Re: SS Permanente
Posted by RICHARD OSBORN on December 10, 2015, 2:27 pm, in reply to "
Re: SS Permanente"
MY MOTHER AND I RETURNED TO THE MAINLAND IN 1943 ON THE PERMANENTE WITH MRS ROBINSON AND HER SON. WE SHARED THE SAME CABIN. I WAS NINE AT THE TIME. ON OUR PREVIOUS TRIPS, THE PASSAGE WAS ABOUT FOUR DAYS. (MATSON LINE).THIS TRIP, IN CONVOY, TOOK ALMOST TWO WEEKS.THE OTHER SHIPS, INCLUDING THE TWO NAVY ESCORT SHIPS, REALLY HAD A ROUGH RIDE. WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR SHIP HAD A "FLAT BOTTOM", NOT A "V" BOTTOM, SO OUR RIDE WAS NOT BAD. I REMEMBER THE PICTURES ON THE WALL IN THE DINING AREA SHOWING THE SHIP GOING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL IN 1914. IT WAS THEN CALLED THE "ANCON". WE HAD TO WEAR LIFE JACKETS AND BEING FROM HAWAII, HAD ONLY "SUMMER" CLOTHS. IN CONVOY, WE WENT WAY NORTH OF NORMAL SHIPPING ROUTES AND IT GOT SO COLD, WE COULD NOT GO OUT ON DECK. WE WERE VERY HAPPY TO REACH OAKLAND. (THE MAIN LAND).
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