AVIATION

SUMMARY:  28 May 1918 to December 1945

Aviation Types

  • 1 type of balloon:  1918 (March to not later than October)
  • 11 different types of airplanes:  December 1918 to December 1945
  • 2 types of drones:  1945 (January and August)

KITE BALLOON
Qty

1

 Maker

unknown

 Type

Observation

 Date Assigned - Reassigned

28 May 1918 to not later than Oct 1918

 

AIRPLANES

Turret Platform  (atop Turret 2 and Turret 4)

Dates first brought aboard.  I do not know if a Camel remained continuously aboard. 

Qty Maker Type Date Assigned - Reassigned

1

1- 2

1

Sopwith 

Sopwith 

Hanriot 

1-1/2 Strutter

Camel

HD-2

13 Dec 1918 to not later than early January 1919

13 Dec 1918 to (19 June to 14 July 1919)

(19 June to 14 July 1919) to at least through 18 Sep 1919 

Main Deck (at the stern)
 
Qty Maker Type Date Assigned - Reassigned

1

Vought

UO-1 

 5 June 1924 to 31 July 1925

Catapult (atop Turret 3)
 
  Note -  October 1932 to June 1933, Battleship Division One had the O2U-3 and O3U-1 but no details as to which battleships had which airplanes.
Qty Maker Type Date Assigned - Reassigned

1

1-2

1 - 3

 

1

 

3 - 4

 

 

 

3

 

2

2 - 3

Vought

Loening

Vought

 

Vought

 

Vought

 

 

 

Vought

 

Curtis

Vought- Sikorsky 

UO-1

OL-6

O2U-1

 

O2U-3

 

O3U-1

 

 

 

O3U-3

 

SOC-3

OS2-U

11 November 1926 to 3 July 1928

1 January 1927 to 27 June 1928

28 June 1928 to June 1930 (onboard October 1928)

6 November 1931 to 4 August 1932

June 1930 to June 1931

October 1932 to June 1933 -note above

June 1931 - October 1932

October 1932 to June 1933 - note above

June 1933 - August 1933

18 December 1934 - June 1936

31 July 1933 to 27 December 1934

30 September 1936 to 8 June 1937

16 October 1939 to 29 April 1941

30 Sep 1941 - December 1945

 

DRONES
Qty Maker Type Date Assigned - Reassigned
1 - ?

1 - ?

 full size

TDD

 unknown

unknown

Drone activity in the BB35 War Diary is:

  • 3 to 5 Jan 1945: of Hawaii.
  • 7 to 9 August 1945, in San Pedro Bay, Philippines.
The War Diary lists AA firing on drones but the diary does not specify the launching of drones from BB35.