Whats wrong?

[Collin]

These 2 photo's appeared on Ebay recently, can anyone see whats wrong with them?

The first was labeled "USS Monterey_foundering in a typhoon".
The second was labeled "Victorious after Kamikaze attack".

regards Collin:ernae:

[redriver6]

if thats the Monterey shouldn't the island be on the starboard side?
and if its foundering in a typhoon shouldn't the friggin elevator be up??
and if that picture of Victorious is for sale they can get it for fee at Wikipedia..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/HMS_Victorious_on_fire.jpg

[Collin]

So Redriver whats wrong with them?:faint:

regards Collin:ernae:

[Dirtman]

Pssssst .... here's a hint ..... look for Collin on the fore-deck......... :kilroy:

[CG_1976]

2nd the UK ship clue http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/aircraft_carriers/hms_victorious_38.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Victorious.htm

Should also mention HMS Victorious while on loan to the USN shows no logs that I can find in the war collage records ever getting nailed in a Kamikaze attack.

[redriver6]

i'm thinking the Monterey pic is reversed...it should look like this..

[redriver6]

Naval Historical Center has the photo listed as USS Langley..

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-l/cvl27.htm

US Dept of Defense has it as the Monterey

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2574

obviously they are the same photo but the one on the DoD site is reversed.

[redriver6]

2nd the UK ship clue http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/pages/aircraft_carriers/hms_victorious_38.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Victorious.htm

Should also mention HMS Victorious while on loan to the USN shows no logs that I can find in the war collage records ever getting nailed in a Kamikaze attack.

it was definately hit by a kamikaze....but i still can't figure out whats wrong with the picture.

here are some of the kamikaze attack

[Collin]

i'm thinking the Monterey pic is reversed...it should look like this..

Correct!:woot:

Also she didn't founder, but did suffer damage from a fire started when an aircraft broke loose in the hangar and crashed into several others.

With the mis-labelling of this photo it should now help you with the second.

regards Collin:ernae:

[redriver6]

hmm i don't know...the Imperial War Museum seems to think its Victorious..

[redriver6]

ok i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that is not Victorious but is possibly Formidable...maybe

both ships were hit by Kamikaze attacks (an absolutely great time to have a steel deck instead of wood) but i think Formidable was hit in the island/deck area where the picture shows it burning.

a couple of different sites say that a steam pipe was ruptured on both ships?...and we can obviously see steam coming out of something.

both ships had the fires out and were launching and recovering aircraft within and hour or two after being hit.

if those had been Essex class carriers they probably would have been knocked out of action...or worse.

[redriver6]

well how bout Indefatigable????

http://www.naval-history.net/WW2Memoir-Indomitable-Whiteing4.htm

"HMS Indefatigable (http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-04CV-Indefatigable.htm) under attack"

[Collin]

I am checking my sources, but you may have already given the answer.

But the naval-history address you gave has some nice photos of Dirtman in his other quise as Michael Stupid.:costumes:


regards Collin:ernae:

[Dirtman]

But the naval-history address you gave has some nice photos of Dirtman in his other quise as Michael Stupid.:costumes:
regards Collin:ernae:

Shut up & pass the bananas!!!

..........81213

[redriver6]

Shut up & pass the bananas!!!

..........81213

yall are krazy man:icon_lol::icon_lol:

[Dirtman]

yall are krazy man:icon_lol::icon_lol:

Yo RR;

Sounds like you've never been to Kanada Bro.

.....81253


3 things to remember:

1) Insanity is NOT a "state of mind" .... it's a "way of life" :isadizzy:

2) It's always better to have a "bottle in front of me" than a "frontal lobotomy" 81254


3) Everything is ALWAYS Collin's fault.

81257



- But he's me Brudder cuz he shares his grog wit me. :friday:
.........(Shhhh!! .... don't let him find out)
.
.....81255

[redriver6]

Sounds like you've never been to Kanada Bro.


naw...but i intend to git up that way one day..


It's always better to have a "bottle in front of me" than a "frontal lobotomy":icon_lol:

i think i shall adopt that as my personal motto..hope you don't mind

btw...the Snowbirds are coming to my neck of the woods..

http://www.barksdaleafbairshow.com/

[hewman100]

Yep, I agree Dirtman. Insanity is a way of life, Madness is "a state of mind"

[Collin]

naw...but i intend to git up that way one day..

In a bomber? Nowt up there since I moved out, just a load of saddle sniffers and grog rustlers.


btw...the Snowbirds are coming to my neck of the woods..

http://www.barksdaleafbairshow.com/

Got the flakguns and sam's set up?

regards Collin:ernae:

[Collin]

The answer to 2 is...

HMS Formidable, 4th May 1945.

I think its due to the amount of aircraft parked on the stern, when Victorious was hit she had her deckpark midships and bow.

The later carriers in this class had a higher freeboard to account for the extra height in the hangar space.

regards Collin:ernae:

[Dirtman]

naw...but i intend to git up that way one day..

I'll keep a cold beer in the window for ya....




i think i shall adopt that as my personal motto..hope you don't mind

Be my guest, but I didn't make it up .... just adopted it too!




btw...the Snowbirds are coming to my neck of the woods..
My Gawd that's almost half our Air Force!!
I wunder how we'll defend ourselves is Somalia tries to invade us?

:costumes::costumes::costumes:

[Collin]

I wunder how we'll defend ourselves is Somalia tries to invade us?

:costumes::costumes::costumes:


Smile...that usually drives 'em off:caked:

regardless Collin:karate:

[Good_2_Be]

My Gawd that's almost half our Air Force!!
I wunder how we'll defend ourselves is Somalia tries to invade us?

:costumes::costumes::costumes:


Just tell em Lord Collin of RUMford has already laid claim to Canada, that should work :bananapowerslide::bananapowerslide: