If it was on the back road into Lossiemouth from Lhanbryde and Urquhart and very close to a wood my grandad used to be one of the boilerman there. Sorry can't remember the name of the base Grandad lived at Rutherhill near Lhanbryde and one day a german pilot upturned his plane and shouted out of the cockpit that they wood be back. Mum remembers they were all in the field and she said that he came so low that they all ducked down. Not much help in regards your query - more a family histoy remembrance of the time. regards Carol www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk Wakefield Family History Sharing ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Monks" <arethusa@shaw.ca> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] RAF AIRFIELDS IN SCOTLAND > Greetings, > > My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was > adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in > thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far > from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a > clanger!!) > > Peter > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country > your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 11:52:15 -0600, Peter Monks <arethusa@shaw.ca> wrote: >My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield >was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in >thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not >far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a >clanger!!) There were 6 airfields within a 15 mile radius of the town of Lossiemouth during WW2: Lossiemouth airfield, NJ207695, 1.75 miles WSW of the town of Lossiemouth. Milltown airfield, NJ266657, 3.5 miles SE of the town of Lossiemouth, and 3.5 miles NE of Elgin. Kinloss airfield, NJ068632, 11.3 miles WSW of the town of Lossiemouth, and 3.4 miles NE of the town of Forres. Dallachy airfield, NJ365635, 3.25 miles NNE of Fochabers, and 9.3 miles E of the town of Elgin. Forres airfield, NJ020580, 1 mile WSW of the town of Forres Elgin or Bogs O' Mayne airfield, NJ200604, 2 miles SW of the town of Elgin You can see a modern map of each one if you go to the ordnance Survey's Get-a-map page at http://getamap.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/getamap/frames.htm and by inputting the grid reference (eg NJ207675) into the search box at the top left. The first four are still marked as airfields, whilst the last two are not. You can zoom the maps out and in, and seeing them may well jog your memory of the area. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

Greetings, My father was posted to Scotland as an RAF aircraftsman. The airfield was adjacent to Lossiemouth while we lived near Forres. Am I correct in thinking that this would be the only such airfield in the area?? (Not far from where the three German spies were dropped off..........what a clanger!!) Peter

write me off list at my e-mail, maybe I can help ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hodges" <jameshodges1970@yahoo.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 3:10 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Hughenden - more information |I should have added that 'Hillside' was based at Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. | | It was commanded by a Major Quaiffe. He was in the army. The remainder of the personnel seem to have been either civilians or RAF members. | | If anyon ehas any information about 'Hillside' I would be very interested to hear from them. I am researching 'Hillside' for a research project at the University of Washington, Seattle USA. | | Locating documentary evidence for the history of 'Hillside' is proving very difficult as it was a top secret facility, on a par with Bletchley Park. | | James. | | | --------------------------------- | New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates. | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx |

I should have added that 'Hillside' was based at Hughenden Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. It was commanded by a Major Quaiffe. He was in the army. The remainder of the personnel seem to have been either civilians or RAF members. If anyon ehas any information about 'Hillside' I would be very interested to hear from them. I am researching 'Hillside' for a research project at the University of Washington, Seattle USA. Locating documentary evidence for the history of 'Hillside' is proving very difficult as it was a top secret facility, on a par with Bletchley Park. James. --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC for low, low rates.

My grandfather ran the print room at 'codename Hillside' , a target map making facility for Bomber Command. He worked there from about 1941 to 1945. He worked there as a civilian. I am seeking information about the role of 'Hillside' during the war, with particular emphasis on trying to locate his personnel file. I have contacted the Ministry of Defence, National Archives, and the RAF without luck. Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks, James. --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

Oh, you did a great job! I really hope his grandson is watching this list! thanks again... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:56 PM Subject: Re: webmaster > Thats what I do, find things/people/stuff - I went the genealogy route and > found his entire family tree - I can try it with some of the crew members > if > you like, I also have a lot of other names for SEDERHOLM if you want them. > With such an unusual name, they have to be related. > delilah > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> > To: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com>; <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: webmaster > > > | Thank you very much! How did you do all that so quickly? > | On the Navy site, I actually submitted that photo of the ARD-24. Have > found > | the page about the eventual sale of the ship, also, but no more. > | I heard from Leif Sederholm's grandson about a year ago, and we > | corresponded for a while. He doesn't know anything about the ship or > its > | activities either, though. Also heard from the son or grandson of > another > | crew member, who also doesn't know anything either, but would like to. > It's > | very frustrating, as these ships were apparently considered "secret > | weapons", and everything about them was classified for many years. Now, > | nothing remains in the National Archives, so there's no information to > be > | had from there. I just keep hoping against hope that one of the crew > | members might still be alive. I know the chances are slim, and getting > | slimmer by the day. > | Thanks again for all your valuable input! > | > | Barbara Whitsitt > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> > | To: ""BJ Whitsitt"" <folkie@insightbb.com> > | Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:21 PM > | Subject: webmaster > | > | > | > wronneb@ronneberg.org <wronneb@ronneberg.org> > | > > | > This is the e-mail of the person who has the genealogy chart that > includes > | > Leif Sederholt > | > > | > > | > > | > | > > >

Rick, I'm not sure exactly what you mean by flooding and lifting, but do have a rudimentary knowledge of how they worked. There are a few things on the Internet that show them in action. Are your pages in digital form, so that you could possibly share them with me? I also have some photos, which I'd be glad to share. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <Snowfrog1961@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? > Barb, > > I have an aerial photo of the training center at Tiburon Cove, an in-hull > photo of a sister ship (ARD-13), and close up photo of sister ship > (ARD-14), as > well as a few pages of basic ARD dimensions,capacities and duties. Also > photo > of Apra Harbor with breakwater and approx. a dozen assorted photos of > various facilities on Guam. Do you know the general functions of ARD's, > flooding, > lifting? > > Rick > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > We welcome tributes of your World War II ancestors. We are an > international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor > was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help > you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are > referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

The ship I'm talking about is the USS ARD-24. That's its entire name. Thanks. Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <VictorJBlomberg@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? Barb what ship? > Hi Barb, > > What ship are you talking about. I have rosters for USS Lagrande and USS > LCS (L) (3) 46. Dee > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Military/WORLDWAR2.html > This is the link to our archives. You may search or browse. Also, > subscribe or unsubscribe and contact admin. We are an international list. > Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what > country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give > dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For > example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

Hi Barb, What ship are you talking about. I have rosters for USS Lagrande and USS LCS (L) (3) 46. Dee

Barb, I have an aerial photo of the training center at Tiburon Cove, an in-hull photo of a sister ship (ARD-13), and close up photo of sister ship (ARD-14), as well as a few pages of basic ARD dimensions,capacities and duties. Also photo of Apra Harbor with breakwater and approx. a dozen assorted photos of various facilities on Guam. Do you know the general functions of ARD's, flooding, lifting? Rick

Barb, Is there any information regarding this ship that you need? Size,dimensions,normal complement,fate, etc? Rick

Rick, No, I have most of the specs, and do know the ship's fate. It was sold (maybe to South America)...somewhere I have the info on that, but can't recall it at the moment. What I'd like to have is information about exactly where the ship went (into battles?), and how (always towed?), and what duties the men aboard had. My father was a metalsmith, but who knows what else? I have heard bits and pieces of things, but nothing concrete. I understand that while anchored at Guam, the men had "beach duty", which I'd like to know more about. I do have my father's service records, but of course, there's not much information there. He was trained at the Naval Drydock Training Center in Tiburon, CA. Apparently, that facility no longer exists. Whatever information might come along would be hugely appreciated. Have tried to find someone in charge of reunions, but the man listed died several years ago. Thanks... Barb ----- Original Message ----- From: <Snowfrog1961@aol.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? > Barb, > > Is there any information regarding this ship that you need? > Size,dimensions,normal complement,fate, etc? > > Rick > > > ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== > To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: > WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. Please remember > to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in > now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help > us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or > Nov 4, 1944. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

http://www.ronneberg.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5784&tree=A Some genealogy for Leif Sederholt ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? | Hello, | For years, I've been trying to find information about my dad's US Navy ship and its activities. I write here every year or so, just to see if someone might've wandered in who knows about it. | The ship was USS ARD-24. ARDs were Auxiliary Repair Drydocks, and did *not* have any other name except USS ARD and a number. ARD-24 was stationed in the Pacific, docked at Apra Harbor, Guam. It repaired mostly submarines. I've obtained the deck log, which is very scant. | I'm going to list the names of the men who were on this ship, in hopes that some of them, or their families, might happen across this message. I do have each of their service numbers. It was a relatively small crew, so I hope you can bear with me. If you are, or know, or know about any of the men on this list, or about this ship, please contact me. | | USS ARD 24 | | Commanded by L.Sederholt | Lieutenant (jg) Thomas R. Atkins (CC) V(S) USNR Executive Officer | Carpenter Robert Young USN Maintainance Officer | Machinist William B. Miller USNR Engineering Officer | | Crew: | Almour, George William Jr. | Anderson, Robert Joseph | Annellini, Rudolpho Anthony | Beckstead, Robert "M" | Bevel, Floyd Gilbert | Bazzanella, John Baptist | Bisker, Fredrick William | Blades, Julius Edwin | Burke, William Mills | Buse, Robert Justin | Butler, Warner | Butterworth, Fredrick Richard | Buynoch, John Richard | Casey, Shaun | Carson, Benjamin Danial (sic) | Carroll, Fredrick Eldon | Cislo, Edward Joseph | Collae, Robert "A" | Cooper, Richard George | Craig, John Charles | Crane, Horace Leon | Cribb, Edmond Richard | Criswell, Vernon Woodrow | Crumley, James Telford | Curnow, Walter Newton | Curran, William Patrick | Daugherty, Charles Nicholis (sic) | Davies, Floyd Jerald | Deeds, John Preston | Dorey, Peter Carl | Drake, Raymond Clyde | Duffell, William Otho Jr. | Edmonds, Louis Jackson | Egelhoff, Wendell Hugh | Emerick, Lester Marion | Evans, Robert Albert | Evans, George Fredrick | Fader, Ames Mackay | Fernalld, Hilon Louis | Fobear, Archie William | Fodella, Michael | Fox, John Dillard | Funderburk, Marion Frank | Gaisbauer, John Raymond | Glass, Irvin Lee | Good, Arnold Bernard | Goral, Louis | Gunter, Eugene Theodore | Haemmerle, Alfred Joseph | Hagerman, Otis (n) Jr. | Halbakken, Marvin Elmer | Hall, Ralph Holland | Halsey, John William | Halliday, George Thomas | Hancoch, Herbert Egbert | Hansen, Max "C" | Hardy, Warren George | Hardin, Bryce Elmo | Hatheway, Merlin Edward | Haynes, Durwood Fredrick | Herbert, Felix Riley | Hager, Maurice Newton | Herndon, George Washington | Helldoerfer, Richard English | Jantz, Walter William | Jordan, Glenn Albert | Kaap, Avis Floyde | Lacitignola, James John | Lee, Robert E. | Lehmann, William Robert | Mitchell, Walter Gifford | Mish, Jack Jacob | Norris, Shafer Grifford | Norris, James Noble | Norris, Ralph Howard | Mc Crory, William Maurice | Mullen, Paul Reed | Olsen, Robert Harold | Petek, William (n) | Petticord, Sylvan Edgar | Owens, Robertson Hunley | Parent, Raymond Ralph | Piorkowski, Stanley Walter Jr. | Riedel, Edmund Otto | Ripley, John Timothy | Singleton, Damon Ford | Roe, Jesse Vern | Robey, Roy Edward | Reynolds, Robert Henry | Rowe, Milton Clark | Snider, Myron Dean | Smith, Elmer Dorsey | Staudenraus, Francis Carl | Stevens, James Milton | Stevenson, John Barnes | Thomas, Winthrop Snowdon | Ward, Willis Clenton | Weber, Robert Henry | Winkel, Francis Lambert | Wuertz, Donald Richard | | Thanks for your patience! A few other men came and went from the ship occasionally, but I'll have to dig through the 500+ pages again to find them. Will send when I've done that. | Thanks in advance for any help or info anyone can offer! | | Barbara Whitsitt | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

Thank you very much! How did you do all that so quickly? On the Navy site, I actually submitted that photo of the ARD-24. Have found the page about the eventual sale of the ship, also, but no more. I heard from Leif Sederholm's grandson about a year ago, and we corresponded for a while. He doesn't know anything about the ship or its activities either, though. Also heard from the son or grandson of another crew member, who also doesn't know anything either, but would like to. It's very frustrating, as these ships were apparently considered "secret weapons", and everything about them was classified for many years. Now, nothing remains in the National Archives, so there's no information to be had from there. I just keep hoping against hope that one of the crew members might still be alive. I know the chances are slim, and getting slimmer by the day. Thanks again for all your valuable input! Barbara Whitsitt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delilah" <diamond6468@mindspring.com> To: ""BJ Whitsitt"" <folkie@insightbb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 4:21 PM Subject: webmaster > wronneb@ronneberg.org <wronneb@ronneberg.org> > > This is the e-mail of the person who has the genealogy chart that includes > Leif Sederholt > > >

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28idx.htm Auxilliary Ships (Repair Docks) ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? | Hello, | For years, I've been trying to find information about my dad's US Navy ship and its activities. I write here every year or so, just to see if someone might've wandered in who knows about it. | The ship was USS ARD-24. ARDs were Auxiliary Repair Drydocks, and did *not* have any other name except USS ARD and a number. ARD-24 was stationed in the Pacific, docked at Apra Harbor, Guam. It repaired mostly submarines. I've obtained the deck log, which is very scant. | I'm going to list the names of the men who were on this ship, in hopes that some of them, or their families, might happen across this message. I do have each of their service numbers. It was a relatively small crew, so I hope you can bear with me. If you are, or know, or know about any of the men on this list, or about this ship, please contact me. | | USS ARD 24 | | Commanded by L.Sederholt | Lieutenant (jg) Thomas R. Atkins (CC) V(S) USNR Executive Officer | Carpenter Robert Young USN Maintainance Officer | Machinist William B. Miller USNR Engineering Officer | | Crew: | Almour, George William Jr. | Anderson, Robert Joseph | Annellini, Rudolpho Anthony | Beckstead, Robert "M" | Bevel, Floyd Gilbert | Bazzanella, John Baptist | Bisker, Fredrick William | Blades, Julius Edwin | Burke, William Mills | Buse, Robert Justin | Butler, Warner | Butterworth, Fredrick Richard | Buynoch, John Richard | Casey, Shaun | Carson, Benjamin Danial (sic) | Carroll, Fredrick Eldon | Cislo, Edward Joseph | Collae, Robert "A" | Cooper, Richard George | Craig, John Charles | Crane, Horace Leon | Cribb, Edmond Richard | Criswell, Vernon Woodrow | Crumley, James Telford | Curnow, Walter Newton | Curran, William Patrick | Daugherty, Charles Nicholis (sic) | Davies, Floyd Jerald | Deeds, John Preston | Dorey, Peter Carl | Drake, Raymond Clyde | Duffell, William Otho Jr. | Edmonds, Louis Jackson | Egelhoff, Wendell Hugh | Emerick, Lester Marion | Evans, Robert Albert | Evans, George Fredrick | Fader, Ames Mackay | Fernalld, Hilon Louis | Fobear, Archie William | Fodella, Michael | Fox, John Dillard | Funderburk, Marion Frank | Gaisbauer, John Raymond | Glass, Irvin Lee | Good, Arnold Bernard | Goral, Louis | Gunter, Eugene Theodore | Haemmerle, Alfred Joseph | Hagerman, Otis (n) Jr. | Halbakken, Marvin Elmer | Hall, Ralph Holland | Halsey, John William | Halliday, George Thomas | Hancoch, Herbert Egbert | Hansen, Max "C" | Hardy, Warren George | Hardin, Bryce Elmo | Hatheway, Merlin Edward | Haynes, Durwood Fredrick | Herbert, Felix Riley | Hager, Maurice Newton | Herndon, George Washington | Helldoerfer, Richard English | Jantz, Walter William | Jordan, Glenn Albert | Kaap, Avis Floyde | Lacitignola, James John | Lee, Robert E. | Lehmann, William Robert | Mitchell, Walter Gifford | Mish, Jack Jacob | Norris, Shafer Grifford | Norris, James Noble | Norris, Ralph Howard | Mc Crory, William Maurice | Mullen, Paul Reed | Olsen, Robert Harold | Petek, William (n) | Petticord, Sylvan Edgar | Owens, Robertson Hunley | Parent, Raymond Ralph | Piorkowski, Stanley Walter Jr. | Riedel, Edmund Otto | Ripley, John Timothy | Singleton, Damon Ford | Roe, Jesse Vern | Robey, Roy Edward | Reynolds, Robert Henry | Rowe, Milton Clark | Snider, Myron Dean | Smith, Elmer Dorsey | Staudenraus, Francis Carl | Stevens, James Milton | Stevenson, John Barnes | Thomas, Winthrop Snowdon | Ward, Willis Clenton | Weber, Robert Henry | Winkel, Francis Lambert | Wuertz, Donald Richard | | Thanks for your patience! A few other men came and went from the ship occasionally, but I'll have to dig through the 500+ pages again to find them. Will send when I've done that. | Thanks in advance for any help or info anyone can offer! | | Barbara Whitsitt | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/09672401.jpg her photo ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? | Hello, | For years, I've been trying to find information about my dad's US Navy ship and its activities. I write here every year or so, just to see if someone might've wandered in who knows about it. | The ship was USS ARD-24. ARDs were Auxiliary Repair Drydocks, and did *not* have any other name except USS ARD and a number. ARD-24 was stationed in the Pacific, docked at Apra Harbor, Guam. It repaired mostly submarines. I've obtained the deck log, which is very scant. | I'm going to list the names of the men who were on this ship, in hopes that some of them, or their families, might happen across this message. I do have each of their service numbers. It was a relatively small crew, so I hope you can bear with me. If you are, or know, or know about any of the men on this list, or about this ship, please contact me. | | USS ARD 24 | | Commanded by L.Sederholt | Lieutenant (jg) Thomas R. Atkins (CC) V(S) USNR Executive Officer | Carpenter Robert Young USN Maintainance Officer | Machinist William B. Miller USNR Engineering Officer | | Crew: | Almour, George William Jr. | Anderson, Robert Joseph | Annellini, Rudolpho Anthony | Beckstead, Robert "M" | Bevel, Floyd Gilbert | Bazzanella, John Baptist | Bisker, Fredrick William | Blades, Julius Edwin | Burke, William Mills | Buse, Robert Justin | Butler, Warner | Butterworth, Fredrick Richard | Buynoch, John Richard | Casey, Shaun | Carson, Benjamin Danial (sic) | Carroll, Fredrick Eldon | Cislo, Edward Joseph | Collae, Robert "A" | Cooper, Richard George | Craig, John Charles | Crane, Horace Leon | Cribb, Edmond Richard | Criswell, Vernon Woodrow | Crumley, James Telford | Curnow, Walter Newton | Curran, William Patrick | Daugherty, Charles Nicholis (sic) | Davies, Floyd Jerald | Deeds, John Preston | Dorey, Peter Carl | Drake, Raymond Clyde | Duffell, William Otho Jr. | Edmonds, Louis Jackson | Egelhoff, Wendell Hugh | Emerick, Lester Marion | Evans, Robert Albert | Evans, George Fredrick | Fader, Ames Mackay | Fernalld, Hilon Louis | Fobear, Archie William | Fodella, Michael | Fox, John Dillard | Funderburk, Marion Frank | Gaisbauer, John Raymond | Glass, Irvin Lee | Good, Arnold Bernard | Goral, Louis | Gunter, Eugene Theodore | Haemmerle, Alfred Joseph | Hagerman, Otis (n) Jr. | Halbakken, Marvin Elmer | Hall, Ralph Holland | Halsey, John William | Halliday, George Thomas | Hancoch, Herbert Egbert | Hansen, Max "C" | Hardy, Warren George | Hardin, Bryce Elmo | Hatheway, Merlin Edward | Haynes, Durwood Fredrick | Herbert, Felix Riley | Hager, Maurice Newton | Herndon, George Washington | Helldoerfer, Richard English | Jantz, Walter William | Jordan, Glenn Albert | Kaap, Avis Floyde | Lacitignola, James John | Lee, Robert E. | Lehmann, William Robert | Mitchell, Walter Gifford | Mish, Jack Jacob | Norris, Shafer Grifford | Norris, James Noble | Norris, Ralph Howard | Mc Crory, William Maurice | Mullen, Paul Reed | Olsen, Robert Harold | Petek, William (n) | Petticord, Sylvan Edgar | Owens, Robertson Hunley | Parent, Raymond Ralph | Piorkowski, Stanley Walter Jr. | Riedel, Edmund Otto | Ripley, John Timothy | Singleton, Damon Ford | Roe, Jesse Vern | Robey, Roy Edward | Reynolds, Robert Henry | Rowe, Milton Clark | Snider, Myron Dean | Smith, Elmer Dorsey | Staudenraus, Francis Carl | Stevens, James Milton | Stevenson, John Barnes | Thomas, Winthrop Snowdon | Ward, Willis Clenton | Weber, Robert Henry | Winkel, Francis Lambert | Wuertz, Donald Richard | | Thanks for your patience! A few other men came and went from the ship occasionally, but I'll have to dig through the 500+ pages again to find them. Will send when I've done that. | Thanks in advance for any help or info anyone can offer! | | Barbara Whitsitt | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/6724.htm Here is her specs and says she was struck from the Naval Registry (date unknown). Are all these men from the US? Some were renamed for uses other than what they were built for, i.e. USS ARD 29. delilah ----- Original Message ----- From: "BJ Whitsitt" <folkie@insightbb.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:06 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] Do you know any of these men? | Hello, | For years, I've been trying to find information about my dad's US Navy ship and its activities. I write here every year or so, just to see if someone might've wandered in who knows about it. | The ship was USS ARD-24. ARDs were Auxiliary Repair Drydocks, and did *not* have any other name except USS ARD and a number. ARD-24 was stationed in the Pacific, docked at Apra Harbor, Guam. It repaired mostly submarines. I've obtained the deck log, which is very scant. | I'm going to list the names of the men who were on this ship, in hopes that some of them, or their families, might happen across this message. I do have each of their service numbers. It was a relatively small crew, so I hope you can bear with me. If you are, or know, or know about any of the men on this list, or about this ship, please contact me. | | USS ARD 24 | | Commanded by L.Sederholt | Lieutenant (jg) Thomas R. Atkins (CC) V(S) USNR Executive Officer | Carpenter Robert Young USN Maintainance Officer | Machinist William B. Miller USNR Engineering Officer | | Crew: | Almour, George William Jr. | Anderson, Robert Joseph | Annellini, Rudolpho Anthony | Beckstead, Robert "M" | Bevel, Floyd Gilbert | Bazzanella, John Baptist | Bisker, Fredrick William | Blades, Julius Edwin | Burke, William Mills | Buse, Robert Justin | Butler, Warner | Butterworth, Fredrick Richard | Buynoch, John Richard | Casey, Shaun | Carson, Benjamin Danial (sic) | Carroll, Fredrick Eldon | Cislo, Edward Joseph | Collae, Robert "A" | Cooper, Richard George | Craig, John Charles | Crane, Horace Leon | Cribb, Edmond Richard | Criswell, Vernon Woodrow | Crumley, James Telford | Curnow, Walter Newton | Curran, William Patrick | Daugherty, Charles Nicholis (sic) | Davies, Floyd Jerald | Deeds, John Preston | Dorey, Peter Carl | Drake, Raymond Clyde | Duffell, William Otho Jr. | Edmonds, Louis Jackson | Egelhoff, Wendell Hugh | Emerick, Lester Marion | Evans, Robert Albert | Evans, George Fredrick | Fader, Ames Mackay | Fernalld, Hilon Louis | Fobear, Archie William | Fodella, Michael | Fox, John Dillard | Funderburk, Marion Frank | Gaisbauer, John Raymond | Glass, Irvin Lee | Good, Arnold Bernard | Goral, Louis | Gunter, Eugene Theodore | Haemmerle, Alfred Joseph | Hagerman, Otis (n) Jr. | Halbakken, Marvin Elmer | Hall, Ralph Holland | Halsey, John William | Halliday, George Thomas | Hancoch, Herbert Egbert | Hansen, Max "C" | Hardy, Warren George | Hardin, Bryce Elmo | Hatheway, Merlin Edward | Haynes, Durwood Fredrick | Herbert, Felix Riley | Hager, Maurice Newton | Herndon, George Washington | Helldoerfer, Richard English | Jantz, Walter William | Jordan, Glenn Albert | Kaap, Avis Floyde | Lacitignola, James John | Lee, Robert E. | Lehmann, William Robert | Mitchell, Walter Gifford | Mish, Jack Jacob | Norris, Shafer Grifford | Norris, James Noble | Norris, Ralph Howard | Mc Crory, William Maurice | Mullen, Paul Reed | Olsen, Robert Harold | Petek, William (n) | Petticord, Sylvan Edgar | Owens, Robertson Hunley | Parent, Raymond Ralph | Piorkowski, Stanley Walter Jr. | Riedel, Edmund Otto | Ripley, John Timothy | Singleton, Damon Ford | Roe, Jesse Vern | Robey, Roy Edward | Reynolds, Robert Henry | Rowe, Milton Clark | Snider, Myron Dean | Smith, Elmer Dorsey | Staudenraus, Francis Carl | Stevens, James Milton | Stevenson, John Barnes | Thomas, Winthrop Snowdon | Ward, Willis Clenton | Weber, Robert Henry | Winkel, Francis Lambert | Wuertz, Donald Richard | | Thanks for your patience! A few other men came and went from the ship occasionally, but I'll have to dig through the 500+ pages again to find them. Will send when I've done that. | Thanks in advance for any help or info anyone can offer! | | Barbara Whitsitt | | | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. | New content added every business day. Learn more: | http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx |

Hello, For years, I've been trying to find information about my dad's US Navy ship and its activities. I write here every year or so, just to see if someone might've wandered in who knows about it. The ship was USS ARD-24. ARDs were Auxiliary Repair Drydocks, and did *not* have any other name except USS ARD and a number. ARD-24 was stationed in the Pacific, docked at Apra Harbor, Guam. It repaired mostly submarines. I've obtained the deck log, which is very scant. I'm going to list the names of the men who were on this ship, in hopes that some of them, or their families, might happen across this message. I do have each of their service numbers. It was a relatively small crew, so I hope you can bear with me. If you are, or know, or know about any of the men on this list, or about this ship, please contact me. USS ARD 24 Commanded by L.Sederholt Lieutenant (jg) Thomas R. Atkins (CC) V(S) USNR Executive Officer Carpenter Robert Young USN Maintainance Officer Machinist William B. Miller USNR Engineering Officer Crew: Almour, George William Jr. Anderson, Robert Joseph Annellini, Rudolpho Anthony Beckstead, Robert "M" Bevel, Floyd Gilbert Bazzanella, John Baptist Bisker, Fredrick William Blades, Julius Edwin Burke, William Mills Buse, Robert Justin Butler, Warner Butterworth, Fredrick Richard Buynoch, John Richard Casey, Shaun Carson, Benjamin Danial (sic) Carroll, Fredrick Eldon Cislo, Edward Joseph Collae, Robert "A" Cooper, Richard George Craig, John Charles Crane, Horace Leon Cribb, Edmond Richard Criswell, Vernon Woodrow Crumley, James Telford Curnow, Walter Newton Curran, William Patrick Daugherty, Charles Nicholis (sic) Davies, Floyd Jerald Deeds, John Preston Dorey, Peter Carl Drake, Raymond Clyde Duffell, William Otho Jr. Edmonds, Louis Jackson Egelhoff, Wendell Hugh Emerick, Lester Marion Evans, Robert Albert Evans, George Fredrick Fader, Ames Mackay Fernalld, Hilon Louis Fobear, Archie William Fodella, Michael Fox, John Dillard Funderburk, Marion Frank Gaisbauer, John Raymond Glass, Irvin Lee Good, Arnold Bernard Goral, Louis Gunter, Eugene Theodore Haemmerle, Alfred Joseph Hagerman, Otis (n) Jr. Halbakken, Marvin Elmer Hall, Ralph Holland Halsey, John William Halliday, George Thomas Hancoch, Herbert Egbert Hansen, Max "C" Hardy, Warren George Hardin, Bryce Elmo Hatheway, Merlin Edward Haynes, Durwood Fredrick Herbert, Felix Riley Hager, Maurice Newton Herndon, George Washington Helldoerfer, Richard English Jantz, Walter William Jordan, Glenn Albert Kaap, Avis Floyde Lacitignola, James John Lee, Robert E. Lehmann, William Robert Mitchell, Walter Gifford Mish, Jack Jacob Norris, Shafer Grifford Norris, James Noble Norris, Ralph Howard Mc Crory, William Maurice Mullen, Paul Reed Olsen, Robert Harold Petek, William (n) Petticord, Sylvan Edgar Owens, Robertson Hunley Parent, Raymond Ralph Piorkowski, Stanley Walter Jr. Riedel, Edmund Otto Ripley, John Timothy Singleton, Damon Ford Roe, Jesse Vern Robey, Roy Edward Reynolds, Robert Henry Rowe, Milton Clark Snider, Myron Dean Smith, Elmer Dorsey Staudenraus, Francis Carl Stevens, James Milton Stevenson, John Barnes Thomas, Winthrop Snowdon Ward, Willis Clenton Weber, Robert Henry Winkel, Francis Lambert Wuertz, Donald Richard Thanks for your patience! A few other men came and went from the ship occasionally, but I'll have to dig through the 500+ pages again to find them. Will send when I've done that. Thanks in advance for any help or info anyone can offer! Barbara Whitsitt

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