size? or simply giving high priority on the best FPs for BBs?

in other words, is it kosher to rebase Kingfisher on cruisers?

[DOCUP]

Nice. This game is borked. Where are my Seahawks at!!!!![8|]

[wdolson]

Some cruisers had Kingfishers, but it may have been too big for some cruisers.

Bill

[Trugrit]

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

[wegman58]

Interesting. By the time I started working for Uncle Sam (1976) the seaplanes were a thing of the past. We had helicopters.

But I DID see lines used to transfer a person from ship A to ship B. I think the person being transferred was in a cage - but it was a LONG time ago (1977). Now we use choppers.

[wdolson]

I read somewhere about a line transfer during WW II of a particularly unpopular ensign. The sailor on the conn just happened too let the two ships get a little too close during the transfer and the ensign got a bath. No injuries, just a friendly reminder to be careful who you tick off.

Bill

[zuluhour]

learned a lot, thank you.

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: DOCUP

Nice. This game is borked. Where are my Seahawks at!!!!![8|]

Nice thread, and I agree - they aren't even in the DB! Oversight!

[tocaff]

Good find, thanks for sharing.

[dr.hal]

I too learned a lot...thanks.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Lokasenna

ORIGINAL: DOCUP

Nice. This game is borked. Where are my Seahawks at!!!!![8|]

Nice thread, and I agree - they aren't even in the DB! Oversight!

They're probably in the DB update that has the German raiders and U-boats in it. [:'(]

ETA: And the F8 Bearcats too.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: DOCUP
Where are my Seahawks at!!!!![8|]

Still in Seattle, dude. [:'(]

[AW1Steve]

In 1977 , I was a very green , just out of "A" school Airman , reporting to a Reserve Patrol Squadron. The enlisted aircrew ready room was a very intimating place at 1st. More than 50% of the enlisted flight crew were Chief or higher , and all had been in the USN/USNR "since Jonah was a midshipman". A very large percentage were WW2 vets , and Korea Vets. Vietnam vets were the kids.

To my great fortune these old timers adopted me. The stories (and medals ) they had were absolutely amazing.

But one AW1 was unofficially assigned as my "Sea-daddy". He was one of the oldest sailors I ever saw. Apparently he kept avoiding the Chief's exam so that he'd always have a "flight billet". (In those days there were no "high-tenure rules"). Along with teaching me how not to kill myself or others , he was a wealth of sea stories , and WW2 naval aviation history. When he'd tell you about Catalina's, Liberators and Privateers, he know from 1st hand experience (not to mention Neptunes, Ventura's and early Orions--he was teaching me the P-3A). One day I asked him, "So Dick, was the PBY your 1st plane?". He shook his head no and said, "no , before WW2 I joined the Navy as a Radio/gunner. Ever hear of a SOC?". "You mean the Seagull? HOW OLD ARE YOU DICK?" He laughed and launched into several more sea stories. Simply amazing!. [&o]

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: richlove

Can be found here. Very interesting stuff!

Warspite1

Thanks richlove that was a great set of pictures [:)]

[blackcloud6]

Nice thread, thanks.

[Michael Vail]

That cage was called a Bosun's chair. And you could lower someone enough so that the spray between the ships would soak them. But if it hit the water chances are it would be ripped away.

[wegman58]

I do know I was glad we stopped using the Bosn's chair by the time I started going from Ship A to Ship B underway (only a couple of times - but didn't see a need for that kind of transfer).

[AW1Steve]

There are some ships that don't have room for a helo landing , and a hoist transfer is extremely risky. Launching a boat is problematical. Bosun's chair are still in the fleet , there is still a procedure to use it, and probably will be till transporter technology is perfected. [:D]

But I'm sure it's not usually the 1st choice. But.......it's still there. [:D]