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Miscellaneous Ship Photos

In this page, we show various ship photos of interest to members - they can be used to either answer queries on SMML or just to show people a particular ship.

If you have any, please send them in to us. If you wish to check acceptable formats, please contact the Webmaster first. Your image will be posted, and you can reference the picture in your standard SMML e-mail. SMML subscribers will then access this page to see your picture.

	Rick Nelson sends in this photo of the USS Houston to illustrate his response in SMML 3040

	George Hargreaves sends in this WW1 Model ML photo in response to the query in SMML 2868

	Mark Seitz sends in this USN A/C insignia photo in response to the query in SMML 2823

	Chuck asks about AKLs in regards to building the USS Reluctant from the film "Mr Roberts" in SMML 2806

	Mac Gregory asks about whether SMS Seeadler had a figurehead or not in SMML 2806

	Bert Attwood sends in this photo of HMS Vindex to illustrate his point in SMML 2799

	Rick Nelson adds this photo to the thread on USN submarine colours in SMML 2750

	John Snyder sends in this pic of USS San Francisco to illustrate his point in SMML 2749

	George Hargreaves in SMML 2744 looks at comparing RN WW1 and WW2 colour chips and asks for comments.

	John Rule asks after the identity of this destroyer at Harstad during the Norwegian Campaign in SMML 2722

	Michael Brown asks after the funnel emblem on HMS Blackwood in SMML 2688

	Les Pickstock adds this photo of the Fairlie Mortar as a possible answer to the question below in SMML 2597


Les Brown asks in SMML 2593 about the 4 barreled gun on this museum model of the RN Type 15 FF HMS Relentless:

	Les Pickstock request info on the carrier shown here as per his post in SMML 2473

	John Barnum request info on the deck colours of Moskva as shown here in 1974 as per his post in SMML 2427

	Michael Brown sends in this pic of HMS Puma to illustrate his post in SMML 2426

	Michael Brown send us this pic of the M.V Shell Welder

	Joe Hinds profile of the S-Boot S-100

	Michael Brown asks about RN Camo during the Indonesian conflict in respect to the Ton Class Minesweepers shown here in SMML 2321

Photo of HMS Onslow dated in 1942 - sent in by WR Press INC

Photo of HMS Ark Royal dated in 1941 - sent in by WR Press INC

It's not often that we get to see classified photos of the hitherto unknown capabilities of US CVNs.

Photos sent in by Larry Ouellette

Clem Jensen asks:

I'm building a model of a motorized barge purportedly used by the German army to transport tanks across rivers. My question is were the two towers shown for fire fighting? It looks as if there is a fire monitor in each tower

	Darren Scannell sends in these two photos in respect to the Ticoderoga hawser ports

	Michael Brown sends these photos of a 4.5" Mk.V mounting in order to ascertain the colours used in RN Service in the 1950s and 1960s

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Darren Scannel and Norman Samish send in these pictures in respect to the USS Enterprise CVN-65 Tan Flight deck threads

John Lambert sends the following news:

Mr Gordon Buttress, the Chairman of our Surface Warship Association had his model of the Fleet Minesweeper, HMS Espeigle of the Algerine Class, built as completed in 1942, stolen. It was taken along with his Hobbymat lathe, Buehler motors, Tomohawk sound unit and other radio contol equipment.

The model at 1:48th Scale is about 54 inches long and 8.5 inches in beam and painted in a Western Approch colour scheme. It is (was) worth about £7000.

If you have any news concerning this model, please contact John Lambert


Michael Brown in SMML 2000 asks about colours for the above ships

HMS St Albans - Damage suffered after being hit by a ferry in Portsmouth during storms.

Photo sent in by Michael Brown

HMS Fearless -sent in by Norman Sells whose son served on her in the Caribbean where this photo was taken.

Alan Scheckenbach sends in this assorted range of old photos.

Pictures of the JMSDF PT-15 and Perkasa courtesy of Kelvin Mok

Newspaper article sent in by Ken Goldman on a model of the USS Ashville


USS Bainbridge in the process of RAS (Replenishment At Sea) or UNREP(UNderway REPlenishment) and VERTREP (VERTical REPlenishment). See SMML 1527 Submitted by John Snyder and Don Simon both former crew members of the USS Bainbridge

Derek Wakefield in SMML 1486 asks if anyone can identity this ship model.

Richard Prescott in SMML 1449 asks:

I have a photo of Corvette HMCS Prescott K161 and am trying to find details of camouflage as pictured in the attached photo. I am also trying to pin down the location in the photo.

Raymond Guy in SMML 1449 asks:

This going to be one hell of a long shot. Attached is a photo of the USS Dealey given to my father by three American sailors on shore leave in Gibraltar sometime during the fifties.

The names on the reverse are as follows:- Jim Gonos. Dean F. Lifford. Rollin (?) D. Eggleston. There are some initials after each name which obviously indicates a rank these are F.J.I., F.B.N., and F.T.2.?. The handwriting is a bit indistinct there is an address which is very brief and is given as C\o F.P.O., either NY, NY or it could be NJ, NJ.

Can anyone through any light on the history of this ship, what the initials stand for and the F.P.O was it in New York or New Jersey.and the longest shot of all does anyone recognise any of the names?


John Currie sends us these two pictures of HMS Edinburgh & RFA Wave Ruler he took from HMS Exeter


Darren Scannell sends the above 2 colour pics of Canadians Tribals HMCS Cayuga and Huron in the all grey scheme. Take a look and decide for yourself. He thinks that they are too light to be the current Canadian colour, but even though pictures never lie, they don't always tell the whole truth. Photo credit: DND Canada


For those who are interested in small craft, Rhinobones sends in the above photos of a Moscow garbage scow

In SMML 1319 Chris Hughes describes how to determine a ship's speed from the wake it generates. He supplies this diagram to illustrate the point.


Steve Singlar sends in these pictures of the modernized USS Pennsylvania.

Tony Ireland sends in a picture of the General Botha where he served his cadetship in South Africa
	Herewith my venerable 1942 photo. Very clear, considering I was using a mask to make use of only half the usual 2.5" x 3.5" sized negative, to economize on film which was hard to procure then, and the f7.7 lens on my late-'30's Agfa folding camera.

Don Carner asks if anyone can identify this man???

This very interesting photo has been driving my Dad nutz! This was taken aboard CA-38, San Fran and obviously is an officer!?!

Anyone out there have a clue? Thanks,

RN Deck markings - Falklands War

Recently in SMML we had a thread on the deck markings carried on RN during the Falklands War - here are some photos which may help modellers out. Unfortunately they seem to contradict each other....
	Chris Rogers sends in the following submission: " Here is a copy of flight deck markings during the Falklands conflict and as the original question was asked the ID letters of the ships were indeed painted out as the photo shows. This is Plymouth with the letters showing through hurriedly painted deck paint, this photo taken from MV Alvega June 82. I have also Antrim Glamorgan both with letters and pennants painted out. Hope this sorts it all out."
	John Currie tells us "Here is a pic of HMS Sheffield after she was hit - it clearly shows flightdeck markings. There are people who are trying to help but could cause confusion by coming out with statements about markings being painted over. They were not."

John Sutherland says : "The first is a terrific close-up shot of HMNZS Canterbury - note the differences in the decks. Like the RAN, the RNZN uses a dark grey deck paint. The differences that show up clearly on this close-up reflect when that section of the deck was most recently repainted."

"Some decks are used more than others - and therefore need repainting more frequently and weather quicker. This effect becomes even more pronounced on the Tasmanex shot taken in March this year. In particular note the weathering on the decks of the four ANZAC class frigates - and the "fresh" flight deck on HMAS Anzac. The weathering is also noticeable on the two NZ Leanders and the other three Australian ships but note the relative lack of visible weathering on the decks of the two French ships which appear to be using a very dark green surface.

"So, whose got any ideas on some deck "weathering" like shown here?"

Acknowledgment - the photographs are courtesy of the RNZN's Navy Review and copyable provided Navy Review is credited.

For the record the ships in view comprise:

On the outer wharf - RNZN frigates Te Kaha and Te Mana, Australian frigates Anzac, Arunta, and Melbourne and destroyer Brisbane, French frigate Vendemaire and patrol ship La Moqueuse.

On the outer side of the central wharf is HMNZS Canterbury, HMAS Waller (Collins class sub) and HMAS ??? (Freemantle class patrol craft). On the inner side of the centre wharf is the decommissioned frigate Wellington.

On the boiler wharf is the tanker HMNZS Endeavour (under long refit), and in the dry dock the much fault plagued Trans Rail ferry MV Aratere. Note on the Aratere the darker weathered rail deck. It would appear green weathers darker whereas dark grey weathers darker but fades lighter? Food for thought.

Robert Fish sends in these US Navy pictures

USS Arkansas	USS Langley at dock	USS Nimitz badge

Miguel Costa tells us that "The O´Higgins (Pratt in the Chilenan Navy), was camouflaged in the years of the frontier problems with Argentina, the same as the whole Chilean Navy"

Mark Doremus has this on the Hunley : "No, I'm not reopening the debate about the TV show. I'm posting an article out of the November 20, 2000 Design News (an American engineering trade journal). It's mostly an ad for who ever fitted up the lifting pads for the recovery. But, there are a couple of pictures and drawings that might be of interest."

Mark Doremus has these words re the recent "dogged hatches" debate : "After all the discussion about hatches and the back side color, I saw an advertisement in "Machine Design" a trade magazine here in the US. The ad features the Arleigh Burke, DDG 50, underway. She has double doors on each side of the forward superstructure. The starboard doors are shut, but one of the port doors is open. The back side of this door matches (within magazine color processing) the remainder of the superstructure. The opening is pitch black, I do not know if this is just because of the photo's lighting or if blackout procedures are being followed." "There is a sailor at 'parade rest' next to the door, while the head of another sailor is visible forward of the 5" gun. This may sort of support the "all doors closed and dogged while underway" order. Not a lot of help for W.W.II ships, but here's the modern story."

Dave Krakow mails us a scan of a German wartime color photo of a depth charge.

The following pics are from Ed Grune : Oberon_56.jpg is the USS Oberon while she was designated AK-56. Rather messy isn't she? I make the date to be late summer to early autumn 1942. She was commissioned in June 1942 as AK-56. After her initial shakedown she went to the Solomons Islands operation area. She returned to the States and was part of the North Africa invasion force which departed in October 1942. I use this information along with the white summer uniforms to infer the date. Oberon_14.jpg is the USS Oberon in Norfolk, VA. Note the dark winter uniforms on the crew. There are several possible dates for this photo. In February 1943, while at sea in the Pacific, she was redesignated AKA-14. She returned home and passed through Norfolk in March 1943 on her way to Boston for refit. She left Boston in April and went back to the Norfolk area for training workups and cargo loading for the invasion of Sicily, departing in May, 1943. The third date is December, 1944. She loaded cargo in Rhode Island and was dispatched down the US Atlantic coast to transit to the Pacific via the Panama Canal. Note the weapons configuration; two pair of twin 40mm mounted fore and aft, a 5"/38 gun on the fantail, and 12x20mm Oerlikons on the deckhouse. There are LCVPs nested inside of LCMs on each of the hatches except the foremost. The LCMs are mounted cross-wise. At the foremost hatch there are only LCVPs that are stacked lengthwise the ship.

Ian MacCorquodale sends us this image of USS Harry Truman CVN 75 with HMCS St. John's FFH-340, and HMCS Preserver AOR-510 in Halifax

Here are a couple of photos of the ORISKANY taken at Beaumont, Tx on Thanksgiving weekend, from Sam Pullig.