It rained almost every day in June, up here. One might think that would leave me with a lot of time to catch up with posting new materials, but it didn't work out that way. There are several new items of interest, but a lot waiting in the queue.
Among other things, I have received records for all the rest of the French 110' subchasers. Some of these new records are posted; more to come.
Best wishes for a happy Independence Day!
-- Todd Woofenden, editor.
Photos of Subchaser Models in the USNA Collection
Recently posted are two sets of photos, showing two submarine chaser models in the collection of the U.S. Naval Academy:
A small model, and a large one.
The large model, 1:24 scale, is being shown in the Made in Clayton exhibit at the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY.
Thanks to Jack Hudock for submitting the photos.
Joseph Charles Chambers Photos
Joseph Charles Chambers was an engineer on SC 254.
Recently posted from his collection, courtesy of his son Charles P. Chambers (and thanks to Ron Hanley, Sr. for submitting the images) are several photos from his service.
SC 254 served at Plymouth, England, then at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland; and after the war served in the North Sea Minesweeping Division.
More entries in the French Chasers data list
Posted recently are more entries in the list of chasers built in the U.S. for France, courtesy of Marc Terraillon.
Marc has submitted records for all 98 of the chasers, so stay tuned for more. There is a lot of interesting information in this list.