OT: An article about my grandpa's service

shoot-kill-win · 01-06-08, 01:53 AM

Here is an article my grandpa had about him helping the CHinese in 1946, when the U.S. Navy gave them the U.S.S. Maumee. My grandpa was the Engineering officer's Yeoman onboard, and he later went on to be on Patrol Craft Escort 886 after the Maumee, the pic in my sig is a photo of the Patrol Craft shooting off some depth charges.
The U.S.S. Maumee AG124 was the Navy's first ever diesel powered ship, it was a fleet tanker launched in 1916, Chester Nimitz -Submariner CHest Nimitz and later on Admiral- was the Maumee's engineering officer, but that was way before my grandpa's time.
Here is the Article:

Rockin Robbins · 01-06-08, 08:38 AM

Now THAT's an interesting story. Please post the link so we can read the article.

shoot-kill-win · 01-07-08, 06:34 PM

Updated with link. Sorry about that, I thought I had posted the picture there.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-07-08, 11:15 PM

Nice story, thanks for posting

RDP

Torvald Von Mansee · 01-08-08, 04:13 AM

If you load the image into Photoshop and desaturate, you should be able to remove the yellow from the article!!!

Rockin Robbins · 01-08-08, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torvald Von Mansee

If you load the image into Photoshop and desaturate, you should be able to remove the yellow from the article!!!

Then he'd lose all the color!:rotfl:

It IS yellow journalism...

shoot-kill-win · 01-08-08, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Nice story, thanks for posting

RDP

Your Welcome. I thought it was a little tidbit of info some people didnt know. My grandpa did not even know it was the Navy's first diesel powered ship lol.

01-06-08, 01:53 AM	#1
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	OT: An article about my grandpa's service Here is an article my grandpa had about him helping the CHinese in 1946, when the U.S. Navy gave them the U.S.S. Maumee. My grandpa was the Engineering officer's Yeoman onboard, and he later went on to be on Patrol Craft Escort 886 after the Maumee, the pic in my sig is a photo of the Patrol Craft shooting off some depth charges. The U.S.S. Maumee AG124 was the Navy's first ever diesel powered ship, it was a fleet tanker launched in 1916, Chester Nimitz -Submariner CHest Nimitz and later on Admiral- was the Maumee's engineering officer, but that was way before my grandpa's time. Here is the Article: __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days Last edited by shoot-kill-win; 01-07-08 at 06:34 PM.

01-06-08, 08:38 AM	#2
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	No link there. Now THAT's an interesting story. Please post the link so we can read the article. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

01-07-08, 06:34 PM	#3
shoot-kill-win Medic Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 164 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Updated with link. Sorry about that, I thought I had posted the picture there. __________________ U.S.S. Batfish "The champion Submarine-killing sub of WWII" Official tonnage: 12,332 Sank 3 subs in 3 days

01-07-08, 11:15 PM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,888 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice story, thanks for posting RDP __________________ Back in the Day

01-08-08, 04:13 AM	#5
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	If you load the image into Photoshop and desaturate, you should be able to remove the yellow from the article!!! __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky