Tracy White wrote:
There's been a lot of refinement and expansion to what we know about the class in the last decade. Still a lot to nail down, too. I'm still working on the AN/APS-6 and SCR-70 radars and any sort of documentation for deck spotting. But, I would say we have all of the large featured for the class nailed down at least.
Yes, our knowledge is getting better and better. Also thanks to your great work. But "old common knowledge"
is still present in some books, magazines, on the internet.
skrakow wrote:
Thanks, Tracy. That's conclusive enough for me - Bunker Hill indeed had two additional quad sets (and not the 'elaborate' ones on blister platforms) starboard aft, during her 'dazzle period'. Which is, by the way, contradicting res. correcting the info contained here:
http://www.steelnavy.com/essex_data.htm ... iconderogaHowever, it does confirm info given in here:
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/bo ... craft.htmlWill divert my Dragon CV-9 Essex into an early CV-10 Yorktown, and will use the Dragon Hornet as basis for Bunker Hill.
We have also photographic confirmation:
It is censored photograph, but 40 mm quads are visable.
I think that early ships of the class (CV-9, CV-10, CV-16 and CV-17) were completed without these two quads, but Yorktown, Lexington and Bunker Hill received them shortly after. I believe only USS Essex went to war zone without them. So if you want to build USS Yorktown during Pacific War you will also need sprue R from Dragon Hornet kit.
Regards
Adam