"USS Mary Alice" Topic
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Tango01  | 25 Aug 2013 8:58 p.m. PST |
"The 180-ton steam yacht Mary Alice was built in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, and was purchased by the US Navy from William J. Conners of Buffalo, New York, for use as a gunboat in World War I. The boat was commissioned as USS Mary Alice(SP-397) on 10 August 1917 with Lieutenant (Junior Grade Grant Campbell in command. Mary Alice was approximately 174 feet long and 18 feet wide, had a top speed of 20 knots, and had a crew of 51 officers and men. The gunboat was armed with two 3-pounders and two machine guns. After being commissioned, Mary Alice spent more than a year on patrol duty in Long Island Sound, New York, and in the shipping lanes leading to New York Harbor. Early in October 1918, Mary Alice was assigned to escort the new submarine USS O-13 while the submarine was going through her pre-commissioning acceptance trials in Long Island Sound. On 5 October 1918, with Captain William A. Gill, President of the Board of Inspection and Survey, on board Mary Alice as she cruised off Bridgeport, Connecticut, O-13 submerged and conducted a circular practice run. Suddenly, O-13 accidentally rammed Mary Alice amidships, creating a huge hole in the gunboat. Mary Alice sank within a few minutes but, fortunately, O-13 managed to rescue her entire crew from the water. The above photograph shows Mary Alice underway with a large number of people on board prior to joining the US Navy. US Naval Historical Center Photograph."
From here
navalwarfare.blogspot.com.ar Nice ship. Anyone knows if there were any miniature model of it? Thanks in advance for your guidance. Amicalement
Armand |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 25 Aug 2013 9:23 p.m. PST |
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| Coelacanth | 26 Aug 2013 4:31 a.m. PST |
here is a similar yacht, from 1904: link USS O-13: link Thanks for the link! Ron |
| afilter | 26 Aug 2013 7:26 a.m. PST |
If you are looking for gaming models she looks very similar to some of the SPAN-AM war ships. [URL=http://s441.photobucket.com/user/adfilter/media/SPAN-AM%20War/USS_Gloucester.jpg.html]
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[/URL] They were aquired from Panzerschiffe: link |
| Tango01 | 26 Aug 2013 9:07 a.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend and many thanks for your guidance guys!. Amicalement
Armand |
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