SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

Other than the USS Nevada...

1560 views
11 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Michigan
Other than the USS Nevada...
Posted by ps1scw on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:22 PM

...which Battleship had the false bow wave ?

  • Member since
    September 2012
  • From: Edmond, Oklahoma
Posted by Tom Cervo on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:25 PM

Bismarck had a false bow wave.  You didn't specify which side.

"A man cannot say he has fully lived until he has built a model ship"

Ronald Reagan

  • Member since
    June 2006
  • From: Michigan
Posted by ps1scw on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:53 PM

LOL, Very true :)  let me narrow it down....Which Pearl Harbor December 1941 Battleship.

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: Mansfield, TX
Posted by EdGrune on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:47 PM

Oklahoma

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 3:53 PM

Those were the only two. The cruiser Chester did as well, but she was returning from sea on December 7th and wasn't actually at the harbor until the next day.

Tracy White Researcher@Large

  • Member since
    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:06 AM

Hey ! Didn,t the PRINZ EUGEN have one for a time too ?    tankerbuilder

  • Member since
    May 2006
Posted by thunder1 on Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:58 AM

The heavy cruiser USS NORTHHAMPTON had a wicked bow wake, port and starboard sides. OK it's not a battleship.....still it's a neat paint job.

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Saturday, December 22, 2012 1:09 PM

If you want to expand it out a bit; Colorado and Mississippi were ordered to paint the bow wave. I don't have a photo of either in it, but pictures taken at the end of Colorado's 1941 overhaul (December time frame) don't show it (she's in fresh paint from the later directives)

Tracy White Researcher@Large

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Groton, CT
Posted by warshipguy on Saturday, December 22, 2012 7:11 PM

USS North Carolina also had a false bow wave.

Bill

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Lyons Colorado, USA
Posted by Ray Marotta on Monday, December 24, 2012 2:58 PM

So did the Graf Spee

 ]

 

 

  • Member since
    January 2005
Posted by John @ WEM on Monday, December 24, 2012 3:33 PM

As did the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, which was quite unique as she was painted in the light gray Measure 3 at the time.

  • Member since
    August 2005
  • From: EG48
Posted by Tracy White on Monday, December 24, 2012 11:48 PM

warshipguy
USS North Carolina also had a false bow wave.

That was actually paint chipping and not a false bow wave.

Tracy White Researcher@Large

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.