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11-27-2003, 12:07 PM
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WW2 Convoy
I have a question about convoy?s.
1945 we left San Francisco June 1,1945 and arrived at Philippine Island on July 9,1945.One week we sat at Pearl Harbor. We were harassed by Japanese submarines. We had to wear life jackets and canteen of water at all times.. Now comes my senor moment, I remember when sub was detected our convoy would scatter while our Navy dropped depth charges. . Is this correct or would the convoy stay to-gether? Our ship was the S.S. Sacajawea with about 900 men. The back half of the ship were ex-air cadets and ex-air corp men who were put in the infantry when the air corp had too many pilots and air men. Now that is another st
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12-02-2003, 07:08 AM
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Scattered? That's totally not SOP. More like a recipe for disaster if that sub wasn't alone. Sure they weren't just opening up a bit to let the escorts run freely?
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12-02-2003, 08:38 AM
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It may have been ships opening up a little.Also could have been every one running to thier station. I always thought of ship scattering and then I had a senor moment that said , thats not correct
thanks to every one who straightened me out
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