by Tracy White » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:54 pm
Paragraph of Vestal's
Pearl Harbor Damage Report says:
The first bomb hit the forecastle deck about a foot aft of frame 43, eight feet to starboard of the centerline, as shown on Plate I. It penetrated four decks of the thicknesses shown on Plate II, which add to a total of one inch of medium steel and 3-1/2 inches of wood
Photo 2 shows what looks to be splintered wood - it doesn't really look like there's any paint present, but I'm not going to put any credence on that as proof.
What I will say is that this is the same problem with have with
Arizona's color. SHIPS-2 in January doesn't list Deck Blue, but SHIPS-2 of September 1941 does. Was this the earliest the Pacific Fleet heard of this, or was there advance discussion of it? Evidence throughout the fleet and war suggests that there was some warning and discussion at higher levels, but we still have no documentation that says when supplies were available to whom. It's a crap shoot at this point.
Paragraph of Vestal's [url=http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/AR4/PearlHarborDamageReport.html]Pearl Harbor Damage Report[/url] says:
[quote]The first bomb hit the forecastle deck about a foot aft of frame 43, eight feet to starboard of the centerline, as shown on Plate I. It penetrated four decks of the thicknesses shown on Plate II, which add to a total of one inch of medium steel and 3-1/2 inches of wood[/quote]
[url=http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/AR4/PearlHarborDamageReport.html#Photo2]Photo 2[/url] shows what looks to be splintered wood - it doesn't really look like there's any paint present, but I'm not going to put any credence on that as proof.
What I will say is that this is the same problem with have with [url=http://researcheratlarge.blogspot.com/2011/08/was-arizona-blue.html]Arizona's color[/url]. SHIPS-2 in January doesn't list Deck Blue, but SHIPS-2 of September 1941 does. Was this the earliest the Pacific Fleet heard of this, or was there advance discussion of it? Evidence throughout the fleet and war suggests that there was some warning and discussion at higher levels, but we still have no documentation that says when supplies were available to whom. It's a crap shoot at this point.