Mystery Ship #9

[Feinder]

Next time, no more hints. [:@]

Good job Mynok!

-F-

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Feinder

Next time, no more hints. [:@]

Good job Mynok!

-F-

out of curiosity, is that a WITP ship? if so, are ALL your unknowns ships included in WITP?

[greg_slith]

PY-25 Crystal

[greg_slith]

D'oh!

[Feinder]

out of curiosity, is that a WITP ship?

- Yes

if so, are ALL your unknowns ships included in WITP

- Yes

At least they show on the ships list in the WitP DB. I'm doing this from the office, so I don't actually know if they're in Scen #15. In the case of the Hilo, I don't know if she's originally listed as a PG in Scen 15 (again, I'm at the office). But I do have a copy of the DB list of ships here, and she's got an entry for AGP.

-F-

[niceguy2005]

any links to the history of this ship. WOuld like to know how she went from Yacht to gun boat to PT tender.

[Mynok]

That link in my post has some info.

Next time, no more hints.

Your hint isn't what turned the tide for me. It was jrlans mentioning a PT tender that sent me into that section. I was digging through AS ships still thinking it was a sub tender.

[DuckofTindalos]

Hilo is a Niagara class AGP, arriving in SF 1/15/43.

Here's a link to her history:

http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/agp2.htm

[Pascal_slith]

I believe there may also be some history in the Dictionary of Fighting Ships at the Navy Historical website at

www.history.navy.mil

[niceguy2005]

Thanks Terminus. She sounds like she was a busy little ship. Never saw mention though of her being converted into a gun boat. Maybe I misunderstood.