Bored - OT - Death of the Zuikaku

[Barkhorn1x]

Here are some more pages from the Naval History Site showing the - slow - death of the Zuikaku.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/zuikak-k.htm
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/zuikak-m.htm

Cool stuff:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g280000/g281767.jpg

[Crosseye76]

Thanks !

[Bungo_Pete]

I'm bored too.....


http://www.gordonmackie.com/bikini_atoll.htm

[TheSatyr]

Japanese ships were pretty tough...looks like the Zuikaku took a beating before going down.

[Shaffer4]

Sad to see so much history put to waste. Not quite the same, but related, My dad has quite the Seashell collection from snorkeling off Kwajalein in the mid seventies; He worked on a Missle Tracking ship on the Pacific Missle Range.

this is the part of his naval experiance he talks of most (This was after his enlisted service when working as a Civilian Contractor.). I've heard tales from when he was aboard the midway. though little about (one story) when he was assigned to inland ("brown Water") duty aboard a PBR. which is quite understandable from the story I've heard. Much respect to all Veterans.