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• Dec 14, 2013

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syscom3

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I hope this becomes a regular thread. Post a single picture of anything to do with WW2, including the years prior and just after.

Here's the first one. USS Cowpens rolls heavily during Typhoon Cobra, December 17th, 1944.

 

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• Dec 14, 2013

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That had to be one wild ride.

 

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Holy sheepdip!

 

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Sod that for a game of sailors!
No wonder I prefer aircraft - those floating things are bl**dy dangerous !!

 

• Dec 14, 2013

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syscom3

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Anyone know what those vertical posts are for? I've never seen them before.

 

• Dec 14, 2013

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how about snap in guide posts to thread a rope (look in pic) so personnel can traverse the deck while snapping in a safety ring? Sure would be easy to go over the side in that sea state. Awfully tall though.

 

• Dec 14, 2013

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The current USS Cowpens just tangled with the Chinese People's navy over Chinese new restricted zone:


USS Cowpens: Why China forced a confrontation at sea with US Navy - CSMonitor.com

 

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And that picture above is why I don't like boats.

 

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Amen to that.

 

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P-51s of the 352nd Fighter Group escorting B-24Js of the 458th Bomb Group.

 

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Nice...

 

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Matt308 said:

how about snap in guide posts to thread a rope (look in pic) so personnel can traverse the deck while snapping in a safety ring? Sure would be easy to go over the side in that sea state. Awfully tall though.

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I think you got it Matt.

 

• Dec 15, 2013

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In my castle....

syscom3 said:

I hope this becomes a regular thread. Post a single picture of anything to do with WW2, including the years prior and just after.

Here's the first one. USS Cowpens rolls heavily during Typhoon Cobra, December 17th, 1944.View attachment 249820

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No idea of which jeep carrier she is or where, but, f*ck me!

 

• Dec 15, 2013

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lunatics.....

 

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Escorts and merchant ships at Hvalfjord before the sailing of Convoy PQ 17. Behind the destroyer ICARUS (1.03) is the Russian tanker AZERBAIJAN. The sea voyage to the north Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel was the shortest route for sending Allied supplies to Russia. But it was also the most dangerous owing to the large concentration of German forces in northern Norway. The convoy PQ 17 was decimated by U-boats and the Luftwaffe after a communication from the Admiralty on 4 July 1942 ordered the escort to 'scatter'.

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• Dec 15, 2013

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What freakin' IDJIOT was taking the picture

 

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forward AA position tub.....

 

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Wow!

 

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You'll notice there's several men in that photo, and nobody seems frightened.

In the days of sail those same men would have been high up in the rigging adjusting sails.