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Re: Armed Guard
Posted by:
Ken Dunn
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Date: January 24, 2007 03:29PM
Hi Harry,
For an excellent account of the Norwegian Merchant Marine during the war see Siri Lawson’s site: www.warsailors.com. It is available in Norwegian and English. This is a superb site with excellent information and a great forum to boot.
Norway has a seafaring tradition and Norwegian seamen served at sea on the ships of several nations. There was a Norwegian merchant seaman (a naturalized American citizen born in Norway) serving on my dad’s ship when it was torpedoed.
Also see: [www.armed-guard.com] for more information on the U.S. Navy Armed Guard during the war. This is also a great site dedicated to the Armed Guard. There is a lot of information and photos.
Additionally there was an Armed Guard in WWI too. I haven’t researched it yet but I know it existed because the Captain of my dad’s ship encountered his first U-boat during WWI while he was serving as part of the naval gun crew on an American Merchant ship. He was decorated for his actions that day – the U-boat was driven off not sunk but the ship was saved. God only knows what kind of a gun they had to work with back then. I wouldn’t be surprised if it involved a cannon ball though (-:
After WWI and his enlistment ended he joined the merchant marine where he rose to captain his own ship and earned the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his actions during and after the sinking of my dad’s ship. He survived the attack but was killed when his next ship was also torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat. A liberty ship was named after him later in the war. It was attacked by the Japanese and damaged so badly it was declared a total construction loss. Later it was commissioned into the navy and used as a floating warehouse. There is still a ship sailing today with his name though – the MV Gus W Darnell.
For an excellent account of the American Merchant Marine before, during and after the war see www.usmm.org. This is yet another superb site with tons of information. It is specifically geared to answer questions. It doesn’t have its own forum but it does have a “Shipmate Search†section where you can ask them to post a message for you if you are looking for men that served on a particular ship or ships etc. I have found people I was looking for by leaving them a post there. Scroll down to the bottom of the section to find the e-mail address to send your post to. Also note that they accept donations.
Regards,
Ken Dunn
For an excellent account of the Norwegian Merchant Marine during the war see Siri Lawson’s site: www.warsailors.com. It is available in Norwegian and English. This is a superb site with excellent information and a great forum to boot.
Norway has a seafaring tradition and Norwegian seamen served at sea on the ships of several nations. There was a Norwegian merchant seaman (a naturalized American citizen born in Norway) serving on my dad’s ship when it was torpedoed.
Also see: [www.armed-guard.com] for more information on the U.S. Navy Armed Guard during the war. This is also a great site dedicated to the Armed Guard. There is a lot of information and photos.
Additionally there was an Armed Guard in WWI too. I haven’t researched it yet but I know it existed because the Captain of my dad’s ship encountered his first U-boat during WWI while he was serving as part of the naval gun crew on an American Merchant ship. He was decorated for his actions that day – the U-boat was driven off not sunk but the ship was saved. God only knows what kind of a gun they had to work with back then. I wouldn’t be surprised if it involved a cannon ball though (-:
After WWI and his enlistment ended he joined the merchant marine where he rose to captain his own ship and earned the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal for his actions during and after the sinking of my dad’s ship. He survived the attack but was killed when his next ship was also torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat. A liberty ship was named after him later in the war. It was attacked by the Japanese and damaged so badly it was declared a total construction loss. Later it was commissioned into the navy and used as a floating warehouse. There is still a ship sailing today with his name though – the MV Gus W Darnell.
For an excellent account of the American Merchant Marine before, during and after the war see www.usmm.org. This is yet another superb site with tons of information. It is specifically geared to answer questions. It doesn’t have its own forum but it does have a “Shipmate Search†section where you can ask them to post a message for you if you are looking for men that served on a particular ship or ships etc. I have found people I was looking for by leaving them a post there. Scroll down to the bottom of the section to find the e-mail address to send your post to. Also note that they accept donations.
Regards,
Ken Dunn
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Armed Guard | Harry | 01/24/2007 12:47AM |
Re: Armed Guard | Ken Dunn | 01/24/2007 02:33AM |
Re: Armed Guard | Harry | 01/24/2007 03:07AM |
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