I'm new here, and although I have neither the skill nor the software to create some great warship profiles, I rely on this group to help me fill in the blanks on warship design and appearance. I read 45 -50 military history books each year, and am starting to build 1/700th scale model warships. Why ...
I really like this! It's great to see an entire class of ships.
I have read about the ABDA naval forces fighting against
the Japanese in early 1942, but I could never find any
detailed photos or drawings of the Dutch destroyers.
Thank you.
This movie was loosely based on a real incident - a USN sub
serving in Philippine waters Dec 41 - Feb 42 needed to be
repainted, but had to wait until it arrived in Australia, by
which time most of its gray paint had been worn off,
exposing the red lead primer below.