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Hi Mark,

The photo comes from the National Archives, catalog number 80-G-63560.

The boats in the photo appear to have props but I could be wrong.

Here's another photo showing the configuration of the straps securing the boats.

Hope this helps.

Very much so. Thanks Steve. I did not have a good picture of these boats in any of my references and I could not find any on the internets. Where did this come from?

I have one more question, I noticed that the BOGP lists these boats as 30' - 0" sailing whale boat. Are they truly unpowered or did they have a motor?

Thanks again,
Mark B.

Hope this helps.

Hi guys,

Still working on the c. 1940 Yorktown. I have a question about the boats that were hung under the flight deck over hang amidships. I have attached a section of the Yorktown class Booklet of General Plans showing the ones I’m talking about. If I understand the drawings correctly, the boats are basically suspended beneath the decks by two block and tackles (red ellipses) per boat.

My question is were they secured by other cables/ropes to prevent them from swinging and bumping into things or were the attaching block and tackle arrangements short enough to allow them to swing while preventing them from bumping into things?

TIA and happy modeling.

Mark B.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/qiaWXCI.jpg[/img]

Does anyone know if there are any photographs of Yorktown in the Atlantic during 1941 except for the aerial shot taken at Norfolk in September, 1941?

[quote="SeanF"]No... Looks more like that's "Speed 20, 075 Turn"

Or, if it's meant to be read in first-to-be-hoisted order:

"075 Turn, Speed 20"

- Sean F.[/quote]
THANK YOU...I was tired yesterday and l mixed numbers and
B and speed flags...

While I was NOT a signalman, I concur with SeanF's reading of the flags as this seems plausible given the flag chart in the prior reply. These were meant for escorting ships in the carrier's immediate group in order to (probably) maintain radio silence by issuing visual signals for maneuvering.

Hope this helps!

No... Looks more like that's "Speed 20, 075 Turn"

Or, if it's meant to be read in first-to-be-hoisted order:

"075 Turn, Speed 20"

- Sean F.

Dear all, after hours of search in Naval flag signaling I found out that this is the correct table of signals.
Numbers are not signalled with pennants but with signal flags..square

Check this stunning color picture of, I suppose is Yorktown CV10, signal flags with these codes.

First group (left)
B10
and the second group (right)
075 TURN
But I have no idea of what they mean

look at pg 2 of this link https://emed.ie/_docs/Medicocork-International-Code-Of-Signals.pdf to see what 3 flags reads HX 2.

[quote="TF17Greg"]Dear all l need your help
l would like to put on the Carrier some signalisation flags and l found this code
[b]HX 2[/b] [i]l have recieved serious damage below water line[/i]
and these are flags,
Could it be ok?[/quote]

Kind reminder ifany of you can help... with Signal Flags... thanks

Soooo.....anyone make 1/350 1940-41 Ford Super Delux Woody?

(Never hurts to ask!)

Fantastic that we finally got a picture of the mural! Long time waiting.


Kelley

& maybe 1/200 scale.

Now if we can just get someone to do decals in 1/350 and 1/700!

The Holy Grail of CV-5 :eyebrows:

I posted some of this on the main page, but I'll add a couple of links here so that they're saved.

NOAA has been diving on Yorktown over the past few days, and streaming some amazing footage on YouTube. It looks like the entire event has been cut into one video [url=https://youtu.be/upNXEVe-w3o?si=9A1HVxaJ7ZFxigyr]HERE on YouTube[/url].

Also, there's a separate video from the USS New Jersey museum, specifically on the [url=https://youtu.be/VPn6JXClEk4?si=T2RoIJ6d-Mmj_TCU]hangar deck mural HERE[/url].

Tracy,

Thanks for looking. There's no rush. I've found that's the beauty of working on a ship model, if one step is held up you've got a 1000 other ones to choose from.

Thanks again,
Mark B.

David - you might be right and they might have inherited some philosophies from the Navy, but I've also seen some 1960s sailors argue that their experience has relevancy to what the Navy was doing for paint in WWII and I know for a fact there were significant differences. So, I tend to be a little cautious about using figures and regulations from different eras.

I'm pulling the plans out tonight to remind myself to look through them tomorrow but I'm too pooped from about six hours of driving to go through them.

FFG-7,
Thanks. The info will gives me a good idea of how steep the steps would be.

Tracy White,
Thanks for looking. I'll see what you come up with.

81542,
Thanks for the idea about the railing. Question though were the railings of a standard height? And could the be at different heights on different parts of the ship?
But I do think I can use the width of the flight deck in the one of the pictures since it seems the shot was taken dead on the center line of the ship. I could use that to determine the scale of the picture and use it like a scale plan.

Thanks again for the assist.
Mark B.

Brocky,

If you know the height of the top guard rail above deck level, try using that: may be slightly more accurate than using the height of a sailor. That trick was used by the great British model-maker N A Ough.