SS John A Johnson, SS Morrison R Waite, SS Joel R Poinsett and Thomas F Flaherty - and other contributions by Dave Martin
Cardiff Docks just before they went busted. Replaced by condos today. The straight road to the right is Bute Street, all sailors coming to Cardiff walked this street.
Cardiff Docks from the seaward side.
Cardiff from the seaward side again. Whitchurch is to the left of center.
Cardiff Docks looking from the West.
Cardiff Docks looking west past Penarth Docks and Penarth head out into Barry Roads and the Bristol Channel. Those two Islands are Flat Holm and Steep Holm.
Wouldn't you love to know the story behind those two Jap flags?
Not Armed Guard but these six sailors went face to face with a Kamikaze and won the battle.
M/V Devon Coast
Lubbers Don't Live
SS John A Johnson Info
SS John A Johnson Info
SS John A Johnson Info
SS John A Johnson Info
SS John A Johnson Life Boat
SS John A Johnson Life Raft and Life Boat
SS John A Johnson Life Boat
SS John A Johnson Life Boat and Raft
SS Dalton Mann in peacetime
SS Morrison R Waite at Leyte Gulf 1945 after Jap Zero tried to fly through it
Liberty Ship loaded to the gills with deck cargo
British Liberty SS Samyork
British Liberty SS Samfaithful
British Liberty Ship SS Samsturdy
Liberty Ship SS Cornelius Harnett
Liberty Ship SS Jessie Applegate
Liberty Ship SS George H Thomas
Crew of the SS Ovid Butler
Liberty Ship SS John Roach
Liberty Ship SS Charles A Dana
Liberty Ship SS James Buchanan
Freighter that exploded in Algiers Harbor in 1943
SS George Vickers
SS Henry Bacon
Merchant Navy Memorial at Barry, South Wales
Oarless Lifeboat
Buffet - Navy Style
SS Joel R Poinsett, 1944, after it broke in two and forward half sank. Towed to Halifax, Nova Scotia
SS Thomas F Flaherty, completed as Stalingrad. Renamed to Volgograd in 1962. Pictured in Japan in 1975. Delivered to Vostochnyy Port Authority (USSR) for non-seagoing purposes in June 1978
SS Virginia Dare - Contributed by Dave Martin
Picture contributed by Dave Martin
HMS Trillum picking up survivors in 1943 - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Henry Groves Connor after the war - Contributed by Dave Martin
WWII American Star taken by Canadian Air Force - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Charles D Wheeler - Contributed by Dave Martin
WWII Derblay - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS John Straub in 1943 broke in half in Alaska - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Sea Serpent - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Cape Sebastian - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Cape Faro - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Gauntlet - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Tucson Victory - Contributed by Dave Martin
1943 in New York - Over sexed, under paid and over here. Contributed by Dave Martin
New York in 43 - Dave Martin's Dad awaits a ship - Contributed by Dave Martin
SS Ales Hrdlicka - Contributed by Dave Martin
