Mystery Object
Aug 20, 2016 07:32:16 #
Yep, it is a float plane cat. Also visible in the photo is the recovery crane on the fantail used to lift the aircraft back onto the battleship. Thanks for sharing your photo.
Bob
Bob
Aug 20, 2016 07:42:53 #
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Aug 20, 2016 08:11:30 #
Darn! I am late to the party again, and I actually knew what it was.:):) Nice shot too!
Aug 20, 2016 08:39:46 #
machia
Loc: NJ
I thought it was a BB crane for cat launches !
And yes the four Iowa class BB's had theirs removed in the early 1980's when Pres . Reagan announced that the U.S. would build a 600 ship Navy . USS Wisconsin and Missouri were the last to serve after pounding Iraqi positions in the 1991 Gulf War .
And yes the four Iowa class BB's had theirs removed in the early 1980's when Pres . Reagan announced that the U.S. would build a 600 ship Navy . USS Wisconsin and Missouri were the last to serve after pounding Iraqi positions in the 1991 Gulf War .
Aug 20, 2016 08:45:52 #
I was always told that if you didn't know what something was it was either a thingamajig or a dilly whopper...
-Bushy
-Bushy
Aug 20, 2016 09:05:57 #
Wenonah wrote:
His reply was a joke.
NO> You can look it up on You Tube. The Turboencabulator. will explain how this is a part of the new Rockwell transmission. Which is now being used in Nover Trunions
Aug 20, 2016 09:33:01 #
Nikonbob wrote:
Yep, it is a float plane cat. Also visible in the photo is the recovery crane on the fantail used to lift the aircraft back onto the battleship. Thanks for sharing your photo.
Bob
Bob
Doesn't that crane also lift the aircraft onto the catapult for launching?
Aug 20, 2016 09:40:15 #
boberic wrote:
It is the drawn reciprocating dingle arm which is necessary for a forescent score motion. This actually the first one I have ever seen
Aug 20, 2016 09:40:23 #
I just watched a fascinating documentary on the importance of photo reconnaissance in WWII, and a big part of what they discovered and ended up hunting for were the ramps the Germans used to launch the "buzz-bomb" pilotless drones. This makes me think it is a launching ramp of some sort. But of course, you didn't provide the detail of exactly where this is located, which would help. Looks like a ship, so I would have guessed this might be a ramp for launching something - drones, torpedoes, depth charges, etc...
Aug 20, 2016 09:41:35 #
boberic wrote:
It is the drawn reciprocating dingle arm which is necessary for a forescent score motion. This actually the first one I have ever seen
Where do the dingle balls and dingle berries go?
Aug 20, 2016 09:41:58 #
kjfishman wrote:
Another Mystery Object. Do you know what function this served?
It beats me, but it's a nice photo of it, whatever it is.
Aug 20, 2016 10:04:59 #
Big Bill
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
Tpharm wrote:
Explain in US Army talk, because I still don't know.
Simple: it's something (usually a "device") used by recruits for something (usually called an "exercise").
Officers and non-coms over E-6 won't even look at them.
Aug 20, 2016 12:34:03 #
Yes, the crane hoists the float plane onto the catapult after it comes alongside. Many of the scout/observation float planes were Vought OS2Us.
Here is a link to a photo of the aircraft on a catapult.
http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/floatplane-18.jpg
Here is a link to a photo of the aircraft on a catapult.
http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/floatplane-18.jpg
Aug 20, 2016 12:38:43 #
Nikonbob wrote:
Yes, the crane hoists the float plane onto the catapult after it comes alongside. Many of the scout/observation float planes were Vought OS2Us.
Here is a link to a photo of the aircraft on a catapult.
http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/floatplane-18.jpg
Here is a link to a photo of the aircraft on a catapult.
http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/floatplane-18.jpg
Thanks for sharing the image of this in action!
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