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Examination Battery
An examination vessel is a vessel used to inspect ships and boats entering a port during wartime. An examination vessel would typically be responsible for examining and verifying all merchant ships and small craft entering or departing a port. They would normally be equipped with one or more machine guns and in addition were often supported by one or more shore gun batteries, sometimes called examination batteries. In the case of United States Army Coast Artillery Corps The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States and its possessions between 1901 and 1950. The CAC also operated heavy and railway artillery ... defenses in World War II, a Harbor Entrance Control Post on shore would interrogate a vessel, and a nearby examination battery would be ready to respond if required. Duties might include boarding ships, examining papers to establish identity and belligerent status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS Armentières E-032
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HMAS Southern Cross
HMAS ''Southern Cross'' was an examination vessel, stores and troop carrier of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. Built in 1933 for the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church, she was requisitioned by the RAN on 29 March 1941 and commissioned on 18 June 1941. Description ''Southern Cross'' was a yacht that was launched as yard number 994 on 4 July 1933 by Cammell Laird & Company in Birkenhead, England. She had been ordered by the England-based Melanesian Mission Trust Ltd. ''Southern Cross'' was a 298-ton vessel that had a length between perpendiculars (LPP) of , a beam of and was powered by a diesel engine. Wartime Service Deployment to Darwin ''Southern Cross'' with in company sailed from Sydney on 29 June 1941 for Darwin by way of the Queensland ports of Brisbane, Gladstone, Townsville, Cairns, Cooktown, and Thursday Island reaching Darwin on the evening of 1 August. ''Southern Cross'' took ''Kiara'' in tow on 1 July when one of that ship's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frying Pan (lightship)
''Frying Pan'' (LV-115) is a lightvessel moored at Pier 66a in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It served at Frying Pan Shoals, off Cape Fear in North Carolina, for over 30 years. Frying Pan Shoals station In 1854, because of complaints from mariners that the height of the existing Bald Head Lighthouse was inadequate, and the light of its third-order Fresnel lens was not bright enough to warn mariners of the shallow waters of the treacherous Frying Pan Shoals off the coast of Cape Fear in North Carolina, United States, the first lightship was stationed on the shoals, in lieu of a proposal to improve Bald Point Lighthouse. The Bald Point lighthouse, and others, were turned off during the Civil War to avoid aiding the Northern ships. Lightships remained on station for 110 years. On July 29, 1944, Lieutenant (jg) Clarence Samuels, USCG, became the first Hispanic-American of African descent to command a lightship when he assumed command of ''Frying Pan''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Lightship Swiftsure (LV-113)
United States lightship No. 113, known as ''Swiftsure'', was a steel-hulled lightship in commission with the United States Lighthouse Service as ''LV-113'' from 1929 to 1939, and in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard as ''WAL-535'' from 1939 until 1968. During World War II, she was given the designation ''USS YP-397''. History She was laid down at the Albina Motor Works in Portland, Oregon and launched on 1 July 1929. She had two masts each capped with a 375mm electric lens lantern (15,000 cp) and a 4-way air diaphone fog horn. During World War II, she was reassigned to the Alaskan Sea Frontier to serve as an examination vessel. Designated as a Yard Patrol Craft ''YP-397'', she was painted grey and armaments added: a 4"/50 caliber gun forward, two .50 caliber machine guns on either side of the bridge, one .30 caliber machine gun aft, and a Y gun with 17 depth charges. She was assigned to the Icy Strait at the northern entrance to the Inside Passage between Cape Spence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nantucket Lightship LV112
United States lightship ''Nantucket'' (LV-112) is a National Historic Landmark lightship that served at the Lightship Nantucket position. She was the last serving lightship and at time of its application as a landmark, one of only two capable of moving under their own power. She served as the lightship for such notable vessels as the liners , , and . The ship was officially designated Light Vessel No. 112 or ''LV-112'' to permanently identify the vessel as the practice was to paint the name of the marked hazard or station on the vessels that often occupied multiple stations. ''LV-112'' was built to replace ''LV-117'' which had been sunk in a collision while assigned to Nantucket Shoals with special safety features and was the largest light vessel ever built. The vessel was somewhat unusual in being only at the Nantucket station except for the war years of 1942-1945 and 1958-1960 when assigned as the relief vessel for the 1st District during which several stations were occupied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Lightship LV-87
The United States Lightship LV-87/WAL-512 (''Ambrose'') is a riveted steel lightship built in 1907 and served at the Ambrose Channel lightship station from December 1, 1908, until 1932, and in other posts until her decommissioning in 1966. It is one of a small number of preserved American lightships, and now serves as a museum ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in southern Manhattan, New York City. History In 1921, the first radio beacon in the United States was installed in the ship's radio shack. This addition greatly assisted ships navigating the congested Ambrose Channel in dense fog. LV-87 would also be the last steam-powered vessel to hold the Ambrose Channel post. After the end of her Ambrose Channel assignment in 1932, LV-87 underwent a major refit, most significantly switching from steam propulsion to a direct drive Winton Diesel engine, as well as the removal of her anchor burton on her bow and a reorganization of her deck structures. Afterward, the ship wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnegat (lightship)
The United States lightship ''Barnegat'' (LV-79/WAL-506), is located in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The lightship was built in 1904 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 29 November 1979. History ''Barnegat'' was built in 1904 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden. The vessel served from 1904 to 1924 as the lightship for Five Fathom Bank, which is located from the Cape May Lighthouse. The vessel was then used as a relief for the next two years. In 1927 the vessel was assigned to the Barnegat Lighthouse station. In 1942 the vessel was withdrawn from the Barnegat station to serve as an examination vessel at Edgemoor, Delaware. ''Barnegat'' would inspect all vessels entering the Delaware River until 1945. The vessel returned to the Barnegat station, where it served until it was decommissioned on 3 March 1967. ''Barnegat'' was then donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in Saint Michaels, Maryland. The museum was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Sumar
HMS ''Sumar'' (FY1003) was a yacht purchased by the Admiralty of the United Kingdom during the Second World War converted to an armed yacht and equipped for anti-submarine warfare, replacing (which had been re-assigned to the Mediterranean in 1942) as the Royal Naval Examination Service vessel at Bermuda. She was based at the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda until the end of the war. Pre-war civil use The ''Sumar'' was completed in 1926 by the Tebo Yacht Basin subsidiary of Todd Shipyards Corporation of New York for real estate developer David Charles Whitney of Grosse Point, Detroit, Michigan, United States (the son of lumber baron David Whitney Jr.), who named the motor yacht for his wife ''Susan Marshall Whitney''. Royal Naval use in Second World War ''Sumar'' was obtained by the British Admiralty, armed and commissioned as HMS ''Sumar'' in July 1942. Her first commanding officer, Temporary Lieutenant-Commander C. A. King, DSC, Royal Navy Reserve, was appointed on 12 July 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Castle Harbour
HMS ''Castle Harbour'' was a civilian harbour vessel of 730 tons that was taken-up from trade (TUFT) during the Second World War by the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda for use by the Royal Naval Examination Service and later armed and commissioned as a warship, providing harbour defence from submarines. Pre-war civil history Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Bermuda and West Indies Steamship Company as ''Mid-Ocean'' in 1929, she was initially, described as a tug,''The Andrew And The Onions: The Story Of The Royal Navy In Bermuda, 1795–1975'', Lieutenant Commander Ian Stranack, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, though other sources describe her as a tender, used to transport passengers between liners at anchorage and the shore. While possibly used in both roles, she was used to service Furness-Withy liners that maintained passenger service between Bermuda and North America. The ship was renamed in 1930 in commemoration of Castle Harb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talley's Group
Talley's Group Limited is a privately owned, New Zealand-based agribusiness company that provides seafood, vegetable and dairy products. Talley's was established in 1936 in Motueka by Ivan Peter Talijancich (later known as Ivan Talley) as a manufacturer of seafood, and has since grown into one of the largest agribusiness companies in New Zealand. The company's Port Motueka site incorporates the Group Head Office, the Seafood Division and the Dairy Division. The Vegetable Division began operations in 1978 at Motueka, but has since been relocated to Blenheim and Ashburton. The meat division, AFFCO Holdings, has been majority-owned by Talley's since the early 2000s. In 2016 Talley's diversified into coal mining in a joint purchase with Bathurst Resources of former Solid Energy mines at Stockton, Rotowaro and Maramarua. History The company's first fishing vessel was the ''Janie Seddon''. Built in the United Kingdom in 1903, the ''Janie Seddon'' was one of two submarine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS Malaspina
HMCS ''Malaspina'' was a Canadian government fisheries patrol vessel pressed into service with the Royal Canadian Navy in 1917 and again in 1939 and which therefore saw service during the First World War and Second World War. The vessel was constructed in 1913 in Dublin, Ireland and patrolled the fisheries along the West Coast of Canada. A sister ship of CGS ''Galiano'', ''Malaspina'' was also taken over by the Royal Canadian Navy, and both ships mixed civil duties with naval patrol and examination work, including minesweeping training and trials, for much of the war. ''Malaspina'' survived the war and returned to fisheries protection work in 1920. In 1939, following the outbreak of the Second World War, ''Malaspina'' was again commissioned in the Royal Canadian Navy, serving as a patrol and examination vessel and subsequently as a training ship before being paid off in 1945 and sold for scrap in 1946. Description ''Malaspina'' was designed as coastal patrol vessel. The vess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS Armentières
HMCS ''Armentières'' was one of twelve naval trawlers used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). ''Armentières'' entered service in 1918 near the end of the First World War on the Atlantic coast of Canada. Following the war, the ship was transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries for a short period before reverting to RCN service in 1923 on the Pacific coast of Canada. The ship sank in 1925, was raised and re-entered service, remaining with the fleet through the Second World War as an examination vessel at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. After the end of the war, the vessel entered mercantile service becoming ''A.G. Garrish'' in 1947, later renamed ''Arctic Rover'' in 1958, ''Laforce'' in 1962 and ''Polaris'' in 1973. The ship's registry was deleted in 1991. Design and description The RCN's Battle-class trawlers formed part of the Canadian naval response to Admiralty warnings to Canada about the growing German U-boat threat to merchant shipping in the western Atlantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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