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As-built or post-refit, with the blisters is what I think he's asking.

Hi ffg-7
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what time period?

Hello everybody

I just started to build USS Pennsylvania 1:200 paper model from publisher Flynavy model fro Ukraine. I would like to ask You if somebody have any drawings for shell platting of hull for uss arizoa of sister ship for underwater part of hull
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best regards

I don't have drawings, but [url=http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/Misc/Mk19Director/]my Mk 19 page[/url] may have some helpful photos.

Thanks, I thought they would be different types!

Regarding Rangefinders/Directors, does anybody have drawings of he Mark 19 DP Director/Rangefinder?

with the information that Tracy just provided, the Mark 6 Type P catapult is the deck mounted version whereas the Mark 4 mod 1 Type P is the turret mount catapult.

From a May 1942 Pearl Harbor Navy Yard report on salvaged Ordnance materials - note that the count is *one* on each.

They could still be P-6 catapults, just mounted differently. The mountings for naval guns, radar, and, I'd expect, catapults, often had their own Mark #.

I am curious, though, about the P-6: I keep reading that P-6 was the standard for US WWII ships, but aren't the ones mounted on the fast battleships longer than the ones on the cruisers and the slow battleships? Is there a P-6 Mod-# series that might rack some of these variations?

- Sean F.

Based on the official plans it's not Type P the rotating structure is around at the half point of the catapult not 2/3rd or 3/5th aft:
[img]https://i.imgur.com/XRdEbZk.jpeg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/c13otiG.jpeg[/img]

Just in case it is of interest / helpful, the "Type P" catapults were powder fired, as opposed to the hydraulic "Type H" that aircraft carriers used.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/57l.htm

Type P Mark 6 catapult?

As I cannot search in a certain topic, I had to ask.
What is the designation of the Pennsylvania class catapults in their 1930's state (Aka Arizona's catapults) both the turret top and stern catapults?

Anybody know where I can find some 700th scale range clock pieces, or range clock decals?

Hi Jon!
Judging by the post attack footage where we can see that the face plates on the Forward fighting top were removed and the side plates on the Main fighting top were removed, I'd say there was definitely something in there that they salvaged out of the tops.

[url=https://postimg.cc/D8rP9M76][img]https://i.postimg.cc/ZKgsyGgG/Screen-Shot-2023-04-27-at-10-03-19-PM.png[/img][/url]
[url=https://postimg.cc/47Z0R5c5][img]https://i.postimg.cc/vB6w92Hp/Screen-Shot-2024-12-01-at-4-13-27-PM.png[/img][/url]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. I was wondering about the directors in the fighting tops. Was it possible that when the new enclosed directors appeared, that it was just an empty space up there, or were they still there? Just wondering.

See also - http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/Misc/Mk19Director/

These are not the directors inside the fighting tops, however.

you mean these? https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/1-350-mk-19-fire-control-directors

What gun directors were used on the Arizona and has anyone ever seen a picture or drawings of them. Would be nice if there were 1/350 offerings of them.

It's very possible that the two were distinct nomenclature in USN drawings at the time, but I haven't seen supporting documentation to confirm it. It's one of the fun things about going through the plans though, seeing new nomenclature or specific uses of it and learning more about the design and thoughts that went into the ships.