by jpeeler » Fri Mar 13, 2026 7:53 pm
Fellow CV-67 fans,
Having read George C. Wilson's Super Carrier one too many times, I'm seized with the idea of building the 1:700 Trumpeter kit to depict Big John during the 1983-84 deployment covered in the book. However, I'm having trouble nailing down some of the details of things, such as CIWS locations (there's one on the port side forward on a new sponson, but I can't find the rest) and so forth that I'd need to backdate. Starboard-side details are especially difficult to find. The "67" appears to still be on the side of the island, and I note SPS-49 is fitted, but I can't find any other fine details such as weapons/sensor locations and so forth that might have been different prior to the well-covered 1984-85 refit.
I've scoured the cruise books, the NavSource photo database, Bert Kinzey's book about CV-67, and my copy of Stefan Terzibaschitsch's carriers book, but with no luck finding that much from the early '80s. Any pointers toward material that may help keep me from going crazy (or, more appropriately, crazier) will be cheerfully welcomed.
Jodie Peeler
Fellow CV-67 fans,
Having read George C. Wilson's [i]Super Carrier[/i] one too many times, I'm seized with the idea of building the 1:700 Trumpeter kit to depict Big John during the 1983-84 deployment covered in the book. However, I'm having trouble nailing down some of the details of things, such as CIWS locations (there's one on the port side forward on a new sponson, but I can't find the rest) and so forth that I'd need to backdate. Starboard-side details are especially difficult to find. The "67" appears to still be on the side of the island, and I note SPS-49 is fitted, but I can't find any other fine details such as weapons/sensor locations and so forth that might have been different prior to the well-covered 1984-85 refit.
I've scoured the cruise books, the NavSource photo database, Bert Kinzey's book about CV-67, and my copy of Stefan Terzibaschitsch's carriers book, but with no luck finding that much from the early '80s. Any pointers toward material that may help keep me from going crazy (or, more appropriately, [i]crazier[/i]) will be cheerfully welcomed.
Jodie Peeler