To all our military men and women past and present, military family members, and to our allies who stand beside us
Thank You!
Posted on 02/08/2005 9:43:31 PM PST by SAMWolf
Which answers my question about the name of your grandpa's ship.
I wonder how many thousands there are now.
Well lookit that. You fit right in with the rest of us champeen spellurz. Welcome!
Hi miss Feather
Hiya Sam. It's sunny here, must be getting ready for 5 days of rain.
Didja go AWOL again?
I saw that last night, and a light bulb went on in my mind :-)
Interesting that a liberty ship would be named Belle Isle.
Still not feeling well today. Think tomorrow, I am calling the doctor. Maybe even this afternoon, if I can set up an appt first thing in the mornin. *brr* cold in here. *cough* *hack*
sunny and 48 degrees.
I was joking last night in the hobbit hole 'bout Texas winters... pretty much rings true, though.
one day it's nice ~ sunny, warm. The next day we get a hard freeze. Then the following day might bring mid 40's with lotsa rain. Repeat every three days. LOL.
To all our military men and women past and present, military family members, and to our allies who stand beside us
Thank You!
folks, I just downloaded the Norton Update for this week. Be sure to download the updates.
LOL!
USS Belle Isle, the first of a class of six Liberty ships converted to electronics repair ships, was built at South Portland, Maine, commissioned for the voyage to a conversion yard at Hoboken, N. J. in November 1944, and placed in full commission after conversion in July 1945. The ships of this class were also fitted to serve as distilling and barracks ships. By October 1945 Belle Isle was at Okinawa making repairs for ships of the Pacific Fleet. She moved to Japan in December 1945 where she performed repair duties for the occupation forces.
At the end of March 1946 Belle Isle departed Japan for the West Coast. After a call at San Francisco she moved to San Diego, where she was decommissioned in August 1946 and placed in reserve. In August 1951, while in reserve, she was redesignated a stores issue ship (AKS-21). Belle Isle was stricken from the Navy list in April 1960 and was apparently sunk as a target later that year.
Hi Radu. Up during the day?!?!?!
It's dark, gloomy, and wet.....a perfect opportunity for a "vampire" to be out and about during the daytime. hehe!
I vote for forgery. Dahlgren was from a military family and must have had some sense. Why would a guy go on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines carrying his own death warrant??? Besides, the Confederate commander sounds like a real sleazeball.
That was when my grandpa was discharged from active duty as well.
We sent this image and bio to Msdrby's mom and my ex-Navy uncle. I got a reply back from a uncle. He was active duty aboard the USS Yorktown at the time. His rating was Fire Control, so he was intimate with the ship's targeting systems. He rememebered them sinking a target ship. He did not remember if it was the Belle Isle.
Would that be a coincidence or what?
< One of those things that they'll debate about forever, like the Antietam "lost" orders.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.