Talk:Plane guard
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Apologies edit
I'm sorry for the lack of citations at the moment. A lot of the information in this article is stuff I picked up while rewriting HMAS Melbourne (R21), the ship notorious for sinking two plane guards. I don't have the books at this moment, so citing is difficult. Other infomration is gleaned from websites and forums, which I peronally believe have some reliability to the information provided, while others may disagree. These have been included in the external links section. -- saberwyn 09:48, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Some Recommendations edit
lets start adding a list of Collisions that happened when escort collides with Aircraft Carrier Some examples I can think of -
| Date | escort ship | Aircraft Carrier |
|---|---|---|
| 3 June 1969 | USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) | HMAS Melbourne |
| 22 November 1975 | USS Belknap (CG-26) | USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) |
| 4 October 1996 | Leyte Gulf (CG-55) | USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-7 |
Ice Cream edit
No mention of the practice in the USN of the carrier giving the plane guard a volume of ice cream in exchange for a returned pilot? DulcetTone (talk) 02:50, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
USN: Plane guard 2000 yards astern, off to starboard of carrier edit
I don't have a citation/link to offer, but in three years of chasing carriers all over Tonkin Gulf, we were always off ~20 degrees to starboard of carriers. All article references are to port. I assume that our mast light acted as a night ops reference guide to pilots landing on the angled deck of the carrier. (If you draw a straight line thru the angled flight deck, aft of the carrier, the 20 degree offset [to starboard] would lie on a line with the angled deck.) 2600:1700:BF10:69D0:AC4D:5A25:F38C:8166 (talk) 17:25, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
Photo caption error: British frigate providing plane guard to USS John C. Stennis edit
The photo caption, "A British frigate providing plane guard support to a US aircraft carrier" is misleading. In the photo, it is directly abeam of USS John C. Stennis. It is NOT in the plane guard location, which would be well behind the ship. Normally 2000 yards, and 15 degrees off to starboard, to be on the line of approach to the angled flight deck. The frigate might be preparing to assume the proper location, but as it is, the caption is misleading. 2600:1700:BF10:69D0:A5FE:63CC:5145:5397 (talk) 17:01, 31 May 2023 (UTC)