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name that ship 14
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:23 am
by SargeantTex
lets see if you can name what she was cause she had several different functions
RE: name that ship 14
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:35 am
by sspahr
USS Oglala
RE: name that ship 14
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:38 am
by SargeantTex
USS Oglala it is and after repairing from damage at Pearl Harbor she was redesignated as an internal combustion engine repair ship which makes me wonder if she only fixed navy engines or fixed tank engines too since most american tanks used gasoline engines.
RE: name that ship 14
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:19 am
by rtrapasso
ORIGINAL: SargeantTex
USS Oglala it is and after repairing from damage at Pearl Harbor she was redesignated as an internal combustion engine repair ship which makes me wonder if she only fixed navy engines or fixed tank engines too since most american tanks used gasoline engines.
According to a blurb i found on the USS
Mindanao (ARG-2) they "provided repair facilities for amphibious, patrol, and landing craft. "
i suspect they worked mainly on USN and USMC-type stuff, although maybe some DUKWs of US Army persuasion might have found a helping hand on occasion.
BTW - reading on the salvage of
Oglala: she sank 2 more times after 7 Dec (for a total of 3), and almost a 4th... maybe they should have renamed her the USS
YoYo since she was going up and down so much.