Help please!! my late father Joseph Leroy Eastwood was a member of the Naval Armed Guard. I'm putting together a tribute to him as part of our family tree. I'm looking for any shipmates or class photos of his gun crew or basic navy class. His basic training was at Great Lakes Ill; 2/2/43 to 4/29/43. Naval Gunnery school Gulfport, Miss 4/30/43 to 5/27/43. Home base Brooklyn, NY from 5/29/43 to 5/11/45. His Muster Card has been some help as far as his ships and the Atlantic Ocean convoys.He served on the O.M. Bernuth (tanker) from May 31, 1943 to around March or April 1944. He end up on the USS Flusser from 3/17/44 to 4/30/44. It appears he was either part of a relief crew or taking the ship for repairs I'm not sure which. SS Philip F. Thomas, 5/1944 to 5/1945. SS Huntington Hills 7/1/45 (transfer ed to Pacific center 5/45)and went to Pearl. I cant find any info on his Pacific tour or other ships he was on. He specifically mentioned a corvette but it doesn't appear anywhere. Any photos, leads on where to look would be greatly appreciated.I have spent hour after hour researching his ship history but if anyone has any other suggestions or where to look I would be very grateful.
Working on a tribute to my dad and need some info on the SS Antigua. I have records showing the ship departing Pearl around 7/17/45. I next show the ship in the Port of Auchland on 8/19/45. Can anyone tell where the ship went in between these dates and until around 10/1/45. Thanks
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Dennis Sholl on April 16, 2013, 5:55 pm, in reply to "SS Antigua AF 17"
My dad was also on the Antiquaduring that time frame serving in the Armed Guard.I have a group photo of the Armed Guard taken while in port at Auckland,N.Z.I don't know what ports were visited, however I have his Shellback card indicating they crossed the Equator on 10August1945.
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Tom Eastwood on April 17, 2013, 3:26 pm, in reply to "Re: SS Antigua AF 17"
Thank you for the info! Does the group photo have names attached, if so does Joe Eastwood appear?
Thanks,
Tom Eastwood
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Dennis Sholl on April 18, 2013, 11:55 am, in reply to "Re: SS Antigua AF 17" 72.79.138.157
We have tried to scan the whole photo but it was a little too long. We hope this photo may show your family member. I hope we are able to asttach the scan to this e-mail. It seems there is no way to put the attachment of this communication. We would be pleased to email what we have to you, but what is the e-mail address?
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Dennis Sholl on April 18, 2013, 10:45 am, in reply to "Re: SS Antigua AF 17" 72.79.138.157
There are no names attached,I'm not very computer savvy,maybe my wife can try to scan it and send on to you.
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Tom Eastwood on April 19, 2013, 9:42 am, in reply to "Re: SS Antigua AF 17"
I know what you mean about the computer, I have the same problem. I would love to see the photo if your wife can scan it. My email is bleastwood@windstream.net.
Thank you so much.
Tom Eastwood
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Ron Carlson on May 26, 2012, 9:06 pm, in reply to "SS Antigua AF 17" 24.245.101.245
Tom,
Go to the EXCELLENT website ConvoyWeb and do a "Ship Search" at http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hague/index.html for the name of the ship(s) in question. It will show the whereabouts of a ship, assuming it is their database, by location, date, originating and destination ports. There will be no information on the crew. ConvoyWeb is not as complete for ship movements in the Pacific as in the Atlantic and Mediterranean but you may find something.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website www.armed-guard.com
Re: SS Antigua AF 17
Posted by Tom Eastwood on May 26, 2012, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Re: SS Antigua AF 17"
Thank you so much for your help this is the one ship I had very little info on. Would you happen to know where I could go for copies of graduating classes from the armed guard school in Great Lakes Il. i went to their web site but couldn't find any place to look for class photos. Thanks again for the info you have provided.
