The Development of Mobile Logistic Support in Anglo-American Naval Policy, 1900–1953

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Illustrations Maps 2.1. Pacific region, 1945 33 2.2. Manus to Japan 40 2.3. TF57 fueling areas and operational strike points, March–May 1945 41 7.1. Korean naval operations, 1950–1953 212 Diagrams 2.1. USN burton rig 31 3.1. RN gun-line procedure for astern fueling 59 3.2. Small derrick rig 62 3.3. RN Large 70-ft derrick fuel rig 63 3.4. RN jackstay fueling rig 64 3.5. USN close-in fueling rig 65 3.6. USN span-wire or Elwood fueling rig 65 3.7. RN heavy jackstay stores rig 69 3.8. USN wire highline rig 70 3.9. USN manila highline rig 70 3.10. USN housefall rig 71 Tables 6.1. Annual Replacement Costs for Warships and Major Auxiliaries 158 7.1. Summary of Fuel Issued during Exercise MAINBRACE (1952) 196 7.2. Summary of Ships Fueled during Exercise MAINBRACE (1952) 196 Plates Follow Page 160 1.1. USS Cimarron, 1942. 2.1. VSIS Glenartny transferring stores at sea to HMNZS Achilles, 1945. 3.1. Five USN ships consolidating abeam, Pacific 1945. ix x | Illustrations 3.2. Battleship HMS Duke of York on her approach to HMS Bulawayo whose fuel rig has been prepared for delivery. 3.3. HMS Olna abeam HMS Implacable and HMS Newfoundland. 3.4. Carrier HMS Formidable astern MFA San Ambrosia with HMS Euryalus abeam (1945). 3.5. HMS Victorious astern from MFA San Ambrosia with the cruiser HMNZS Gambia abeam (1945). 3.6. HMS Bulawayo refueling HMS Dunkirk astern in rough channel weather. 3.7. HMNZS Achilles refueling HMS Ulysses using her crane fueling rig, 1945. 3.8. RFA Dingledale deploying trough rig abeam HMS Ulysses; carrier HMS Implacable astern. 3.9. Large 70-ft derrick rig on HMS Bulawayo, 1947. 3.10. Saddle or hose trough on HMS Bulawayo, RN 1947. 3.11. HMS Bulawayo refueling the cruiser HMS Cleopatra by jackstay fueling rig. 3.12. HMS Glory and the Australian destroyer HMAS Bataan being refueled simultaneously by RFA Wave Premier, 1951, Korea. 3.13. Ammunition ship USS Rainier replenishing the carrier USS Antietam and the battleship USS Wisconsin off Korea in 1952. 3.14. Transferring bombs from the AE Mount Katmai to USS Philippine Sea off Korea in 1950. 3.15. Transfer of eggs by jackstay between the cruiser HMNZS Achilles and destroyer HMS Wakeful. 3.16. Transferring an 18-inch aerial torpedo by one-ton jackstay storing rig from HMS Bulawayo to HMS Dunkirk. 3.17. Transferring personnel by stirrup/light jackstay between the Canadian destroyer HMCS Athabaskan and HMS Unicorn, 1951. 3.18. Casevac transfer from the Battle-class destroyer HMS Finisterre to the light fleet carrier HMS Glory, 1946. 5.1. USS Neosho AO-143. 5.2. RFA Tidesurge refueling the cruiser HMS Gambia abeam. 7.1. RFA Olna refueling a carrier during Exercise MAINBRACE, 1952. 7.2. HMS Bulawayo astern from HMS Glory. 7.3. HMS Dunkirk refueling abeam HMS Bulawayo. 7.4. Close-up of HMS Dunkirk refueling abeam HMS Bulawayo using an experimental 7-inch hose. 7.5. HMS Vanguard refueling abeam from HMS Bulawayo using large derrick rig, 1947. 7.6. HMS Bulawayo rigging crews on deck during trials with the Home Fleet, 1947. 7.7. Ammunition transfer between HMS Superb and HMS Bulawayo. 7.8. Ammunition skip box and netting (RN 1947). 7.9. USS Conecuh fitted out for “one-stop replenishment” trials. 7.10. War-gaming in Sims Hall, U.S. Naval War College. 7.11. RFA Arndale refueling a Canadian cruiser while an Australian destroyer is also transferring mail; photographed from an RN battleship, 1945. 7.12. RN “C”-class destroyer refueling from USS North Carolina, 1945. 7.13. HMS Ocean and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Nootka refueling from RFA Wave Sovereign in the Yellow Sea, 1951. 7.14. Fuel hose being extended from HMS Bulawayo to HMS Duke of York, 1947. 7.15. Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga refueling from the American oiler USS Manatee off Korea in June 1951. Illustrations | xi ...