tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027105771475604972024-03-12T20:51:21.865-07:00Researcher@LargeBlog for <a href="http://www.researcheratlarge.com/">Researcher@Large</a>; a World War Two researcher,
IT Consultant, and plastic model builder.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-30930643295182661442019-12-08T18:42:00.002-08:002019-12-08T18:43:48.234-08:00HMS Irresistible (1898) 12-inch Turrets, Guns and Mounts Inboard Profile<P>HMS Irresistible (1898) was the second of three Formidable class pre-dreadnought class ships built in the late 1890s. Outclassed by newer ships at the outbreak of the First World War, she was used to shell defenses of Dardanelles Straits that separate the Mediterranean and Black Seas. In March of 1915 she struck a mine, which ultimately lead to her sinking with approximately 150 of her crew.</P>
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So here this is, in a digital and virtual medium. How long before this is lost to time?Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-82909557151277502832017-02-26T21:11:00.002-08:002017-02-26T21:11:30.099-08:00SS Leviathan, Inboard Profile, 1924-34An image from Record Group 32 "Records of the U.S. Shipping Board, 1914 - ca. 1939" from the 4rd floor (Cartographic Records) at NARA II in College Park.
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<i>(Click for full view)</i>Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-90015778354903833012016-07-31T22:42:00.001-07:002016-07-31T22:52:02.175-07:00Let's see what this does.Being of Scottish decent (and a few others), I partook of the Scottish Highland Games this weekend near Seattle. I recorded the opening <a href="https://youtu.be/xUDnwOKx7O0">"Mass Pipe and Drums" ceremony</a>, which featured the songs Bonnie Dundee and Scotland the Brave. RIght after uploading the video to Youtube, I received an automated email from Youtube stating, "Your video "PNW Scottish Highland Games Mass Pipes & Drums", may have content that is owned or licensed by AdRev Publishing, but it’s still available on YouTube! In some cases, ads may appear next to it. If this is your performance of a 3rd party song then you can still make money from this video. Click here to change your monetization settings."
I'm not interested in SHARING revenue, I don't want any revenue at all, nor do I want a company to get ad revenue from a video I shot without good reason. I did some research and the claim was filed as "AdRev Publishing" owns the copyright on an album published in 2001 that features <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRkYNww-1M">a song that contains part of Bonnie Dundee in the opening</a>. A bogus claim - the song dates back to the 1600s. But, in our modern faster-than-light world, some algorithm recognized the refrain and decided that a company centuries younger than the song had claim to it.
So, I filed a dispute, but I note that disputes are submitted to the copyright holder and a fraudulent dispute may result in the termination of my YouTube account.
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I have filed a dispute and also sent them a message via their site:
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I presume that they won't reject the dispute and have me banned, but I guess we'll see what happens.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-74782391505338548502016-05-08T22:07:00.002-07:002016-05-08T22:07:23.360-07:00The changing value of photosAs I process photos from my last trip to <a href="https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/">NARA II</a>, I reflect about what we in the current times value versus what the sailors of the ships I study would have valued.
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Above is a Neptune party on CVE-84 Shamrock Bay in December of 1944. The Royal Baby shares his milk with a polliwog during initiation. The only structure of the ship visible is a short section of planking and tie-down strips. This is the sort of photo sailors of the ship would love, to bring back memories of the party itself, maybe see a couple of familiar faces back when they were younger. Today we mainly look for photos of the ships themselves to discern details or because we find the ships themselves fascinating.
I like to scan in both. A ship is nothing without her crew, and it humanizes the ship, I feel, to have photos of the sailors that brought her to life. But it's not what most authors want these days.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-71985223497181056552014-10-10T22:36:00.001-07:002014-10-10T22:36:15.193-07:00I love this quote"The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."
Originally seen <a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/uhJMtFs">here</a>, but attributed to <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Bullshit">Alberto Brandolini</a>.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-90844375344966213522014-04-08T20:39:00.002-07:002014-04-08T20:41:54.056-07:00Record Group 80-G - the blog post 18 months in the making!<P>I had intended to do this a while ago, but found after my October 2012 trip that I had missed a few crucial photos and decided to wait until I had them. Well, I still missed one, but I'm not waiting another 12 to 18 months!</P>
<P>80-G is a sub-section of <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/080.html">Record Group 80</a>, "General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947." It is an all-photographic collection and is <A HREF="http://research.archives.gov/description/520587">Officially titled "General Photographic File of the Department of Navy, 1943 - 1958</A>." The dates are actually incorrect in that there is a bunch of photos that are pre-war. By most standpoints it is a mess - there is not an orderly progression of photos but rather a mish-mash turned over by different commands within the Navy. There are duplicates and subjects that repeat as different groups may have turned in the same photo or set from their internal records. Some times reproduction is poor as the copy is the 5th or 6th generation plus from the original. There are gaps where photos were stolen or damaged beyond use and discarded, and NARA has not the budget or time to replace these from the negatives that are stored separately.</P>
<P>That said, it is a treasure trove of photos - 2861 boxes of photos taking 600 linear feet of shelf space in the archives. That many photos makes for an unwieldy data set - one can't simply google the subject and have all of them shown to you. It starts, with a card catalog:</P>
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<P>Looking for ships is relatively easy, although there's no guarantee you will find any photos of the ship you you are looking for. We'll stick with ships though, for this blog post, just to keep things simple. Once you find the card box containing your ship name or hull number, you can pull it out and start thumbing through the cards. If you're lucky, it will have a small copy of the photo along with the caption, but not always:</P>
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<P>While this can be a little tedious, the whole experience is starting. The researcher has to make a note of every photo number of interest, then take that list to a finding aid that will help match the photo number to the box. A savy researcher will either have a list of photo numbers and boxes, or will turn in a request for one or two boxes just to have something for the first pull, as it may take a couple of hours for your boxes to make it out to you on a cart. After the first pull slip has been filled out and turned in, you can continue matching up numbers and boxes, and build up a list for the rest of your trip, or future ones while waiting.</P>
<P>Compared to the textual records and other photographic records, filling out a pull slip for 80-G is pretty easy. One just needs to know their name, researcher number, date, the fact that they're pulling from 80-G, and the bos number. If multiple boxes are desired, you can enter a range, but it has to be contiguous. SO, you could pull boxes 100-110 with one pull slip, but if you wanted 100-110 plus box 120, you would need to do two pull requests. As you are limited to two carts in total, and only one out at a time, it's wise to be a little paper-heavy instead of just pulling large swaths. Unless, your goal is just to go through the whole series a box at a time!</P>
<P>But then, the boxes start arriving!</P>
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<P>Inside, are folders with the photos mounted on thicker cardboard cards - this helps protect them and also provide space outside of the print for caption data - date, location, subject, etc..</P>
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<P>Hard drive space is cheaper than time at the archives, so I usually set my scanner to save the entire platen, and scan as much of the photo and card as I can. When the photo is full-sized, I usually lose the left inch or so of the caption, but I at least have the date and some of the pertinent information on the card in case I miss anything when note-taking as I scan.</P>
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<P>One downside to the cardboard backing is that the edges get beat up over time and start to shed fibers - this shows up as dust on the platen that can show up in the image, so it wise to either wipe the plate clear every couple of scans with the white cotton gloves that are required wearing when handling photos, or with a microfiber cloth / cleaning cloth of your own.</P>
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<P>So, that's a little bit of what 80-G is like. Textual records at NARA II or the regional archives are completely different, and takes more thought and planning, so many researchers confine their searches to just 80-G or other photo-only record group accessions. It certainly can be a lot of fun!</P>
Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-51326578579282324012014-01-27T11:04:00.002-08:002014-01-27T11:07:00.417-08:00Random Photos - Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Charleston Gate, 1943<P>These were recent scans from <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/seattle/">Seattle NARA</A> - the Charleston Access Gate at PSNS in 1943. The gate is currently <A HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=puget+sound+naval+shipyard&ll=47.558689,-122.652799&spn=0.001428,0.002446&hq=puget+sound+naval+shipyard&hnear=Kirkland,+Washington&t=h&z=19">here</A>, but I don't know if this is the same location as it was in 1943, or if it was moved in or out.</P>
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<P>The below photo was captioned "Machine gun nest protecting Charleston Gate," on the back, and there's really not enough information to locate the exact position at this point. It does not look like terribly exciting duty, but I would imagine there were a lot of sailors and Marines who enjoyed the shore duty stateside over being sent forward in the Pacific for a year or two, if not longer.<P>
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<P>These were out of a group of records on "Passive Defense" for the shipyard, which were the same source as the <A HREF="http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Misc/PassiveDefense/">Passive Defense Handbook</A>, posted earlier.</P>Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-76942854471168840942013-12-29T21:59:00.004-08:002013-12-29T21:59:45.590-08:00I guess I've had some successCame across <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_ship_camouflage_measures_of_the_United_States_Navy">this Wikipedia entry</a> tonight for the first time and had a chuckle when checking out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_ship_camouflage_measures_of_the_United_States_Navy#References">references</a> - 17 of 23 point back to camouflage documents I've posted.
As far as wikipedia entries goes, it's not bad. I sorta object to the color swatches they added, but I understand why they did.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-30621208382512465102013-12-08T19:54:00.001-08:002013-12-08T19:54:23.672-08:00PT Boat VideosWhile chasing down some leads I came across some videos of PT boat Operations on the NARA website and thought I'd edit them down a bit (there was non-PT footage in some). Below are some clips of base and on-board operations that might be useful to modelers.<br />
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Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-66795345194153169462013-10-12T23:40:00.003-07:002013-10-12T23:40:25.386-07:00BB-37 Oklahoma Torpedo Defense System, Pt IISome more work done to visualize the effects that nine torpedo hits had on battleship Oklahoma's hull. This is the second sheet colorized, using a slightly different color palette for clarity. Green is air-filled voids, red is oil filled, and blue (only two) is water. These voids were designed to absorb most of the force of a torpedo explosion, but would lose most of their effectiveness after the first hit.<br />
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The below side-view shows the added torpedo blister and the armor belt. Note that this is from the <a href="http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/BB37/BOGP/" target="_blank">Booklet of General Plans</a> and is reversed to show her port side, which explains why the text is backwards. As you can see, the first two hits were below the armored belt. A similar hit on <a href="http://www.researcheratlarge.com/Ships/BB36/PearlHarborDamageReport/" target="_blank">Nevada</a> punched through the dry blister voids and ripped in to the two fuel-oil filled voids inboard of that with enough force that the main bulkhead protecting the innards was then dished in roughly two feet and the compartments began to flood.<br />
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As you can see, the hits were fairly bunched up, and the armor belt took a beating. The plates where hits three, five, and seven occurred did not come back up with the ship, although whether they were blown free or pulled free when she was rolled upright is not known. Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-65727447675860022692013-10-06T19:40:00.003-07:002013-10-06T20:44:14.690-07:00USS Oklahoma Torpedo Defense System, Pt I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been working on understanding the death of Oklahoma better so I can explain it to others, and I thought a good visualization of her Torpedo Defense System might help. This is the lower three levels of the ship, below the armor belt. Red is oil (fuel oil, diesel, etc.), blue is water (feed water mostly) and the medium blue are empty voids (air).<br />
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This is downsized from the original - not meant to be the final posting, just showing the start of a new project.<br />
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More fun than counting individual oil bunkers, anyway....Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-88664824678080484952013-09-26T22:04:00.003-07:002013-09-26T22:04:39.812-07:00Even the Anchor Chains!Came across these in OPA while doing some digging; SS Matilda Weems in 1918 in a freshly applied dazzle scheme. Note that on the starboard side, even the anchor chains follow the pattern!<br />
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NARA Atlanta, RG 181 "<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" title="Link to page for Department of the Navy. Sixth Naval District. Office of the Aide for Information. (ca. 1916 - ca. 1920)">Department of the Navy. Sixth Naval District. Office of the Aide for Information. (ca. 1916 - ca. 1920)</a><br />
<a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/2681794">http://research.archives.gov/description/2681794</a> <br />
<br />Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-28954048394850581022013-09-18T20:45:00.002-07:002013-09-18T20:45:32.738-07:00Had a wee bit of excitement during my last archives visitNot something you really want to see in a building full of rare paper....<br />
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<br />Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-78297265890341397932013-09-14T09:49:00.000-07:002013-09-14T09:49:21.863-07:00SketchesReferenced in a document on modernizing the turrets in Tennessee and California circa December 1943:<br />
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A sketch is supposed to be a simple, quick drawing, so on one hand it blows my mind that the Navy had sketches that were at least 25 separate sheets, but on the other hand, if anyone could do it, it would be the Navy!Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-66550141760983020682013-09-07T00:13:00.000-07:002013-09-14T10:11:13.540-07:00Small VictoriesI started this site a while ago because I was finding really cool stuff in the National Archives and it seemed a shame that no one else could see it. Naturally, there's some stuff that I come across I need to sit on for a bit, but I still enjoy getting information out there that wasn't available before. Such is this tale.<br />
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Last year, which scanning in photos of aircraft carriers, I came across this photo of a corvette:<br />
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No idea what it was at the time, but I like Corvettes, so I scanned it in. I came back across it a couple of weeks ago and finally researched the pennant number to try and find out what ship it was. I was able to match it to HMCS Riviere du Loup, but there were absolutely no other photos of her that I could find on the internet.<br />
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So, I created a Wikimedia commons account and uploaded that baby.. it's now on her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Riviere_du_Loup_%28K357%29" target="_blank">Wikimedia page</a>, the first and so far only photo of this quiet ship on the internet. Hopefully it will be of use to someone.... a small advancement at best, but one nonetheless.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-85854005781016609802013-09-05T21:44:00.001-07:002013-09-05T21:44:29.520-07:00Random Photo - PBM Mariner Rescue, 1942<div class="usertext-body">
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VP-74 PBM Mariner piloted by Lt Joseph A. Jaap delivering survivors
of the S.S. San Arcadio to Bermuda on Valentines Day, 1942. Jaap was
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According to War Diaries in Record Group 38, "<i>Oh 26 January the S S SAN ARCADIO, a seven thousand ton British
tanker with fifty officers and men, put out from Houston, Texas, loaded with
oil and bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia Five days out, in position 38-19N
and 63-50 W, at about 2200 LZT, they were torpedoed first aft and then forward
on the starboard side After fifteen minutes of effort to make radio contact
the ship was in such condition that it had to be abandoned 74-P-7, Lieutenant
J. A JAAP commanding found nine survivors in position 34-28N and 62-50W
The plane landed at sea, took the personnel aboard and returned them to Bermuda. As a result of this action Lieutenant Joseph Abraham Jaap, USN, was
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Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-88670307774069160772013-08-25T20:32:00.000-07:002013-08-25T20:34:18.084-07:00Using NARA's OPAFor a few years, NARA had their "Archival Research Catalog" system online for researchers to use. This allowed some limited searching for information before a visit - not all finding aids were (or are) online, and even those that are may be incomplete. ARC was shut down and replaced with <a href="http://research.archives.gov/search?v%3Asources=opa-boosts&query=&v%3aframe=form&form=opa-advanced&" target="_blank">OPA - Online Public Access</a> earlier this month, and the transition for me has been lackluster.<br />
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On the plus side, results are now persistent and you can link to or bookmark them. Previously,results were temporary based on a live database query that would close out after 30 minutes of activity, so you could never send results to a friend and say "hey, check this out!" I took to saving each interesting result as a Word Document for quick reference later.<br />
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This new one changes that, but it also really doesn't work well if you don't already know what you're looking for. If you didn't know that records are generally separated into titles such as "general correspondence," or "classified correspondence," when what would you search for?<br />
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I can, at least search for EVERYTHING in a record group at a specific location, but if I search for all of record group 19 at NARA II "textual records" I get over 15,000 results. I'm having some luck - I tried searching for "naval" in <a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html" target="_blank">Record Group 181</a> at NARA San Bruno and then hit the "refine by series" link, which listed all 58 of the listed accessions they have information posted about, including one for the 14th Naval District (Hawaii, essentially):<br />
<a href="http://research.archives.gov/description/588448" target="_blank">Fourteenth Naval District. Office of the Commandant. General Correspondence, 1925 - 1957 </a><br />
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So... learning by stumbling about.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-3486656636105823492013-07-04T23:19:00.002-07:002013-07-04T23:19:51.478-07:004th of July - Lake Kathleen 2013My third annual sojourn to the north end of the lake to watch a noisy celebration of the birth of the United States.<br />
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<br />Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-70982864776971183712013-06-01T00:27:00.000-07:002013-06-01T00:28:10.751-07:00USS Indianapolis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've long been fascinated with tragic ships - I'm not into tragedies in general, but for some reason a ship that had a major tragedy just feels more like a human story than one where the ship and her crew sailed the seas in relative obscurity and peace.<br />
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Indianapolis is an interesting ship for many reason; the aesthetics of her lines, the story of her war-time service and final, top-secret mission, also for her loss. Outfitted with the latest radar and sensors, she was torpedoed and sunk in the closing days of the war. The world's most powerful and advanced Navy didn't notice.<br />
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A great many American sailors perished horribly because of bureaucracy and lack of caring. The most advanced weapons in the world will not protect you from the harm of human limitations. Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-23831579139446130212013-05-31T23:52:00.004-07:002013-05-31T23:53:20.123-07:00Under the Wire Random PhotoBelow we have a couple of random photos from my last trip to NARA II. The first is Langley and some battleships near Puerto Rico in March of 1926. This is a great view of the between-wars battle fleet - the Big Five plus the dawn of American Naval airpower.<br />
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Next is a reminder that even great navies and good ships lose, DE-143 USS Fiske sinking after her back was broken by a torpedo from U-804 on August 2nd, 1944. 33 sailors were lost, and U-804 was herself later lost with all hands.<br />
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<br />Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-554804164065225602013-04-26T21:54:00.001-07:002013-04-26T21:54:18.441-07:00Random Photos - Dunkeswell Aerodrome, England 1944<P>A couple of photos I stumbled across during my last trip to <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/">NARA II</A> in 80-G; <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkeswell_Aerodrome">Dunkeswell Aerodrome</A>, October, 1944. This was originally meant as a fighter base, but with the stopping of Germany's aerial assault, it was turned over to the Royal Navy and Royal Navy for use in patrolling for u-boats.</P>
<P>The first shot is of a couple of Royal Navy SeaFires (I presume) in front of a temporary hangar.</P>
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<P>A crop-in of the planes:</P>
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<P>The second shot is of a supply hangar under construction, with several smaller, camouflaged buildings nearby. This shot is looking east-southeast, towards the Dunkeswell Methodist church (in the upper right), which <A HREF="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=dunkeswell+england&ll=50.863774,-3.222513&spn=0.006988,0.019569&hnear=Dunkeswell,+Devon,+United+Kingdom&gl=us&t=h&z=16">still exists</A>.</P>
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<P><A HREF="http://www.dsft.co.uk/">http://www.dsft.co.uk/</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.controltowers.co.uk/d/dunkeswell.htm">http://www.controltowers.co.uk/d/dunkeswell.htm</A><BR>
<A HREF="http://www.southwestairfields.co.uk/?page_id=53">http://www.southwestairfields.co.uk/?page_id=53</A></P>Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-902710577147560497.post-25644158514671319622013-03-17T22:02:00.001-07:002013-03-17T22:02:17.383-07:00Random Photos - Good duty?<P>I came across these photos last month in the <A HREF="http://www.archives.gov/san-francisco/">NARA San Bruno Archives</A> within some folders in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard records. My first thought was, "oh, someone pulled crap duty!" But, considering the oil soaked waters, toxic environments, and sheer danger of the salvage work at Pearl Harbor, perhaps a little smelting duty was a nice break.</P>
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I've got completed documents in the pipeline and others in progress. I hit NARA San Bruno last month and have some new documents that should be popping online in the next couple of years (yes, my backlog is that large).
Every once and a while I look over the stats for my site to see how many people are looking and what they're rolling. Interestingly, when I looked tonight, iOS was higher on the list of operating systems used by my guests than Macintosh was, indicating more people are reading by iPad or iPhone than laptops. Windows is still the monster, at 77% of the viewers, but I think it says something about where things are heading that iOS had just over 8% and Mac was just under.
I also took pains from the beginning to make sure my pages worked on older machines with lower resolutions; this is a nod to veterans who aren't pushing the super-high resolutions the kids these days take for granted. I aimed for "works well in 800 x 600" and that has paid off as these tablet devices and phones have smaller resolutions. It's largely meant I haven't had to rework the entire site to handle these new additions to the internet.
I got lucky.Tracy Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331624589095795107noreply@blogger.com0