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To: smn745
The ships I sailed on more or less in order;

Mason M. Patrick (nicknamed the Micky Mouse)
William Darby (twice)
G. M. Randall
E. D. Patrick
W. A. Mann

One of these old girls split in two while tied to a dock in the US in the early 1950s. It was raised, welded back together and continued its service into the Viet Nam era.

I can't find a reference to the name of the ship but my dad told the story and believed it to be true.

Our family was stationed in Japan in the 50s...

24 posted on 10/13/2013 10:18:11 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

E.D. Patrick: From San Fran to Seattle and then onto Yokohama Harbor in 1957. Took 18 days because of searching for a downed plane and typhoon.

If memory serves me right, E.D. Patrick was mothballed in Suisun Bay, then sold to India for scrap.


31 posted on 10/13/2013 11:47:57 AM PDT by notaliberal (St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,)
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