Another obscure ship
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:31 pm
Just another obscure ship that served in the Pacific. Anybody got a name?
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RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:46 pm
The Coast Guard Cutter Haida, WPG-45.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:50 pm
You probably should've renamed the picture...
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RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:50 pm
Very well done!
Now another
Now another
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:53 pm
ORIGINAL: Dixie
You probably should've renamed the picture...
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Bah - you discovered my secret. I was trying to impress everyone with my esoteric nautical knowledge... [;)][:'(]
Cool pics, Spence. [:)]
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:00 am
USS Owasco...
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:01 am
Dont tell me!
Did you also download he picture?[;)][:D]
Did you also download he picture?[;)][:D]
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:23 am
It was never the USS OWASCO. It was always the USCGC OWASCO. Beaucoup guns for a CG Cutter (4 x 5"/38, 8 x 40mm, 8 20mm, 4 Y-guns, 2 DC racks). The class never quite made it into the War coming on line in the latter half of 1945. Shortly after the war most of the armament was removed.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:32 am
Here's a nice, higher-res, photo of her:
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:33 am
Slightly off-topic, since she didn't see service in the Pacific, but here's another Coast Guard Cutter that saw service in WWII. Can anyone name her?
Edit: extra-special bonus points if you can name where the photo was taken.
Edit: extra-special bonus points if you can name where the photo was taken.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:55 am
165 ft class...CGC Escanaba, Tahoma, Algonquin, or Comanche maybe. Not the Onondaga cause that one did serve in the Pacific in WWII (pictured below)
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:12 am
I'm impressed. Yep - USCGC Escanaba.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:17 am
ok - now where was it taken?
The pic looks overexposed - but is that snow on the hills and dock? i'll hazard a guess that this is the Aleutians.
EDIT: Whoops - you said NOT in the Pacific (D'OH!) Let's change the guess to Newfoundland (and if pressed further - let's say St. John's)
The pic looks overexposed - but is that snow on the hills and dock? i'll hazard a guess that this is the Aleutians.
EDIT: Whoops - you said NOT in the Pacific (D'OH!) Let's change the guess to Newfoundland (and if pressed further - let's say St. John's)
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:20 am
Aleutians - no.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:21 am
ORIGINAL: ctangus
Aleutians - no.
Whoops - see correction above - let's try Newfoundland...
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:34 am
Nope - not Newfoundland, though that's a little bit closer.
I have to say that the location of the pic is quite obscure, and frankly doesn't have much to do with WWII. I mentioned it only due to personal interest - I have family from the area & lost a 2nd cousin-thriced removed (or something like that) on the Escanaba.
I have to say that the location of the pic is quite obscure, and frankly doesn't have much to do with WWII. I mentioned it only due to personal interest - I have family from the area & lost a 2nd cousin-thriced removed (or something like that) on the Escanaba.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:26 am
Maine coast then...Bar Harbor perhaps...picture is taken before WWII cause Escanaba got mined or torpedoed.
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:55 am
ORIGINAL: ctangus
Nope - not Newfoundland, though that's a little bit closer.
I have to say that the location of the pic is quite obscure, and frankly doesn't have much to do with WWII. I mentioned it only due to personal interest - I have family from the area & lost a 2nd cousin-thriced removed (or something like that) on the Escanaba.
Michigan?
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:13 pm
Iceland? Greenland?
RE: Another obscure ship
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:33 pm
Extra special bonus points for Robert!
That's Escanaba at her home - the great war-time port of Grand Haven, Michigan. She was lost in the Atlantic '43 with only two survivors and it was fairly devastating to the town - annual memorial services are still held for her there.
Spence's pics reminded me of her.
That's Escanaba at her home - the great war-time port of Grand Haven, Michigan. She was lost in the Atlantic '43 with only two survivors and it was fairly devastating to the town - annual memorial services are still held for her there.
Spence's pics reminded me of her.