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| Description | The big blue blanket was a system devised by Commander John Thach, USN, during World War II for protecting American warships from attack by Japanese kamikazes. Thach, serving on Admiral Halsey's and Admiral McCain's staff as air operations officer, developed a plan that called for the constant presence of the blue-painted fighter aircraft over the fleet at all hours. He recommended larger combat air patrols (CAP) stationed farther away from the carriers, a line of picket destroyers and destroyer escorts placed 50 or more miles from the main body of the fleet to provide earlier radar intercepts, and improved coordination between the fighter director officers on board the carriers. Thach also called for dawn to dusk fighter sweeps over Japanese airfields, and the use of delayed action fuses on bombs dropped on runways to make repairs more difficult. The system left the picket ships extremely vulnerable to kamikaze attacks, but gave more protection to carriers and troopships. |
| Date | 8 October 2006 (original upload date) |
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