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Massive smoke clouds and flames issue from USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945 strikes by two kamikazes. (US Navy 80-G-274266)

“Information on and Means for Combating Suicide Plane Attacks”

April 29, 2024
USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese suicide plane attacks, while...
Kamikaze attack / Strategy and Tactics / Things I Have Learned
On the left, U.S. Aircraft CArriers: An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. On the right, Warbirds of the Sea: A History of Aircraft Carriers & Carrier-Based Aircraft by Walter A Musciano

World War II US Navy Carrier Classes-And More

February 28, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7jVfcbCxZE This is a very good overview of the different classes of US Carriers during WWII. This morning I opened...
Books, Movies, Videos, and other media / Strategy and Tactics / US Navy / What I am Reading
Ship formation used during daylight of Task Force 58. In a round circle the carrier flag ship is at the center. To its port and starboard are two other carriers, with a light carrier behind it. Surrounding them are battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This formation, called 5-VD, is used when the probability of air attack is high and that of submarine attack is low.

US Navy Task Force 58 Ship Formations

February 21, 2024
Readers familiar with the US Pacific Fleet in World War II know that the US carriers would sail into harm’s...
Admiral Marc Mitscher / Research / Strategy and Tactics

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