Gato propeller guards missing?

elanaiba · 02-27-08, 04:54 AM

Some boats had propeller guards as built, some had them added (welded) after the war. During the war it was customary for the boats that didn't have the guards to receive temporary ones.

Gino can shed more light on this.

Here's some photos of the USS Barb, without welded prop guards and with the add-on ones, late in the war:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0822012.jpg

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0822014.jpg

(big photos so I just linked them instead of posting them)

02-27-08, 04:54 AM	#2
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Some boats had propeller guards as built, some had them added (welded) after the war. During the war it was customary for the boats that didn't have the guards to receive temporary ones. Gino can shed more light on this. Here's some photos of the USS Barb, without welded prop guards and with the add-on ones, late in the war: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0822012.jpg http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0822014.jpg (big photos so I just linked them instead of posting them) __________________ With strength I burn...