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[Harry Callahan]

Looks fantastic. It's a joy to watch all your work.

[Iceman 29]

Thank Harry!

 

A quad 28 mm (1.1"/75 cal) Mk 1 anti-aircraft gun firing on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in May 1942.

Source    U.S. Navy "Battle of Midway" movie screenshot.

Auteur    Cdr. John Ford, USNR

 

 

 

Picture from Petrel:

 

You can see the crane just behind.

 

 

I didn't know what this arm was for, here supporting a bunker hose:

 

 

Well, I got my answer, an American Hornet specialist answered me on a forum, thanks Dick:

 

The primary purpose of this structure was not as a hose support. It was one of 10 "outriggers" that were designed into the Yorktown class - 4 to starboard and 6 to port. The actual purpose was to support the tail wheel of an aircraft. The outrigger would be positioned perpendicular to the deck, the tail wheel would be attached to a slide on the outrigger and then the aircraft would be pushed back until the tailwheel reached the end of the outrigger. This increased the deck-spot capacity of the flightdeck and allowed some "ready" aircraft to be stowed out of the way of the remainder of the deck load. The numbers of outriggers were reduced as the 20MM fit was increased and eventually, all were removed from Enterprise. Yorktown and Hornet still had a few when they were lost. Dick.

 

 

So I found some detailed pictures of the Outrigger used in the Royal Navy too:

 

 

USS Intrepid CV-11:

 

USS Hornet CV-8:

 

 

 

 

 

This outrigger is drawn this evening, I simplified it a bit due to the constraints of 3D printing at 1/200 and my railings already in place.

 

I had received another image in the meantime;

 

 

 

 

[Iceman 29]

It's in place. Just one more hose to make.

 

 

 

[beefy66]

Amazing what you are doing here Pascal  👍

 

Stay Safe

beefy

[Xtof P]

Brilliant, just brillant 🥇