|
Updates for August 2010:
Fire Control Radar, Mk 8 - Ordnance Pamphlet for radar used on Battleships and Cruisers.
1943 interview with two SBD Squadron Commanders, one from USS Enterprise during the battle of Santa Cruz
December, 1941 Order regarding the painting of bow numerals on Navy Ships.
Updates for July 2010:
1942 US Aircraft Carrier Fuel Capacity & Endurance.
1943 Interview with Col. Elliot Roosevelt regarding photo-reconnaissance in the Mediterranean theatre
Camouflage Document Updates:
PT Boat Camouflage for Squadrons 13 & 16
March, 1943 Memo authorizing the use of commercial paint manufacturers for the aquisistion of camouflage paint
February, 1943 Memo authorizing New York Navy Yard the use of commercial paint manufacturers for the aquisistion of camouflage paint
Updates for June 2010:
Air Summary No 18: Notes on Japanese Aircraft - July 1943
USS Massachusetts BB-59 Report on Storm Damage - February, 1943
Some more Camouflage documents as well:
Comdt.,Charleston, S.C. letter dated Sept. 5, 1941 which included:
Request from USS Turquoise PY-18 for Black tinting Paste - August 1941
February 1945 Bureau of Ships PT Boat Camouflage Memo
Some June "Today in Pacific History" entries.
Updates for May 2010:
"Today in Pacific History" updates for April. Note: hiatus in May to catch up on other things.
1943 interview of two pilots on the mission to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto.
A Letter and response from Everett Warner, WWI Navy Camofleur to the Navy prior to WWII offering his services.
February 1942 memo from BuOrd regarding camouflage of ordnance pieces.
June 1943 Air Information Summary No 14: Exhasut Flame Patterns of Japanese Aircraft.
Updates for April 2010:
"Today in Pacific History" updates.
June, 1943 interview of USS Bogue's Captain and Air Group Commander reguarding convoy duty in the battle of the Atlantic.
June, 1943, Air Information Summary #12 - Comparative Performance of Japanese Fighter Aircraft.
July, 1941 notes regarding a telephone conversation regarding camouflage paint between BuShips and the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Updates for March 2010:
Added the "Today in History" feature and created the first 25 days.
USS Kearny DD-432 Preliminaryy Damage Report, October 1941
US Navy Tugs, General Characteristics, 1944
Updates for February 2010:
Heap-big paint and camouflage update this month, including (in chronological order):
A November 1940 memo regarding Camouflage in
war plans.
This June 1941 memo about paint sample errors.
A July 1941 memo to the Inspector of Naval Materials, Schenectady regarding paint samples.
Memo dated September 13, 1941 to BuShips regarding paint correspondence, confusion, and manufacturing.
This September 12 Memo from the Commander of Destroyer Flotilla ONE to Destroyer Squadron FIVE regarding camouflage experiments.
A September, 20 memo from Buships ordering the paint yards to directly substitute paints on requests.
The last September Memo is from CinCPac to the Commander Destroyers, Battle Force ordering camouflage experiments.
A December 1941 memo regarding use of Navy Blue paint for the atlantic fleet.
And finally, a January 1942 Fleet Letter to
the Atlantic Fleet regarding the painting of bow numbers.
Special thanks to Ron Smith for three of the above documents!
Updates for January 2010:
Davy Jones fought on the side of the US Navy, as this October 1942 Memo shows.
New section under multi-theater; camouflage for Navy bases and shore facilities, termed Passive Defense. This section includes the original Passive Defense Handbook 1, a supplement on fuel tank camouflage, the Second Supplement, with more on paint, and for now ends with the third supplement, with instructions for camouflaging airport runways and roads.
Updates for December 2009:
Wartime History of DE-51 Buckley
CV-9 report on the effectiveness of Mk 49 Gun Directors
Updates for November 2009:
1941 Fleet Organization
1931 Fleet Organization
1931 Command Title Abbreviations
Updates for October 2009:
US Navy Turret tops - New Section of documents regarding color painting of battleship and cruiser turret tops
April, 1943 CVE Panama Canal clearances
Updates for September 2009:
1943 July CVL Aircraft hangar warm-ups
1943 October Moto Tugs for Aircraft Carriers
Updates for August 2009:
Added information on BB-60 Alabama to the Mk49 Gun Director Page.
1938 USN Mail Distribution List for researchers.
1938 instructions for Radio Direction Finding from a single ship.
Updates for July 2009:
I realized that I had finished but not linked to this April 1942 CV-3 Saratoga Damage Report
Added a 1939 Amphibious "Surf Training"document released by the USMC.
Added a 1941 Action Damage Report for USS Shaw and USS Cassin that orders Shaw's repair and provides an example of a similar repair.
Updated the Mk 49 Gun Fire Director page, with new data on the Farragut and Fletcher class destroyers.
Updates for June 2009:
To commemorate the June 3 & 4th, 1942 attacks on Dutch Harbor, Alaska, we feature two new documents on the area:
A Report by USAT Filmore's Communication Liason Officer on the journey to Dutch Harbor, the attack, and return.
USMC officer Augustus Cockrell's report on the Grounding of S.S. Northwestern, which was being used to supply power to the area and was bombed by the Japanese.
Updates for May 2009:
A CL-62 USS Birmingham War Record, 1945
Updates for April 2009:
A February 1945 Memo from Admiral Nimitz regarding lessons learned from the December 1944 typhoon that sank three ships and killed nearly 800 sailors.
Updates for March 2009:
To mark the 64th anniversary of the March 19 bombing of CV-13 Franklin, I have posted a 1946 damage report detailing that day and her earlier 1944 damage, previously covered.
Updates for February 2009:
1941 Paint memo for cruisers Honolulu and Boise to pick up 5-S paint for themselves and other ships.
Added more photos of DD-689 USS Wadleigh being repaired to her Repair in Forward areas page.
Updates for January 2009:
The Mightly "B": Cruiser Birmingham
Updates for December 2008: Our Third Anniversary!
CV-8 Hornet Battle of Midway Damage
Report
February 1941 New Paints Memo with formula
for 5-D Dark Gray
March 1941 New Paints Memo with formulas for 5-O
Ocean Gray and 5-L Light Gray
Updates for November 2008:
USS Raleigh Damage Report - Pearl Harbor attack
Updates for October 2008:
November 1943 guide for Anti-submarine screen formations
November 1944 log of an unknown Destroyer during the invasion of Guam
Finished Chapter 3 of OEG Report 51: Antisubmarine Warfare in World War II.
Updates for September 2008:
Basic information on the Mk 49 AA Gun director
Instructions for painting Measure 32 patterns 3SS and 9SS on submarines, 1944
Updates for August 2008:
Whole lotta 1941 paint info!
April order regarding ingredients for a tinting paste used to convert prewar gray to 5-D
August orders to several bases and ships from Mare Island ordering them to re-submit paint requisitions, including Pearl Harbor Navy Yard; Puget Sound Navy Yard; Naval Supply Depot, San Diego;
USS Arizona; and USS Pennsylvania
August order for CL-50 Helena to repaint in 5-S Sea Blue
Updates for July 2008:
CA-38 San Francisco, second-most decorated US Navy Ship in WWII, damage report for her Guadalcanal action posted.
Updates for June 2008:
Last aviation interview for a bit, this one of the commanding officer of Patrol Squadron 91 during the Solomon Islands Campaign.
Added a paper by the Captain of CV-11 Intrepid regarding her handling following torpedo damage in February, 1944.
Updates for May 2008:
Added another interview: this one of Lieutenant H.B. Harden,
Air Operations Officer, CV-6 ENTERPRISE, dated March 4, 1943.
Added a document on US Aircraft carrier
markings immediately postwar.
Updates for April 2008:
Added a document about strengthening US Destroyer Bows for submarine ramming in 1943.
Added an interview with Lt. Col Edward Montgomery, USMC, regarding US Marines flying with the Royal Air Force in 1943 to learn night-fighting skills.
Updates for March 2008:
1943 Navy interview with Medal of Honor winner Joe Foss, USMC, regarding action at Guadalcanal.
Two new PT Camouflage Documents; a July 1944 Pacific-based PT Camouflage order and September 1944 revision.
Two new Aircraft carrier camouflage documents; a January 1945 memo from Air Force, Pacific Fleet requesting change, and a February 1945 Pacific Fleet Maintenance Office memo forwarding those changes to the Pacific Fleet.
Updates for February 2008:
New naval ship camouflage documents; 1941 Order to remove insignias from ships and the copy of the S19-7 Serial 631 that pertains to camouflage of Auxiliaries
Started Chapter 3 of OEG 51: Antisubmarine Warfare in WWII
Updates for January 2008:
Added "Pattern" Boresighting for Fighter Aircraft, a 1943 USN document, to the Aircraft Section.
Added a new camouflage document for 1943; the introduction of the Tropical Green System.
Updates for December 2007:
Added Characteristics of Enemy Submarines, a 1943 summary of what the USN knew about U-boats and Japanese submarines at that point of the war.
Updates for November 2007:
Added a document detailing using PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats as minelayers in 1943.
Updates for October 2007:
Added a Damage report for DD-407 following a kamikaze attack in 1945.
New camouflage document for January 1945 posted.
Hi Fitz!!
Updates for September 2007:
Added a 1944 camouflage memo and attachment
detailing PT boat camouflage in the Pacific.
Added a page and a half to the OEG Report on ASW in
WWII.
Updates for August 2007:
Added a 1942 paint memo on the camouflage painting of new-construction destroyers and an August, 1941 memo from the Commandant of the 13th Naval District clarifying camouflage instructions.
Updates for July 2007:
Added TONS of Navy Ship Camouflage memos in the US Navy Camouflage Section: 1940's 4CN-40: Camouflage Painting for Destroyers, 1941 memos (April) Outside Gray Paints, Deck Staining, Camouflage for new Construction, 15-CN-41: Camouflage Experiments, the SHIPS-2 Rev 1 Distribution letter and SHIPS-2 itself, and finally for 1941, Atlantic Fleet 13 CL-41 and the transition to Measure 12 Mod. Also added a 1942 Pacific Fleet memo ordering Measure 21 for most ships. August's updates will not be this large!
Updates for June 2007:
Added the Naval Armed Guards report on the attack on Dutch Harbor and a late 1941 US Navy Camouflage Paint Memo.
Updates for May 2007:
Added the start of Chapter 2, Part 1 of OEG Report #51, ASW in World War II.
Updates for April 2007:
Added Chapter 1, Part 1 of OEG Report #51, ASW in World War II.
Updates for March 2007:
Started adding a new document, OEG Report #51, ASW in World War II. As the original was a near-200 page document it will take some time.
Updates for February 2007:
Laptop problems kept me sidelined most of the month, but I did manage to add another December 1944 Ship Camouflage Memo to the ship camouflage section.
Updates for January 2007:
Added a section on BB-57 USS South Dakota and a War Damage Report for her June 19, 1944 bombing.
Updates for December 2006:
Added a page on Pre-war US Navy Aircraft Painting
Added a page on Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Arlington, Washington.
Added a new section on US Naval Camouflage.
Updates for November 2006:
Added a page and documents regarding the sinking of the Soviet Submarine L16 and a US Navy sailor aboard her in 1942.
Updates for October 2006:
Added Wadleigh's Repair in Forward Area Chapter.
Finished Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II.
Added a photo page for ZPNK - US Navy "K" Class Blimps.
Updates for September 2006:
Two new cruiser pages; one for CL-81 Houston and another for CL-96 Reno with corresponding entries in the "Forward Repair" book.
New destroyer page for DD-415 O'Brien and her DD-415 O'Brien repair in forward area entry.
Updates for August 2006:
PG-50 Erie Section & report on Salvage following torpedo damage, November 1942.
Posted Table of Contents for new special topic: Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II
Updates for July 2006:
CV-14 Ticonderoga section and war damage report for January, 1945 posted.
New CV-11 Intrepid section & a report on her repair following torpedo attack, February 1944.
Updates for June 2006:
Report and Photographs on the bombing of Dutch Harbor, June,
1942.
Updates for May 2006:
CV-12 Hornet page and
Report on Flight Deck Collapse during
Typhoon.
Updates for February 2006:
November 1941 report on Canadian Intelligence on
Japan
Sky Lookout - Construction of
40 MM Guns - Installation on CV9 Class
|
