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SHIPS THAT OPERATED IN THE BACKGROUND
Subject is continued BELOW Link Table
30 Ship TYPES are described behind each button below. Individual ships are linked just below each button! [several in the works yet :) ]
These ships are not combat ships but thousands of our service personnel served on them.
Many served in KOREA also!
Many were injured, killed and contain the scars of war
in observing our combat ships attacked, damaged and sunk.
It is hoped that a corner of
the WWII Museum or the NATIONAL MUSEUM of the PACIFIC or the Houston Maritime Museum.
can provide a display of these SUPPORT SHIPS, like in corner of Sand Point Museum Idea.
Another location is within the existing Carrier Museums as displayed on the
web page: http://www.usnavyoilers.com/Support/
The carriers have shown interest is having a display on their hanger decks.
You can gather SHIP TREASURES like AO-105 crew has, but where will they be kept?
Ship REUNION MEMBERS, why not get a few $1,000 together and have a model created?
There is no question you will find a place to display it.
Perhaps all of those types at the top of this page can be put together.
SUGGESTION!
UPDATE the contract to DISMANTLE a retired ship
to include a museum quality model of that TYPE ship.
If a model already exists, those funds will be used for a model type not existing.
Each model must be placed and maintained by responsible organizations.
The monies set in the contract could be $5000.
Perhaps 2 models could be created until all WWII type ships are preserved.
See Types ABOVE!
MODELS CAN BE PRODUCED LIKE THIS BELOW or THESE
Patoka is 447' long - A suggested scale is 1:96 - A museum quality model would be 4' - 7.9" long
The best model I am aware of is of USS Tamalpais AO-96
There are models out there, just not with individual ships show on line.
Example: U.S. Naval Academy Museum or U. S. Merchant Marine Academy Museum
WORLD WAR TWO IMAGES or VIDEOS or HISTORY or LEARNING SITE
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But in reality,
with the technologies available today, perhaps web pages like this can
provide enough information
for the public to study the history of the ships that work to keep our fighting ships where they are needed. Most data here is gathered from NAVSOURCE, WIKIPEDIA, or DANFS I helped write "NAVAL OILER" in Wikipedia "STORIES" - Stories on individual ship encounters are needed. Not personal, lifetime stories. Examples of these are what I have posted. "STORIES" and "VIDEOS".   |
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