[Hallicrafters] SX-28 competitors in the 1940's

[Kenneth D. Grimm, K4XL]

This is one of the most fascinating threads I've read here on the
Hallicrafters reflector in quite a while.  My interest, beyond the radio
aspect, involves a now deceased friend, Bob Tidwell, N5UM, who was also
a "sparks" on a liberty ship and my father, who helped build the ships
at the Todd-Houston yard.  I've done some web surfing looking for
information on the Liberty ships and have found quite a bit about them.
One site that should be of particular interest to those of you reading
this, is VE3FAB's website which includes photos and a description of the
radio room on the Liberty ship, SS John Brown.

http://webhome.idirect.com/~jproc/ve3fab/jbradrm.html

73,
Ken K4XL
k4xl at arrl.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "edben" <edben at prodigy.net>
To: "Barry Hauser" <barry_hauser at juno.com>; <gpewitt at execpc.com>
Cc: <tlogan7 at cox.net>; <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 competitors in the 1940's


>
> Hey, Gary, I see I missed answering one of your questions!  Luckily, I
never
> lost a ship during my three years at sea, so I don't actually know the
real
> answer.  It may well be true that a Merchant Seamans's pay stopped
when the
> ship was sunk under him by the enemy, since we worked, not for the
> government, but for the private company that operated the ship.  My
first
> "employer" was the Alaska Transportation Company -- but I never did
get to
> Alaska on her.  (Instead, we went around the world, from the west
coast,
> Southeast across the Pacific (I never saw the first speck of dry land
during
> the whole month of June in 1943!), south around New Zealand and
Australia to
> unload in Alexandria, Egypt.  We were part of the first convoy to go
through
> the Mediteranean from East to West, while the fighting was moving
north in
> Italy, then Gibralter to the Atlantic and finally (6 months later)
home via
> New York Harbor!
>
> One assistant, not as lucky as I, had lost his previous ship by
torpedo.
> And he was only 16 years old when he was my assistant, and  was
actually
> only 15 years old when his first ship was torpedoed from under him.
He was
> well over 6 foot tall and he lied about his age to get in.  Nobody
would
> question a guy at 6 foot plus about his age!  (I really doubt that he
could
> have gotten away with it today!).  He was a great fellow to work with.
Few
> 16 year olds are that grown up today!
>
>                             Ed Benjamin ("Sparks", as he was known at
sea)
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Pewitt" <gpewitt at execpc.com>
>
>   You guys took more casualties than the
> > navy and never got the recognition or benefits.  Is it really true
that
> > when your ship was sunk your pay was stopped until you signed on
another
> > ship?
> >
> >
>
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