by G-Rider » Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:48 pm
Russ2146 wrote:Well, that's something that's hard to say. I never heard of it being an issue as several Admirals had their flagships shot up enough that they had to shift their flags to other ships, and I heard about this admiral named Callahan who went down with his flagship.
During the first Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of November 12-13, 1942, the cruisers USS Atlanta and USS San Francisco were leading the heavy ships, behind the van destroyers. RAdm. Norman Scott was killed on the bridge of the Atlanta, which was scuttled after the battle. RAdm. Daniel Callahan, the Task Force commander, was killed on the bridge of the San Francisco, which survived the battle. Both Scott and Callahan were buried at sea.
(VAdm. Pete Mitscher was kamikaze'd off his flagships, the USS Bunker Hill and USS Enterprise, during the Battle of Okinawa, in 1945.)
GR
[quote="Russ2146"]Well, that's something that's hard to say. I never heard of it being an issue as several Admirals had their flagships shot up enough that they had to shift their flags to other ships, and I heard about this admiral named Callahan who went down with his flagship.[/quote]
During the first Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of November 12-13, 1942, the cruisers USS Atlanta and USS San Francisco were leading the heavy ships, behind the van destroyers. RAdm. Norman Scott was killed on the bridge of the Atlanta, which was scuttled after the battle. RAdm. Daniel Callahan, the Task Force commander, was killed on the bridge of the San Francisco, which survived the battle. Both Scott and Callahan were buried at sea.
(VAdm. Pete Mitscher was kamikaze'd off his flagships, the USS Bunker Hill and USS Enterprise, during the Battle of Okinawa, in 1945.)
GR