Whatsit #2

[Chickenboy]

Alright, this one should go a little faster. Nationality and class of vessel please?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Alright, this one should go a little faster. Nationality and class of vessel please?

warspite1

Is the camoflague scheme Killer Whale?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Is the camoflague scheme Killer Whale?

[:D]

[Chickenboy]

C'mon-no guesses other than a certain British comedian?

[Seeadler]

U.S. Navy Attack Cargo Ship (AKA)?

[Chickenboy]

Danke! Correct. AKA-20 USS Virgo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Virgo_%28AKA-20%29

So, Seeadler, what was the differentiating feature that made you guess AKA (instead of xAK, AK, or any manner of other related vessels)?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Seeadler

U.S. Navy Attack Cargo Ship (AKA)?

warspite1

Also known as what?

Thank-you, thank-you very much, I'm here till Thursday, try the veal.

[AW1Steve]

United States Maritime Commission C2 Type It has LCVP's .It could be Andromnea, Arcturus , or a lot of other sub classes.
Vireo was an Andromeda.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

United States Maritime Commission C2 Type It has LCVP's .It could be Andromnea, Arcturus , or a lot of other sub classes.
Vireo was an Andromeda.

Are the LCVPs glommed together on deck? I can't make 'em out individually.

Also, did the AKAs have more overhead cranes (presumably for lowering supplies, LCVPs, etc.) than other 'non-assault' classes of supply ships?

It just seems-to my eye-that her topdeck is littered with add-ons and cargo that I'm not used to seeing in ships with 'cleaner' lines.

[Chickenboy]

Also, Warspite1, a little-known fact about the AKA. It was second only to the German river barges (circa Sealion) in its speed and efficiency unloading combat-laden troops onto foreign shores. As a matter of fact, the German high commands: OK, NotOK, OKNOW turned down the opportunity to build some 30 of these ships in favor of building more river bucket...erm...amphibious riverine landing craft.

Little known facts. [;)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

United States Maritime Commission C2 Type It has LCVP's .It could be Andromnea, Arcturus , or a lot of other sub classes.
Vireo was an Andromeda.

Are the LCVPs glommed together on deck? I can't make 'em out individually.

Also, did the AKAs have more overhead cranes (presumably for lowering supplies, LCVPs, etc.) than other 'non-assault' classes of supply ships?

It just seems-to my eye-that her topdeck is littered with add-ons and cargo that I'm not used to seeing in ships with 'cleaner' lines.

The LCVP's are in davits alongside the superstructure. She has Kingposts AND cranes. Also massive cargo holds. An APA might have cranes , but no king posts , plus there would be fewer and smaller holds. Think of a Liner versus a freighter.

[Chickenboy]

Is the 'kingpost' the center 'teepee'-like structure?

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Also, Warspite1, a little-known fact about the AKA. It was second only to the German river barges (circa Sealion) in its speed and efficiency unloading combat-laden troops onto foreign shores. As a matter of fact, the German high commands: OK, NotOK, OKNOW turned down the opportunity to build some 30 of these ships in favor of building more river bucket...erm...amphibious riverine landing craft.

Little known facts. [;)]

warspite1

[;)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Also, Warspite1, a little-known fact about the AKA. It was second only to the German river barges (circa Sealion) in its speed and efficiency unloading combat-laden troops onto foreign shores. As a matter of fact, the German high commands: OK, NotOK, OKNOW turned down the opportunity to build some 30 of these ships in favor of building more river bucket...erm...amphibious riverine landing craft.

Little known facts. [;)]

Probably because it would have taken the Germans 10 years to build them. [;)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Is the 'kingpost' the center 'teepee'-like structure?

The "Tee-pee" is a crane. The thing that looks like a goal post is a king post.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Is the 'kingpost' the center 'teepee'-like structure?

The "Tee-pee" is a crane. The thing that looks like a goal post is a king post.

And more 'mundane' xAKs, xAPs and the like didn't have them?

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Is the 'kingpost' the center 'teepee'-like structure?

The "Tee-pee" is a crane. The thing that looks like a goal post is a king post.

And more 'mundane' xAKs, xAPs and the like didn't have them?

Ak's Have cranes for cargo.(and of course dock facilities) APa's have Cranes of a different type for landing craft alone. A AKA has to be able to unload ANY type of cargo, even LCM's , pontoons, causeways, and lots of weird sized stuff. Hence it needs to be very flexible. Cargo ships have either or. Rarely both.

[Chickenboy]

Thanks for taking the time to answer this (and Whatsit#3) helpfully and thoroughly, Steve. [:)]

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Thanks for taking the time to answer this (and Whatsit#3) helpfully and thoroughly, Steve. [:)]

Your very welcome. You know that I can't resist this kind of challenge.[:D] I am having a hard time getting work done though. [8|][:D]

[Orm]

Are there any rules, formal or informal, when making these questions? Must it be connected, somehow, to the Pacific War?