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| Subject: RE: Albacore site You're right, Don, it's an excellent sight.  | |||
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Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 877 | Subject: RE: Albacore site Don Gentry - 2008-10-02 7:56 AM New to me... nicely done and well worth a visit: http://www.ussalbacore.org/ Except...they don't mention - (albacore_bookcvr.jpg) Attachments ----------------  albacore_bookcvr.jpg (11KB - 608 downloads) | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2254 Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: RE: Albacore site Don Gentry - 2008-10-02 8:56 AM New to me... nicely done and well worth a visit: http://www.ussalbacore.org/ Thanks Don; I enjoyed the site and it raised a question for me. I know Albacore was the prototype hull design for Skipjack class and those that followed and I was surprised to see that it did not have sail planes. I also know, as a qualified Skipjack sailor, that we were the first nuke with sail planes. My question is: what is the first boat (any propulsion system) with sail planes? Was Skipjack first in that category overall? I wish I could remember half the stuff I've forgotten. Edited by Doc Gardner 2008-10-02 2:33 PM | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 1107 Location: Tucson AZ | Subject: First sail planes on any boat ... Doc Gardner - 2008-10-02 3:32 PM Don Gentry - 2008-10-02 8:56 AM {SNIP} I also know, as a qualified Skipjack sailor, that we were the first nuke with sail planes. My question is:what is the first boat (any propulsion system) with sail planes? Was Skipjack first in that category overall?I wish I could remember half the stuff I've forgotten. Perhaps a B-girl was first? They were commissioned with bow planes, but converted to sail planes later in their career. Just not sure whether that conversion predated Skipjack. Then there are the rest of the world's navies ... I suppose there is some possibility someone like the Frogs tried it first. Edited by Flapper 2008-10-02 3:14 PM | ||
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Master and Commander Posts: 2254 Location: Foothills of the Ozarks | Subject: Answer supplied by Jim Christley Flapper - 2008-10-02 4:10 PM Doc Gardner - 2008-10-02 3:32 PM Don Gentry - 2008-10-02 8:56 AM {SNIP} I also know, as a qualified Skipjack sailor, that we were the first nuke with sail planes. My question is:what is the first boat (any propulsion system) with sail planes? Was Skipjack first in that category overall?I wish I could remember half the stuff I've forgotten. Perhaps a B-girl was first? They were commissioned with bow planes, but converted to sail planes later in their career. Just not sure whether that conversion predated Skipjack. Then there are the rest of the world's navies ... I suppose there is some possibility someone like the Frogs tried it first. Doc To the best of my information, the US Navy pioneered the use of fairwater planes. Skipjack was not only the first nuc to carry fairwater planes, but was the first sub to have them. Barbel (SS-580) which was commissioned earlier in the same year had bow planes at commissioning. Jim | ||
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