Blair217 Posted April 15, 2014 Share #1 Posted April 15, 2014 ……the coastal Monitors.Not really a ship person but this class of ships always fascinated me- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted April 15, 2014 Share #2 Posted April 15, 2014 I am always amazed with how low slung these were. Looks like it's being scuttled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRISCAN Posted April 16, 2014 Share #3 Posted April 16, 2014 You wanna talk about forgotten ships...She gets no love... yet her crew suffered so grievously... God bless them...U.S.S. Savannah, CL-42Regards,FRISCAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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67Rally Posted April 16, 2014 Share #6 Posted April 16, 2014 You wanna talk about forgotten ships... She gets no love... yet her crew suffered so grievously... God bless them... U.S.S. Savannah, CL-42 Regards, FRISCAN The ship image is of a New Orleans class heavy cruiser. I am betting that it is the Nasty Asty - USS Astoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRISCAN Posted April 17, 2014 Share #7 Posted April 17, 2014 Rally, That IS the U.S.S. Savannah, CL-42 on her Commissioning Day. March 10th, 1938.Regards, FRISCAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted April 17, 2014 Share #8 Posted April 17, 2014 Rally, That IS the U.S.S. Savannah, CL-42 on her Commissioning Day. March 10th, 1938. Regards, FRISCAN Roger. I think that the perspective combined with the the early superstructure configuration threw me off. I looked at some other images of her from the late 30s. Sorry for my confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRISCAN Posted April 18, 2014 Share #9 Posted April 18, 2014 Roger. I think that the perspective combined with the the early superstructure configuration threw me off. I looked at some other images of her from the late 30s. Sorry for my confusion. No problem Rally! She underwent several refits in her short ten year service. She underwent a refit ate Mare Island in '39. Another refit in Jan. '42, another in Sept. '42. Another in April '43 in New York and she was of course laid up from Dec. '43 - Oct. '44 due to the damage she sustained in Sept. '43. A lot of her refits dealt simply with minor upgrades except the Jan. '42 refit which actually brought her up to wartime standards with armored gussets for her 5" In. gunnery replacement of the .50 Cal. AA guns to single mount 20mm AA guns and the addition of many more 20 mm AA guns. New paint scheme...etc. The flying bridge was cut down to lighten and stream line her. Just a LOT of upgrades. Of course, during her refit after Salerno they REALLY changed her. Regards, FRISCAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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