taskforce48 wrote:
I also forgot to add these two images from NARA. While not definitive, add more to the MS21 argument.
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USS Maury comes alongside the South Dakota after Santa Cruz
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Church services aboard the South Dakota. I did not scan the caption card on this one, but the accompanying image of her taken from above turret 3 looking aft, shows Washington and Enterprise in the background so right time frame.
Matt
These are some great photos.
I had started some SoDak PE and 3D parts a few years ago, which got derailed by a paralyzed arm and part of my body.
I am kind of glad now that it was so delayed, as there are some details that these photos show, aside from the color, that are a big help to completing the set.
It is stunning that no one has done a 1942 outfit of this ship, nor many of her sisters, as a model.
I had wondered about the camo measure at the time as well, with most saying it was Ms. 12, while the Santa Cruz picks caused me to wonder about that.
But the photo of her with Maury is a pretty decent piece of evidence for Ms. 21.
It is often very hard to tell the “color” of ships in the WWII photos due to the film they used, and the lack of any ability to control the cameras in the way that the Box-Cameras with detachable lenses (the predecessors of the SLR) could do (controlling iris and shutter-speed).
And this is in addition to the salt buildup and fading of the paint, on top of other weathering, combined with the tendency to shoot in very hard lighting conditions.
MB