BOOTH!!!And if one of the rooms has a night light, that means that the light night carrier is a night light carrier?
BOOTH!!!And if one of the rooms has a night light, that means that the light night carrier is a night light carrier?
A minute later, the twenty millimeter guns were manned and tracking the incoming raiders.
My goof - the IJA's Type 98 was 20mm, and made in single and twin mounts.I think the standard IJA (and IJN) machine cannon calibre was 25mm.
Very interesting article, thanks. According to Friedman carriers on ordinary daytime operations also normally carried a flight of night fighters - wouldn't want to leave the fleet completely defenceless if the night carrier was out of action. But I assume they would have encountered all the problems mentioned in the article and then some, given generally less experience of night operations.For those interested in nighttime operations on aircraft carriers this article may be interesting:
CIC Operations On a Night Carrier
In July of 1944, the USS Independence started operating as a night carrier after the qualification of her night air group. This immediately brought to the forefront a series of problems for CIC which heretofore had not been encountered. At the present writing, the bulk of these have been ironed...www.history.navy.mil
Honestly personally i was surprised nighttime operations on carriers were even possible during world war two.
Sheep attacking the wolves at this point.Western Pacific, 0830 March 20, 1945
The radar room's air aboard the heavy cruiser was stale. Men had been staring at the cathode ray tubes for hours. Techs would rotate on for half an hour and then off again for half an hour. Eyes would get strained and minds would get tired. Mistakes could cost lives and ships. Acidic coffee was quickly consumed whenever a steward made a pass through the space.
Outlying picket destroyers had detected a major incoming raid twelve minutes ago. The Corsairs and Hellcats in the standing CAP were already being vectored for interceptions. The ready squadrons aboard the carriers of the task group were starting to claw for altitude. The heavy cruiser would control them once they reached 12,000 feet.
Sheep attacking the wolves at this point.
Western Pacific, 0830 March 20, 1945
The radar room's air aboard the heavy cruiser was stale. Men had been staring at the cathode ray tubes for hours. Techs would rotate on for half an hour and then off again for half an hour. Eyes would get strained and minds would get tired. Mistakes could cost lives and ships. Acidic coffee was quickly consumed whenever a steward made a pass through the space.
Outlying picket destroyers had detected a major incoming raid twelve minutes ago. The Corsairs and Hellcats in the standing CAP were already being vectored for interceptions. The ready squadrons aboard the carriers of the task group were starting to claw for altitude. The heavy cruiser would control them once they reached 12,000 feet.
Then evidently you have not had truly bad coffee in your life; I am jealous.Was the coffee acidic or acrid?
The former is not usually associated with coffee while the latter is.
Acidic is a fairly common US description for some attributes of coffees - good or badWas the coffee acidic or acrid?
The former is not usually associated with coffee while the latter is.
Yes. And acerbic, too.
Was the coffee acidic or acrid?
Same in the UK. Typically, high-grown stuff like Kenya Blue Mountain is acidic, and can't be espressoed - the method accentuates the characteristic, and you get a real mouth-puckerer, like one of those Double IPA hop bombs.Acidic is a fairly common US description for some attributes of coffees - good or bad
I have a cousin who once told me, "There's no such thing as bad coffee; just some coffee that's better than others."Then evidently you have not had truly bad coffee in your life; I am jealous.
I feel that way about pizza. Even crappy pizza is still pizza!I have a cousin who once told me, "There's no such thing as bad coffee; just some coffee that's better than others."
I'm not sure if I agree with him...
Are we to be blessed by Centurion on Panther combat before the war ends?Munster, Germany, March 20, 1945
A dozen Centurions of the Scots Guards slowly advanced.
I am quite sure that the Panthers would want it so….Are we to be blessed by Centurion on Panther combat before the war ends?