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Whatsit #2
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:33 pm
by Chickenboy
Alright, this one should go a little faster. Nationality and class of vessel please?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:36 pm
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Alright, this one should go a little faster. Nationality and class of vessel please?
warspite1
Is the camoflague scheme Killer Whale?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:40 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: warspite1
Is the camoflague scheme Killer Whale?
[:D]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:26 pm
by Chickenboy
C'mon-no guesses other than a certain British comedian?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:50 pm
by Seeadler
U.S. Navy Attack Cargo Ship (AKA)?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:56 pm
by 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)?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:59 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:01 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:11 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:16 pm
by 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. [;)]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:20 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:21 pm
by Chickenboy
Is the 'kingpost' the center 'teepee'-like structure?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:22 pm
by 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
[;)]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:33 pm
by 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. [;)]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:37 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:41 pm
by 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?
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:04 pm
by 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.
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:30 pm
by Chickenboy
Thanks for taking the time to answer this (and Whatsit#3) helpfully and thoroughly, Steve. [:)]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:48 pm
by 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]
RE: Whatsit #2
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 4:12 am
by Orm
Are there any rules, formal or informal, when making these questions? Must it be connected, somehow, to the Pacific War?