Mystery Ship
In honor of Veterans Day.
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Does anyone know what kind of ship this is? Please click here to see a discussion of the possibilities!
posted by Ookpik at 1:14 AM
Sunday, November 11, 2007
About Me
- Name: Ookpik
- Location: Michigan, United States
I began my interest in vernacular photography by a chance acquisition of over 10,000 negatives dating from the late 1920's through the early 1970's. Luckily, I knew what I had was something more than "someone's old pictures." This cache of old images became the impetus for me to create two Photoblogs: Ookpik’s Negativity and Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes. Ookpik’s Negativity contains photos that I would like to know more about while Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes features photos of ships that I am trying to identify.
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2 Comments:
The "Balduck" was a destroyer escort, number 716, but I don't know if it ever saw fresh water.
Hi Mike,
Destroyer Escort DE-716 was named after Detroit native Corporal Remi Balduck who was killed at Guadalcanal on November 9, 1942. The ship was built and launched by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company of Bath City, Michigan. All of Defoe’s ships had their maiden voyage on the Saginaw River and testing was done in Saginaw Bay. While the ships certainly could have sailed “around the thumb” and went down the St. Clair River, there is no indication that they did.
Another possibility is Sub Chaser SC-716. The Fisher Boat Works of Detroit, Michigan built that ship. A picture of the ship can be found here: http://ul.bgsu.edu/vsl/img/00/82/008277a.jpg
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