Navy Photos - Colorado Class Battleship

[chris3bs]

Just acquired these photos in the last several days..

 

Chris

[Salvage Sailor]

The last photo, "Swim Call"

[chris3bs]

Thanks.. More like "Bait Call". I was thinking maybe KW - but there was a suggestion WW2..

 

Chris

[Salvage Sailor]

COLORADO class battleship in case you're wondering.

 

USS COLORADO (BB-45)

USS MARYLAND (BB-46)

USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48)*

(*BB-47 Washington was cancelled in the interwar years due to treaty limitations)

[Boy Howdy]

What's the proper designation for those sea planes?

They look huge!

 

[Salvage Sailor]

They are.....

 

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

 

 

All you wish to know about these aircraft is here - Vought OS2U Kingfisher (1938)
US Navy USN Scout Floatplane (1938), 1,519 built
The standard WWII USN observation floatplane

[Boy Howdy]

Thank you!

I saw WW 2 fighters at the USS Intrepid museum pre 9-11 and was very impressed.

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 7/20/2021 at 8:16 AM, chris3bs said:

Thanks.. More like "Bait Call". I was thinking maybe KW - but there was a suggestion WW2..

 

Chris

 

Aloha Chris,

 

These photos are from WWII in the PTO.  It may be either the Maryland or West Virginia after being raised from the muck in Pearl Harbor and modernized.  Though it may also be the Colorado.  All of the Colorado class battleships were stricken in 1947 prior to the Korean War.

 

[chris3bs]

Thank You..