Talk:Santa Catalina

Is the Santa Catlina the former USS Black Hawk?

Gilbert Yeager or was it Isck Ruben, in Distant Thunders remembers the name of their former tender USS Black Hawk was named Santa Catalina Posit in another alternate history the Navy never bought Santa Catalina or the USS Black Hawk was sold for Civilian use. It is possible they are not the same ship at all as the book's Santa Catalina has triple expansion engines while Black Hawk has quadrupel expansion engines and there was another civilian freighter named Santa Catalina. Pokermind (talk) 12:23, December 24, 2014 (UTC)

Note, in one of the books (I want to say Iron Gray Sea), it is mentioned that the Santa Catalina's Nancy catapult is aft mounted. While this might be interpreted to mean on the superstructure, as this is aft of the bow, that would be a spectacularly poor location given the tendency of the things to catch fire in hostile circumstances, which would be...unfortuneate for the bridge crew. In addition,  elsewhere (I believe in Storm Surge) it is mentioned that the 10" is mounted on the forecastle--NOT the stern. Considering Silva's observation that many of the cargo booms have been removed, unless that description was a typo, I would hazard a bet that it would be emplaced where the forward booms would be otherwise, due to preexisting structural strengthening and availability of hydraulics. Otherwise, kudos to the author of the post-conversion graphic. 158.145.240.111 19:30, May 29, 2015 (UTC) Jonathan

Missed that put forward for large hanger area under bridge, Can easily change in paint will consider. How do you like the Dazzle version? Pokermind (talk) 23:46, May 29, 2015 (UTC)

It looks dazzling 158.145.240.111 20:13, June 3, 2015 (UTC)Jonathan