Following a link Tracy White posted of AZ elsewhere, I was looking at some Pearl Harbor photos from the LIFE collection. Thought I'd post some of them here.
Nice detail shot of California, being salvaged post 12/7/41
here. Couple of observations:
- The (very dark) color of California's superstructure seems to match that of the ship along her port side, which appears to be also painted Ms1.
- Looks like 3 inch AA guns in the tubs on either side of the fwd superstructure
- The lighter ID color on the top of turret 1 (should be white, IIRC).
- Look how young the sailor in the rear of the boat in the right of the picture is. He looks about 14!
This picture shows the MD alongside the overturned OK. Again, notice how dark MD looks. IIRC, MD had a slightly different forward superstructure than CA, but it seems that her 5D is carried higher up that structure than on CA. You can see her bulges clearly as well.
Another picture shows WV & TN, post attack,
here. You can see 3 inch AA guns in the tubs by WV's aft cage mast. Also, I don't know if it's the light, but it appears in this photo that the WeeVee's color is lighter than CA & MD. Look at the gun barrels on turret 3 - the tone almost matches that of the overturned seaplane by turret four. Also, both the funnels and the boat crane that is swung out to port look lighter than 5D. I'm guessing it's just the light (not trying to start a food fight!), but it's interesting - to me - nonetheless.
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