Tin Man

Hrumphh!!! Ok, thnks for the hint! I make them USS Pidgeon and USS Ortalan? I think these catermarans could have supported DSRV ALIVIN though? I could be way wrong on that.

I took the Kellie and Dolores as DSRV support ships but they are only DSRV capable I think.

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RustyBattleship

Okay. Next question is yours.

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I believe the USS Holt, a Knox class frigate, was named after an Australian Prime Minister, much like Winston Churchill, an Arleigh Burke destroyer, was named after a British Prime Minister. All the way with LBJ.... Harold E. Holt FF 1074.

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Sea Toby

Name the three British aircraft carriers the former Queen Mum, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon christened? Give away hint: the same name.

Tin Man

Ok, what was the largest submarine kill of WWII in terms of a single attacked ship.
What was the victims tonnage?
Where did it happen?
What was the name or ID of the submarine?

dundonrl

do you mean the largest ship sunk by a submarine, or the highest loss of life..

for largest ship

IJS Shimano
62,000 tons
Inland Japanese Sea
USS Archerfish 4 torpedoes

for greatest loss of life
Wilhelm Gustloff
9400+ dead
Baltic Sea
S-13 (Soviet Submarine) 3 torpedeos

Tin Man

Spot on, and I was indeed talking of displacement. This happened in the Kumano sea? The Japanese had different names for the same stretches of water. I also have a different displacement figure for the Shimano, but I don`t really want to go there! A mere trifle!

Your question dundonrl.

Albany Rifles

As I recall, the Archerfish was considered a bit of a bad luck sub....this combat cruise was a real break through for it. Two of the points that stick out with me is 1) one of the torperdoes stuck right on the butt end af a transverse mounted beam. The explosion blew it clear out of the hull on the far side...greatly increasing the damage (lucky shot!) 2) The Japanese damage control aboard the Shinano was pretty bad. And when DC crew fired up the vents, it spread gasoline fumes thoughout the ship which turned it into a giant bomb.

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RustyBattleship

Archerfish/Shinano:

Also, Shinano was on her way to a "Fitting Out" shipyard to have a few details done like installing ALL of the water tight doors and finish piping up the fire pumps and some menial ballast pumps.

I know it's not my turn to ask a question, but this reminded me of something I read in my book of the Shinano (and later verified by our last shipyard Commander who spent some time over there).

Shinano was built in a dry dock so its launching was actually a filling of the dry dock with water.

What mistake was done with the Caisson?
What did Shinano do?
What disciplinary action was taken with the docking officer?

TopHatter

What mistake was done with the Caisson? The ballast tanks inside the caisson (the drydock "gate" seperating the dock from the bay) had never been flooded.

Once they started flooding the drydock, the gate blasted open, instantly flooding the dock.

What did Shinano do? She slammed back and forth against the other end of the dock 2 or 3 times, with her bow taking the brunt of the damage.

I can only imagine what that must have looked and sounded like

What disciplinary action was taken with the docking officer? That I don't know. More than likely he was "invited onward".

SnowLeopard

In a matter of speaking, that could include quite a few .... unless one really wants to get difficult and say that submarines are boats and are excluded from the question. (I take it you mean never held high office in the United States)

Ie, the Tecumseh (SSBN-628) and the Kamehameha (SSBN-642).

The other thing is that Alvin IS NOT a DSRV ...... it's a DSV. I suppose an ASR could support it, but that would be something extreme since there are other ships better suited for that such as the Atlantis. (starboard view is the Atlantis, top view is the Thomas G. Thompson, lead ship). (from navsource.org)

By the by, for Alvin, it's not a hanger ...... it's a garage.
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RustyBattleship

You must have the same book as I have. But for neglecting to flood the ballast tanks of the caisson, the docking officer (actually the chief engineer of the shipyard) was "invited onward" to commit sepuko.

RAL's_pal?

To hijack this thread for a bit, hey cRusty, speaking of books.....

TopHatter

Written by Captain Enright?

Heh, I was right (just click on those underlined words in my post )

Go ahead and ask another question Dick, I don't have a good one ready

Ironduke

Since it's been a week since somebody last asked a question, I'll shoot.

What was the original name of the first US naval vessel to incorporate steam power?

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