Picture of the day. (119 Viewers)

[Old Wizard]

 

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[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

North Africa, 1943

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[v2]

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[michaelmaltby]

.... what am I seeing here? Removing remains of crew?

 

[Wurger]

HMS Adventure 1943 ...

 

[buffnut453]

I think it's just "normal" crew personal effects and associated accoutrements. Note the spare track links and loaves of bread.

 

[michaelmaltby]

1939 ....

 

[Wurger]

USS Northampton (CA-26) 1941

 

[buffnut453]

Hmm...interesting paintwork on the bow of the USS Northampton. Presumably an attempt to deceive a submarine captain into thinking the vessel was moving at a high rate of knots and hence apply more offset than was required, resulting in a torpedo miss.

 

[Robert Porter]

I was wondering about that, it was obviously not a real bow wave, but I just thought it was an artifact or possibly wear, did not occur to me that it was intentional.

 

[Wurger]

Hmm...interesting paintwork on the bow of the USS Northampton. Presumably an attempt to deceive a submarine captain into thinking the vessel was moving at a high rate of knots and hence apply more offset than was required, resulting in a torpedo miss.

Yep it was done for the purpose. Here two shots of the Polish destroyer ORP Błyskawica with the same. Please note that the same was done at the stern as well.

 

[michaelmaltby]

1941 .....

 

[michaelmaltby]

1942 ....

 

[Wurger]

BT-7 1941...

 

[michaelmaltby]

1942 ....

 

[Old Wizard]