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"E" Question
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SOB490
Posted 2008-12-27 10:59 AM (#22918)


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Location: San Freakcisco CA area		Subject: "E" Question

One of about 25 photos shot by Gail Carter that is making the rounds by E-mail -- BLUEBACK in Portland:

I recall seeing the Battle Efficiency E painted only directly above the numbers on the sail -- did the B-Girls do this differently?





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Doc Gardner
Posted 2008-12-27 11:16 AM (#22919 - in reply to #22918)


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Location: Foothills of the Ozarks 		Subject: RE: "E" Question

I just checked my Skipjack photo and the E is centered above the 8 in our hull number 585




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Gary Webb
Posted 2008-12-27 11:40 AM (#22920 - in reply to #22919)


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Location: Beavercreek, Oregon		Subject: RE: "E" Question

Not all were above numbers!



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Gary Webb
Posted 2008-12-27 11:45 AM (#22921 - in reply to #22918)


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Location: Beavercreek, Oregon		Subject: RE: "E" Question

Once more!

Edited by Gary Webb 2008-12-27 11:48 AM




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Flapper
Posted 2008-12-27 4:03 PM (#22933 - in reply to #22920)


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Location: Tucson AZ		Subject: RE: "E" Question

Gary Webb - 2008-12-27 12:40 PMNot all were above numbers!


Maybe it was a nuke versus DBF difference. I also note that Blueback's hull number is not
classic Navy style that could be masked for painting with straight runs of tape; i.e., no curves - so numbers with curves (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 0) would just have the 'corners clipped' to suggest the curve at a distance.

If the fairwater was steel, the builders would weld on little beads to show a masker where to change masking direction at the inside and outside 'corners'.

- Bob 'Painted 'em out, and painted 'em back on after runs' Parker

Edit: I snooped a little bit at NAVSOURCE sub photos and found this shot with Lapon in the background (Triton in the foreground) post-decommissioning and the big fat 'E' is right in front of the hull number: <a href="">http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0858622.jpg"</a>




Edited by Flapper 2008-12-27 4:21 PM
viejo
Posted 2008-12-27 6:54 PM (#22941 - in reply to #22919)


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Location: Clarinda, IA		Subject: RE: "E" Question

Doc, here's how it looks from the other side on the Scorpion.
Viejo



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Doc Gardner
Posted 2008-12-28 2:29 AM (#22955 - in reply to #22918)


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Location: Foothills of the Ozarks 		Subject: RE: "E" Question

But it's missing the photo of the handsome young "future quack"
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