Re: TANKER,SSEJ HENERY, WW11.PACIFIC,
TO RUSS WEBB,MORE IMFO.ON THE SS EJ HENERY, SHE SAILED OUT OF SAN PEDRO CA,XMAS DAY 1943,A WOODEN FLIGHT DECK WAS BUILT TO HOLD # 16 NAVY PLANES ,WHICH WERE OFF LOADED AT NEW HEBERTES.THE SHIP STARTED OUT IN A CONVOY ,BUT WERE SOON TOLD TO CHANGE COURSE,UNABLE TO KEEP UP ,THE OLD LADY RAN AROUND # 10 KNOTS MAX, FOR THE NEXT YEAR,OF SHUTTLING OIL,EACH TIME IT WENT THRU THE PANAMA CANAL MECH,WORKED ON HER.WE DEL.OIL TO MANY DIFFERENT ISL.IN THE PAC,& SEVERAL MEN OF WAR.OUR SKIPPER.< MERCHANT MARINE > WAS TOLD HE WAS TOO OLD TO GO BACK TO SEA.HE SERVED & THEN DIED, A BURIAL WAS HELD AT SEA.HE REQUIRED THAT THE 1ST,MATE,& THE NAVY LT, DO TRAGET SHOOTING EVERY MORNING AT 10:00 AM,WITH THIER COFFEE, THE SHIP ENDED UP AT MARCUS HOOK PENN.1944.WHERE SHE WAS HOME PORTED.NEEDING A OVERHUAL,HOPE THIS IS OF INTEREST TO SOMEONE,HOW DID YOU FIND THE IMFO,ON THE HENERY ? JACK WITT.
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Responses
- Re: TANKER,SSEJ HENERY, WW11.PACIFIC, - Jerry Becknel January 3, 2014, 11:15 am
- Re: TANKER,SSEJ HENERY, WW11.PACIFIC, - Russ Webb October 11, 2009, 11:39 am
- Re: TANKER,SSEJ HENERY, WW11.PACIFIC, - JACK W.WITT October 10, 2009, 8:15 pm
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