MORE random pics......

[GH85Carrera]

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Looks like we have another charter member of the 'More-Money-Than-Brains' club here.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Because I absolutely want my Cayenne to look like a 1984 Chrysler Town and Country.



Or maybe they are going for the PT cruiser look?

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Oi, crush that bugger before it starts talking.....

[aap1966]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The '2 Girls, 1 Cup' of the automotive world.

[GH85Carrera]

[GH85Carrera]

[Baz]

View of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. In the forground is the capsized minelayer USS Oglala (CM-4). She had been damaged by a torpedo that had actually hit the light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50), visible on the left. Helena was towed forward, while Oglala sank. On the right is the burning destoyer USS Shaw (DD-373) in floating dry dock YFD-2. USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) is visble behind USS Helena.

[Baz]

The U.S. Navy internal combustion engine repair ship USS Oglala (ARG-1) in the Southwestern Pacific area, circa 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6d. After arriving at Milne Bay, New Guinea, in April 1944, Oglala began tending patrol, mine and landing craft. She shifted her base to Hollandia, New Guinea, in July and to Leyte, Philippine Islands, in December 1944. She returned to the United States for decomissioning in early 1946.

[masraum]

i think the British ships painted razzle dazzle are cool.

[Racerbvd]

[silver912e]

Found bear footprints on my A4 this morning! Fortunately, no damage.

[Jim Horton]

Originally Posted by masraum

i think the British ships painted razzle dazzle are cool.

Ever see any research as to how effective this camouflage turned out to be?

[Joe Bob]

I remember the description of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The guy that got the "Medal" was driving a mini tin can aka destroyer escort. The razzle made him distorted in size with the optics the enemy was using. The Japanese couldn't get a accurate range on him. And kept missing him. They should have blown him out of the water.

He was able to cruise in a wreak havoc on a superior force.

[Baz]

Third Fleet aircraft carriers at anchor in Ulithi Atoll, 8 December 1944, during a break from operations in the Philippines area. The carriers are (from front to back): USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). Wasp, Yorktown and Ticonderoga are all painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a.

[Baz]

Here's a useful page for info:

World War II ship camouflage measures of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


USS Alabama


Pattern for MS-16 "Thayer" camouflage

Even more here:
SHIP CAMOUFLAGE INSTRUCTIONS - SHIPS 2

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

I remember the description of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The guy that got the "Medal" was driving a mini tin can aka destroyer escort. The razzle made him distorted in size with the optics the enemy was using. The Japanese couldn't get a accurate range on him. And kept missing him. They should have blown him out of the water.

He was able to cruise in a wreak havoc on a superior force.

You have a good memory Z. I watched a documentary on this ship a few years ago. Pretty amazing stuff.....






USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413)

Cmdr. Paul Rinn, the first commanding officer of the third USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), believed in the power of naval heritage to inspire a crew. He insisted that his sailors know about the previous U.S. warships that bore Roberts‘ name.

The first such ship, USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) was a small, lightly armed escort ship of no particular note — until it helped win the world’s largest naval battle. In an action that eminent naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison called “the most valiant of the entire war,” DE 413 and its fellow “small boys” helped turn away a vastly more powerful Japanese force and ensure American victory in the Pacific.

More here:

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) | Bradley Peniston

[Jim Horton]

A good book on this battle is "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour".

[cashflyer]

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