 Nashville  | 11 Oct 2009 9:23 a.m. PST |
link This is a photo I have never seen before, unlike all those stock photos we see all the time. Very interesting |
| TheDreadnought | 11 Oct 2009 9:44 a.m. PST |
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 Virtualscratchbuilder  | 11 Oct 2009 10:19 a.m. PST |
Ya… I have that in a book somewhere. I believe that is one of the Tachibana type late-war small destroyers – possibly Tachibana herself. Only two were sunk by aircraft. |
| Sundance | 11 Oct 2009 10:23 a.m. PST |
I have it in a book too – can't remember which one. |
| Mal Wright | 11 Oct 2009 11:23 a.m. PST |
I've seen it before, but not usually as clear and crisp in detail.
The ship is not actually a destroyer. Its a Japanese Number 2 Type corvette or 'Kaikoban'. Only about half the size of a destroyer. |
| Rudysnelson | 11 Oct 2009 3:53 p.m. PST |
Have you seen the series of Pearl harbor photos found in a brownie camera that had never been released? |
| pmwalt | 11 Oct 2009 4:56 p.m. PST |
The splashes in the water make it appear as if the aircraft hadn't finished working the sinking ship over. |
| Allen57 | 11 Oct 2009 5:06 p.m. PST |
What is that splash? An aerial torpedo hitting the water? |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 11 Oct 2009 5:11 p.m. PST |
Probably more like a skip-bomb. |
| mandt2 | 11 Oct 2009 7:12 p.m. PST |
So, you are lying on the side of your capsizing ship, hanging on for dear life, and what do you see? Another bomb being skipped in right at you. Whoo-boy. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 11 Oct 2009 8:28 p.m. PST |
Whoa, dramatic – I've never seent his one before, thanks david.
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Tim |
| Klebert L Hall | 12 Oct 2009 7:45 a.m. PST |
So, you are lying on the side of your capsizing ship, hanging on for dear life, and what do you see? Another bomb being skipped in right at you. Whoo-boy. Well, it might bounce over… you could always hope. WW2 was definitely not for sissies.
-Kle. |
| Tankrider | 12 Oct 2009 4:18 p.m. PST |
Wonder if those marks were made by something flying OFF of the destroyer after an explosion or major steam release. |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 12 Oct 2009 7:09 p.m. PST |
Somewhere on Youtube there is a video showing real skip bombing – the patterns are very similar. |
| dagc54 | 13 Oct 2009 8:56 a.m. PST |
Wow! Thanks for the photo. Those poor guys, I wonder if any of them survived? |
| Dave Jackson | 13 Oct 2009 1:06 p.m. PST |
"Page not found"…..too bad. |
| Klebert L Hall | 14 Oct 2009 5:15 a.m. PST |
Wonder if those marks were made by something flying OFF of the destroyer after an explosion or major steam release. The splashes seem to be going the wrong way for that. If you look at the hull amidships, below where the funnel probably used to be, you can see damage from the previous skip bomb hit that sank it – almost blew a hole right through, by the looks of it.
-Kle. |
