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Thursday, May 30, 2013

SS EDGAR ALLEN POE

Actually the ship your viewing is of the USS E. A. Poe (IX-103)....it is the "EX" SS Edgar Allen Poe.  
After connecting with a torpedo from the Japanese Submarine I-21 she lost her engines and boilers but she didn't sink.....so the Navy seen another opportunity for this ole girl to serve....and serve she did.

If you'd care to have a look at her history....just click: HERE
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  1. Patrick McFaddenOctober 25, 2019 at 7:58 PM

    After being towed back to Noumea after the attack and retrieval, the 20th Naval Construction Battalion USN,(Seabees) C and or divisions, " performed stevedore and other related tasks, and unloaded the vessel.
    Source: C.C. McFadden Chief Petty Officer, 20th NCB- USNR, to son, 1983.
    Source: Log of the 20th Naval Construction Battalion, First Cruise, 1945, Army and Navy Publications.

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