MartinJQuinn wrote:
LIFE image of South Dakota at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in 1942:
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/c9 ... 2ae6f.htmlSorry for the thread necromancy, but as I was just perusing my BB kits, I noticed that both the Trumpeter SoDak is in its 1944 outfit.
And I need it to be in its 1942 outfit, pre-Guadalcanal.
And, I have noticed very little in this thread that mentions it during that period....
This photo is nice to have, But.... It looks like there is an AA platform on the front of Turret #1.... What gives?
Does anyone have a plan of the AA outfit on the SoDak for the latter half of 1942 into early 1943?
Also, this photo looks like she has some form of Ms.12mod. Is that the case?
Are there any illustrations of what that pattern actually is (so I don't have to fake it)?
MB
Edit: Navsource shows the following AA configurations for theSoDak:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/57a.htmPhotos # 19 - 24, showing her in the Summer (June/July) of 1942 (The photos were too large to post.
http://navsource.org/archives/01/057/015705.jpghttp://www.navsource.org/archives/01/015701.jpghttp://navsource.org/archives/01/057/015701c.jpghttp://www.navsource.org/archives/01/015734.jpghttp://www.navsource.org/archives/01/015717.jpghttp://navsource.org/archives/01/057/015749a.jpgShe looks to have two 20mms P/S on the bow; Three each on Turrets B, C; three each, P/S, next to turret B; 3 each, P/S, next to the aft Superstructure/deck housing foreward of Turret C; it looks like 2 more, P/S, just above the aft 3, P/S; ... and maybe a few more on the superstructure forward (I can't tell from the photos.
And, it looks like the larger AA are Quad 1.1" (I did not realize that these are actually .75 cal.), mounted in the upper forward superstructure, P/S; on the aft superstructure center; and two on the fantail (as shown in the last photo: #24)
Would these be the same as at Santa Cruz, and Guadalcanal?
Looking down the Navsource photos..... It looks like she had some photos added between Summer of 42 and the Fall of 1942.
http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/015716.jpgBut this photo of her in November of '42 (After Guadalcanal), shows some Quad 40mms on the P/S forward deckhouse (where the #9 & #10 5"/38 turrets would have been), but it still looks like she has the Quad 1.1" in the superstructure, and on the center aft superstructure behind Turret C... I can't tell if the fantail still has the Quad 1.1" or Twin 40MMs, though.
So, she obviously had additional AA added at Puget Sound, or on the West Coast somewhere, before heading to the South Pacific Theatre.
She is my favorite USN BB, and I want to get her right. She will also be my first ship to rig (but that won't happen till next spring at this rate).