kidcurrie42 wrote:
I cannot determine from photographs of her early days as to the definate positions, also not sure as to the date that the Pensacola model depicts her in, but i seem to make out 8 weapons on the island, so maybe a modified Yorktown layout with 4 groups of 4 .50 Cals around the flightdeck, but staggered unlike Yorktowns Symetrical layout.
Any thoughts welcome,
Looking at my photos I would say you got it as close as I can tell.
Dick J wrote:
Where in the world did this come from?? This post is the first I have even heard it speculated (other than the quad 40MM to port), and I am fairly sure that Wasp had NO 40MM. The June 28, '42 photo of her in San Diego clearly shows that the original 4 1.1's were still in place, and the port-side tub (added during that "quick refit") was empty. Wasp headed directly to the South Pacific from San Diego. I don't think she even stopped at Pearl on the way.
This question has been bothering me for quite sometime, after much research I have come into possession of a series of 3 photos taken during the Wasp's death and they clearly show the tub as being empty.
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Anyone interested in the rest of the series, please PM me and I will do my best to get them to you. I do not have a scanner so I have to take a picture of a picture but you still can make out the detail.
Matt