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Collin

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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:
 
i'm thinking the Monterey pic is reversed...it should look like this..
 
redriver6 said:
i'm thinking the Monterey pic is reversed...it should look like this..
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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:
 
hmm i don't know...the Imperial War Museum seems to think its Victorious..
 
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.
 
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:
 
Busted again!

redriver6 said:
yall are krazy man:icon_lol::icon_lol:
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Yo RR;

Sounds like you've never been to Kanada Bro.

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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" View attachment 81254


3) Everything is ALWAYS Collin's fault.

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- But he's me Brudder cuz he shares his grog wit me. :friday:
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Yep, I agree Dirtman. Insanity is a way of life, Madness is "a state of mind"
 
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:
 
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