Shipping Vehicles from A to B. Crates, Cranes, Decks & Docks.

Thanks. I had to look that one up. Civilian 5 tonner ordered by the French

 

Perhaps no coincidence that Ikea was founded in 1943.

 

PT-109 was John F. Kennedy's boat.


PUT

 

Just while I think of it, when I landed in Algiers in April '43 I was bemused to see jeeps being unloaded in crates at the dockside, being assembled by teams of US servicemen and then being driven away, literally in minutes !
Some things you don't just forget

Just found this on YOUTUBE:


Ron

 

" Lease lend loadings. Welding wheels of Douglas twin-engine light bombers to a platform on deck insures safe transit from an American port to the bombers' destination."


Photogrammar

 

Hi Rich, no I was just trying to put the record straight!

 

BSA M20s being dismantled and crated for shipment. I believe that this is a Liverpool photo. There is a 'Norton' stencil too but I can't see any in the image.

 

Looks like the miserable looking lady is using a Norton stencil but not actually the bit that says 'Norton'. She must then be using a BSA stencil to finish off, hence why the BSA bit on the packing case appears to have a slightly different font.

 

All three vessels were to serve again in World War 2 this time under The Admiralty. Train Ferry 1 was purchased in 1940 and converted into a Landing Ship under the name of HMS Iris (later Princess Iris). In 1944 she was converted back into a Train Ferry and at the end of the war was sold back to the London & North Eastern Railway, who named her Essex Ferry. Train Ferry 2 was requisitioned and used as a stores ship. In 1940 she was sent to St.Valery-en-Caux to assist in the evacuation of British Forces, she came under fire from enemy held shore batteries, which caused sufficient damage to force the crew to abandon her off Le Havre. Train Ferry 3 was also requisitioned as a stores vessel and in 1940 was sent to assist in the evacuation of Jersey and Guernsey. She was purchased by The Admiralty and renamed HMS Daffodil. In 1945 she struck a mine and sank off Dieppe.
Port of Richborough and the birth of the cross channel train ferry.

 

Interesting photos on this Flickr album:
WW2 Photo album ..US Oil tankers carrying Military Vehicles , motor torpedo boats and Planes as deck cargo across the Atlantic
of various Planes, Boats & Trucks stowed as deck cargo on US Oil Tankers.
I think the poster, Jim Payne, is a member of this site.
Noel

 

Hi,
The un-captioned images were taken in No. 3 basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, during Landing Barge loading trials.

Regards

Danny

 

It was interesting to study the massive programme that US embarked on to support the Allied armies in the field and to help Europe with recovery of rail transportation after the war.

This link also gives the background to the early days of rail transportation in support of military operations.

Railroaders in Olive Drab: The Military Railway Service in WWII – The Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army

 

Film from a large collection at the United States National Archives ( or NARA ) shows First World War disembarkation of horses, gun limbers, & c. Plus a strange new thing called a "tank" in Reel 1 at 02:49 after the caption: "Tanks" join in the merry throng.

The Retreat of the Germans at the Battle of Arras

" From RG: 111

Historical Films

Reel 1 British troops debark from transports in France. New Zealanders entrain for the front. Devonshire infantry, artillery, Cavalry, and tanks advance. Norfolk troops and Indian Lancers await orders. Irish Guards and Grenadiers advance. T..."


To see the complete list of films which are mainly First World War, with exceptions, use this link:

https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=*:*&f.ancestorNaIds=24608&sort=naIdSort asc&rows=100

 

Note the shot of the tank is probably old footage from well before Arras as it is a Mk I Female still with the steering tail wheels attached. These had been discarded by Arras having proved unnecessary on the Somme. The crewman is wearing the leather tank helmet used during the original tank trials in England in 1916 and not known to have been adopted

 

Thanks. I suppose they had the old footage lying about the editing suite so made use of it. Tanks are not my thing ( VP the boss loves them ) but aerostats are and there is a smashing film here:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24622

On airships, 1917-32. Reel 1, the British R-34 is prepared for flight at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. (1919). The Roma lands at Bolling Field (Wash., D.C.) in 1921, is christened, and presented to Sec. of War Weeks by the Italian Ambassador. The Army blimp C-2 lands at Crissy Field, San Francisco (1923). Reel 2, the Shenandoah circles D. C. (1923). Shows the Los Angeles being berthed at Bolling Field (Pres. and Mrs. Coolidge watching) In 1924 and flying ,over the Panama Canal (1928). The Los Angeles and the Akron are berthed at the Army War College (D.C.) in 1932. Lost German zeppelins land near Bourbonne Les Bains, France (1917).