SC-497 class submarine chaser, one of the smallest and most produced warships of US Navy during WW2.
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| Author: | WhyMe [ June 27th, 2011, 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | US Navy WW2 subchaser |
SC-497 class submarine chaser, one of the smallest and most produced warships of US Navy during WW2.
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| Author: | Rodondo [ June 27th, 2011, 9:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
Wonderful work yet again from you! I'm a bit sketchy about small US boats during the war though 
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| Author: | Thiel [ June 27th, 2011, 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
And yet this is the first time I ever hear about them. It's always the little ones and their work that are forgotten. |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ June 27th, 2011, 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
It's the sad truth unfortunately, I see much more cruisers than picket launches |
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| Author: | Carnac [ June 27th, 2011, 9:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
Well done. The American flag looks a little... square. Is it supposed to be? |
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| Author: | Rodondo [ June 28th, 2011, 12:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
Because it's flapping? Not sure either actually, missed that small pont |
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| Author: | Portsmouth Bill [ June 28th, 2011, 6:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
very nice, and my vote as always for small, lesser known warships 
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| Author: | heuhen [ June 28th, 2011, 10:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser |
the norwegian one HNoMS "Hitra" before: http://www.splinterfleet.org/img/sc718.jpg http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/ ... /hitra.jpg after: http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5140/hitra2vv5.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/569 ... 3dd8_o.jpg |
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| Author: | WhyMe [ June 28th, 2011, 4:14 pm ] | |||
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser | |||
Thanks for your comments.
It's always the little ones and their work that are forgotten. So true. Yet in this particular case ships of this class did not sink a single enemy vessel 
The American flag looks a little... square. Is it supposed to be? This flag has been used for ages and can be found on a number of drawings of US ships in the database.
the norwegian one HNoMS "Hitra" It's one of a few survivors. Since there were several hundred of these ships built they were given away and sold to many countries and private parties. In fact, I was planning on drawing a couple civilian mods.
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| Author: | Thiel [ June 28th, 2011, 4:40 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: US Navy WW2 subchaser | ||
Thanks for your comments.
True, but then again the point of a subchaser isn't to sink the enemy submarine, it's to keep it from sinking someone else.
It's always the little ones and their work that are forgotten. So true. Yet in this particular case ships of this class did not sink a single enemy vessel Give the rather appalling underwater speed of most submarines back then, forcing them to submerge tended to do the trick. In other words, the true extend of their work shouldn't be measured in submarines sunk or damaged, but in merchanters not sunk. |
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