Identify The Photo 79

[RBWhite]

????

[RevRick]

Looks like the aftermath of a kamikaze hit on a tin can.

[RBWhite]

Yes

And it is attached to this one?

[rhondabrwn]

Using blowups of the target picture as the initial clue...

You've broke some new ground here! We need to up the challenge level as people are getting too good at nailing the pictures. This could be the way.

[&o]

[RBWhite]

I was going to also use this photo



Thats the plane's engine.

It's the USS AARON WARD DM-34 during the battle for Okinawa.

[Speedysteve]

My God. Look at the scale of damage![X(]

[watchtower]

Suprised it was still floating - unless its only in 5 foot of water!

[RBWhite]

Part of the caption with the photos indicated that the rails that the mines were discharged from may have supplied the extra support that kept the ship from breaking into.

It also mentioned the ship moved to that anchorage under her own power.

[RevRick]

I could not upload this picture I found - file too large. But take a look at thishttp://www.navsource.org/archives/05/0577301.jpg. Undated, but surely the same attack... Those ships might be called tin cans.. but they are sure tough!

[RBWhite]

RevRick

Check out these photos

http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd

Click all ships and choose AARON WARD DM-34

Click on Photos Tour.

[RevRick]

Thanks... I visit that site a bit - since I'm and old tincan man. And I really don't know how they kept her afloat, but I have read of some amazing feats of damage control, notably around Okinawa. The old book about destroyers - I think it was named "Tin Can Sailors" tells about a lot of similar feats. Can't find the book right now, it's still packed in a storage box waiting for my study to be finished.

[RBWhite]

Spent some time off & on in the early 70's on some old girls like the Holder, Damato and a few others when things were slow.

[RevRick]

About the same time I was on the Charles F Adams... Called her the Charlie Deuce, or the Suckie Chuckie, depending on what was going one.

[rhondabrwn]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

About the same time I was on the Charles F Adams... Called her the Charlie Deuce, or the Suckie Chuckie, depending on what was going one.

"Suckie Chuckie"?

I love it! [:D][:D][:D]

[Raverdave]

The Charles F Adams class has to be one of the best looking ships of all time.

[RevRick]

I have to admit I agree with that assessment. They are good looking ships. Given their era, they still look to be fairly capable if updated with modern electronics. There is something to be said for a relatively small (4,700 tons full load) ship with two 5" guns, missles, and an AAW and ASW capability. Besides that, with four LM2500, that thing would have flown.