Hi all, Just came across this article in my news feed and did not see it mentioned on here previously: Anyone know which specific boat this is? -Daniel
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This just popped up on another forum...anyone know more about this? Daniel
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Hi all, I recently found that an ancestor of mine, Theodore James Hansen, was Coxswain on the USS Chattanooga, which was tasked with convoy duty in WWI. The CO was Arthur MacArthur, who was, "for distinguished work in protecting the troop transports from German U-Boats in 1918, he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal and was promoted to Captain" per a few sites
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Hi all, Saw this on eBay, and wanted to hear people's thoughts about it: Item number: 150466881391 Would make a fine additions to someone's collection, assuming it is authentic and worth what is being asked. I am more interested in the oil painting currently up for sale of the TSS California, sunk by U-85 but I'm priced out of that auction too. -Daniel
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Hi Angus, Thanks for the DOB. Nothing noteworthy in Ancestry (though I think I have his death record...did he pass in 1987?). More stuff to be found in the National Archives. I would recommend having a poke around in there and see what looks promising. I found items under A MacInnes, as well as Archibald MacInnes...as you said, you have quite a mountin of leads to sort through. I can sympa
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Sorry, the second one should have been: BT 372/333/151 R227835 MACINNES A 27/02/1920 SKYE -Daniel
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Hi ANgus, I found two hits in the National Archives UK that might be your man: BT 372/52/74 R126104 MACINNES A 26/12/1905 SKYE BT 372/52/101 R126249 MACINNES M 24/09/1917 SKYE These relate to the Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Central Register of Seamen: Seamen's Records ('Pouches'). Not knowing his DOB makes it a bit tricky, but it he was born in 1905 he could s
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Hi Angus, Not an impossible search, but likely a big challenge. Do you at least know his name? That is a good place to start. If you post it here (and any demographic inf you have too) I am certain a few chaps on here (myself included) will poke around and see if anything pops up. -Daniel
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Hi Expat, U-9 is perhaps one of the most famous u-boats, as was her commander, Kplt. Weddigen. For a nice, concise description of the event that made this man and this boat famous, see: Certainly that item is collectible. I haven't the faintest idea what it is worth. The best I can offer is it is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it! I am confident there are othe
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Hi all, Did U54 stop the Essequibo on more than one occasion? If not, Peter will be very happy that there are pictures on the site I recommend above of the precise event he seeks, including photos of the Essequibo taken from the deck of U54, though the website says the meeting with Essequibo took place in 1917? -Daniel
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Hi Peter, I think you will like this site: Lots of pictures and information (technical and crew) regarding U54. -Daniel
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Hello Gregory, There are records available about the u-boat attack on the steam fishing trawler Alfred Edith at the National Archives UK: Let us know if you get the records and how things turn out. -Daniel
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Hello all, A Happy and a Healthy Holiday Season to One and All! And may the blizzard that just dumped two feet of snow on my house give you just an aestetically-pleasing dusting! As they say in the burbs, May the snow be light, the shovel be sturdy and your driveway short! -Daniel
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Hi all, Found this online resource {United States Department of State / Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1917. Supplement 1, The World War (1917)}, and in case there are those who have not seen it yet, wanted to share: The link above takes you right to the index. Lots of information on a variety of u-boat attacks from official US Government telegrams and
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Hello Carl, I am assuming you have already seen this: Is your man on this list? -Daniel
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I for one will be very interested in this article once it comes out. I will post other items of note I find on Kplt. Petz and U-85 as I find them. Does anyone know when/why Petz got his Iron Cross? I am wondering if he perhaps got it at Dogger Bank while aboard the SMS Stralsund, but I have found nothing definitive as of yet. I know he had it at least by August 1916. -Daniel
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Hi all, I only had time to look at one of the above (Kriegs-Chronik der Munchner neuesten Nachrichten) and while the death notice info for Willy (published 26 April) was as depressingly spartan as anything I have come across in English language newspapers, there was another piece on him dated 19 February which appears to summarize his career thus far. I am translating that now to see if it co
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Hello, Wow, the photo comparison is stunning. I will follow your suggestion but I will have to stumble along with translation software (again) to try and obtain information. I have had some success with Google Translate for German but I have no idea how good (or bad) the Russian translations will be...yet! I found two more books referencing Kplt. Petz that are available via the New York P
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Hi all, A quick update, and a question. Per WASt, Willy Petz' service records were destroyed, probably in WWII. With their help and some other sources I have located I am slowly reconstructing his service record. However, I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction...I read a few references in American newspaper accounts of his death (usually printed April 28, 1917) that hi
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Hi Don, Glad to hear you've solved it. As was painfully apparent I made absolutely no headway on it. Hope the bust finds a good home. -Daniel
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Hi Yves, Thanks for this. Given she was just launched in February 1916 she was lucky, I guess, to avoid disaster that December. I would love to know a little more about that attack if you happen to have it handy. -Daniel
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Hi all, I am hoping someone can shed some light on the unsuccessful attack on the troopship Northumberland in May 1918. A website claims the following: Orders were received on May 2, 1918, to entrain for duty overseas, and on the night of May 10, 1918, the 117th Infantry went on board transports at New York. The First and Second Battalions with 20 officers and 1922 enlisted men climbed up
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Done. Here's the link to the threads in the GWF: [1914-1918.invisionzone.com] I posted the link to your original post in the thread in the GWF. -Daniel
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Hi Don, I find your reponse to my efforts to help you more than a bit puzzling. You sought help, yes? I am interested in helping you out, as are others. If it is the absence of links that you have an issue with, I will happily add them. If you want no more help from me, just say so, and you can join up with the GWF, or whatever forum strikes your fancy, and make your own post. -Daniel
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Hi, I took the liberty of crossposting your info to the GWF and there is some interest there in helping with identifying the bust. Can you do a rubbing of the writing on the base and post it here? I will post the rubbing to GWF and that may help in identifying what it says. Consensus is that it is German script but the rubbing may help to clear up precisely what it says. One area of conc
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Hi all, Perhaps now that we have this spelling of the ship's name, a look through the newspaper archives might shake something loose. I know with at least one ship I have been researching, the year she was seriously damaged she was not listed in Lloyds, so perhaps a look at these ships in the actual annual registers might reveal something similiar? -Daniel
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Another candidate: Single Ship Report for "5516340" IDNo: 5516340 Year: 1912 Name: TAQUARY Launch Date: Type: Cargo ship (ref) Date of completion: 4.12 Flag: BRA Keel: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tons: 1943 Link: 1551 DWT: 3040 Yard No: 426 Length overall: 88.0 Ship Design: LPP: 84.3 Country of build: GBR Bea
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Hi James, Is this your ship? Single Ship Report for "5600897" IDNo: 5600897 Year: 1896 Name: TAQUARY Launch Date: 1.5.96 Type: Passenger/cargo Date of completion: 15.8.96 Flag: DEU Keel: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tons: 2788 Link: 1543 DWT: Yard No: 423 Length overall: Ship Design: LPP: 91.1 Country of bui
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Hi Don, You might also try crossposting this to the Great War Forum. The more minds working on this the better. If you are not a member, if you wish I can cross-post this if you like, just let me know. As an aside, I keep seeing the word Kaptainleutant....perhaps just the mind playing tricks, but would not be the first time detail was lost in the manufacture of a cast-iron object... -D
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Hi, Not out of the realm of possibility. I saw an ashtray made from the Deutschland, once. I would bet the imposing man was not the Cook or the Funkmeister. Maybe the Kplt.? Can we see a photo? That might help. -Daniel
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