USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, LA....you need to get a picture of her when the river is low....it's actually a pretty neat setup
and Kidd was pretty well beat up by kamakasie....
If I ever get there I surely will.
A different Leyte Gulf
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If I ever get there I surely will.
Thanks. Whichever ship it was got some serious damage. Ibwonder how long it took to repair.
For that much on a CVE that is damn good. I guess that is a small advantage a wooden deck over a metal one.
Thanks for the answer.
Agreed. Heck look at the damage Enterprise took at The Battle of Eastern Solomons and back in action for The Battle of Santa Cruz. Or the miracle to get Yorktown patched up for Mudway. Both in 1942.
Well as always the pictures you added to this timeline as well the Australasian really add to the flavor.
Cheers. I wish I had mastered attaching photos earlier in this one, bt oh well
Well if you ever repost it on the finish timelines you can go back stitch in the pictures and add new ones.
USS Kidd in Baton Rouge, LA....you need to get a picture of her when the river is low
and Kidd was pretty well beat up by kamakasie....
When I was growing up, a family friend had been Medical Officer on the Kidd at Okinawa. He was topside taking pictures when the kamikaze hit. He suffered two broken legs and lost an eye. The pictures he took that day are now on display in the museum next to the ship.
My grandfather was a destroyer escort off Okinawa. He didn't talk about it very much...
I know. My Uncle was at Milne Bay and in New Guinea. Never said to much.