Dull’s book “Battle History of..”: Question
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 14:03:42 -0400 (EDT)
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>From: rivera.3@osu.edu (Carlos R. Rivera)
>Subject: Re: Dull’s book “Battle History of..”: Question
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> >In th chapter “The Bitter End”, page 333, first paragraph, Dull > describes the
> >destruction of Hagure by British destroyers, making mention of “sent the
> >pink-painted cruiser down…”.
> >Why was the Haguro pink, is this some nautical expression I don’t know,
> >and were
> >any other ships painted pink during the war (besides that submarine on which
> >Tony Curtis organized things…:)
> >
>Most probably, it was “red lead” (an anti corrosive IIRC correctly). It
>you don’t maintain your ship due to steaming, combat, lack of supplies, it
>happens. Any bosuns out there?
>
>CRR
>
>LCDR USNR