bwross11 wrote:
Another head scratcher. Chuck Hansen in his technical history indicates that during the May to December 1942 timeframe, that the San Francisco carried 2-26ft motor whaleboats, 1-30ft motor launch and 1-36ft motor launch; the last two in cradles on the over hangar deck.
As I've searched the internet for pictures I've noticed that most models depicting San Francisco during this timeframe have a pair of 36fts with a pair of 26fts nested on the over hangar deck in addition to the two 26fts in the davits forward of the catapults.
Question is, does anyone have any definitive evidence one way or the other it is? I'm inclined to believe Hansen but just want to check before I commit.
thanks
Bruce
I think Rick Davis addressed this earlier in the thread.
I'll look back through the thread in a sec to see if I can find it.
But I seem to recall that he said that the SF herself only had two-to-four boats by the time of the Battles in Fall of 1942 in the Savo Sound.
I cannot recall the lengths, but it was two in the davits, and two in cradles on the Hangar.
MB
Edit:
And after looking back through this thread from when I joined the forum in Summer-2015, I can only find one mention of the Ship's Boats, that those above the hangar were removed early in the war:
viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6603&p=701921&hilit=Ships+Boats#p701921And looking through my
Warship Pictorial #7: New Orleans-class Cruisers it says on p. 7 that "The small boat accommodation has been reduced to two 40ft motor launches and four 26ft motor whaleboats" (Feb '42).
And photos of the Astoria on Navsource show just two 40ft Launches on the Hangar, and nothing in the davits to port, but a whaleboat in the davits to Starboard (July '42):
http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/034/0403402.jpghttp://www.navsource.org/archives/04/034/0403407.jpgp.18 of the WP#7 shows that another 26ft Whaleboat is on the hangar roof in May '42, on the side with the boat missing from the davits (Port).
pp. 14 - 15 of
Warship Pictorial #2: USS Minneapolis CA-36 show the ships with what looks to be the 2-and-2 boats.
Tuscaloosa in early '42 seems to show the 2-and-2 (40ft & 26ft) arrangement as well, but the Hangar deck could well be holding another pair of 26ft Whaleboats:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/037/0403701.gifBut the rest of the images of the Quincy, & Vincennes that I can find show that they had 2 & 4 boats (40ft & 26ft) when they were sunk.