On 27 August Yves Bertrand wrote I'm looking about a photo of Y 107 US Army tanker built in 1944 by Kane Shipbuilding ? Galveston ? Texas last name ORTIGIA under Italian flag and before under French Flag as LIEUTENANT MARCK Anybody could help me? Do you know if any weapons on these ships during the war? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a photo - probably as LIEUTENANT MARCK at http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/MarketStore/Foto/?msobjid=83403&Origin=SM This is a Marius Bar photo, so copies will be on the auction sites from time to time (but cannot see one at the moment) and as MERIEM http://img7.hostingpics.net/pics/719573IMG_4612.jpg and ORTIGIA http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/10024/Ortigia.jpg There's one wartime photo of a "Y" tanker in David Grover's "US Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II". I can see no sign of any fixed weapons - suspect light personal arms only. DAvid
Hello David Thank you very much for your kind answer. I have the books by David Grover and Paul Bois & Hans Pedersen. I seen a website about the FS US Army coastal cargo but nothing about the US Army coastal tankers or US Army tugs. The fleet of the US Army is really a "Forgotten Fleet" however, it was not a "Ghost Fleet" during the Second World War. Only one book? the book by David H.Grover? Cheers Yves -----Message d'origine----- From: asprey david Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MAR] Y 107 US Army coastal tanker On 27 August Yves Bertrand wrote I'm looking about a photo of Y 107 US Army tanker built in 1944 by Kane Shipbuilding ? Galveston ? Texas last name ORTIGIA under Italian flag and before under French Flag as LIEUTENANT MARCK Anybody could help me? Do you know if any weapons on these ships during the war? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> There is a photo - probably as LIEUTENANT MARCK at http://www.sjohistoriska.se/sv/Fordjupning/MarketStore/Foto/?msobjid=83403&Origin=SM This is a Marius Bar photo, so copies will be on the auction sites from time to time (but cannot see one at the moment) and as MERIEM http://img7.hostingpics.net/pics/719573IMG_4612.jpg and ORTIGIA http://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/10024/Ortigia.jpg There's one wartime photo of a "Y" tanker in David Grover's "US Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II". I can see no sign of any fixed weapons - suspect light personal arms only. DAvid ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message