patches Posted April 10, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 10, 2016 Is this foto for real??? Ocean doesn't look that stormy USS Lunga Point, Is it me? looks shopped? note the ships Island, it's not tilted, what, did this ship have an articulated front flight deck??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 10, 2016 Share #2 Posted April 10, 2016 Isn't that when it ran aground during towing or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted April 10, 2016 Isn't that when it ran aground during towing or something like that? Here's but one site on Flattops, makes no mention of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted April 10, 2016 Share #4 Posted April 10, 2016 Looks tilted to me. I've seen another view of a Jeep carrier in a crazy tilt in heavy seas too. I'll try and find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted April 10, 2016 Here's a larger view, as well as another view of it strait on. It comes from NavSource Site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 10, 2016 Share #6 Posted April 10, 2016 How about this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted April 10, 2016 Share #7 Posted April 10, 2016 According to navsource, the photo were taken during a storm in 1945 from the USS Makin Island CVE-93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted April 10, 2016 Looks tilted to me. I've seen another view of a Jeep carrier in a crazy tilt in heavy seas too. I'll try and find it. It's the Island that's not tilted, it is upright in comparison to the flight deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted April 10, 2016 Share #9 Posted April 10, 2016 Found a few from Halsey's Typhoon in 44. Cowpens is the CVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted April 10, 2016 Share #10 Posted April 10, 2016 Two more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 10, 2016 Share #11 Posted April 10, 2016 "The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) in a western Pacific storm, October 1945. Another escort carrier is steaming astern, beyond her starboard quarter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted April 10, 2016 How about this one? cvu91-2.jpg Right, but Makassar Strait, when this was taken was a Target, a decommissioned vessel and ran aground close to shore, Lunga Point was out on the High Sea, looks to be breaking up right, but there no narrative on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted April 10, 2016 Share #13 Posted April 10, 2016 It's the Island that's not tilted, it is upright in comparison to the flight deck. I think it may just be the angles and camera view playing tricks on you. The island is tilted in relation to the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 10, 2016 Share #14 Posted April 10, 2016 Right, but Makassar Strait, when this was taken was a Target, a decommissioned vessel and ran aground close to shore, Lunga Point was out on the High Sea, looks to be breaking up right, but there no narrative on this. sorry I'm running on no sleep that's my fault... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #15 Posted April 10, 2016 Found a few from Halsey's Typhoon in 44. Cowpens is the CVE In all instances the vessels Islands are not out of joint with the flight deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Driver Posted April 10, 2016 Share #16 Posted April 10, 2016 In all instances the vessels Islands are not out of joint with the flight deck. I think what's make it look off is the presence of the ship behind it. The island on the rearmost ship is in line with the island of the closer ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted April 10, 2016 I think it may just be the angles and camera view playing tricks on you. The island is tilted in relation to the horizon. I don't know, look at the angle of the flight deck, the face of it is almost perpendicular to to the water, and the area just in front of the Island, seems to be level, like the forward part of the vessel is breaking, the vessel breaking in two. Strange, Also what looks like personnel on the deck, they look like they're walking around normally, at such an angle like this, they would practically if not altogether be in an inverted crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 10, 2016 Share #18 Posted April 10, 2016 wait a minute! that ship is coming towards us going up and down in the waves rather than rolling side to side, notice the white line to the left it runs up and down the deck from bow to stern of the deck. as shown in this picture of the USS SAVO ISLAND (CVE-78) which i added arrows to show the lines i am talking about.this would be a slightly angled deck with the stern higher than the bow rather than something similar to the USS MIDWAY'S 26 degree roll that in theory should have capsized her. maybe im the only one who thought it was traveling to the right side of the picture rolling to the side?also sorry about earlier I was definitely in no state to be contributing or trying anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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