FW: [Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Was the vessel used by Project HOPE named
USS Hope _OR_ SS Hope??

Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City



From: ham at cq.nu
To: wf2u at ws19ops.com
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:35:00 -0500
CC: jfor at quik.com; Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net

Hi

Different USS Hope

http://www.mysanantonio.com/columnists/stories/MYSA062004.1H.burkett.eb6adf5.html

Decommissioned in 1973.

Bob



On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Meir-WF2U wrote:

My logic says that if USS Hope was decommissioned in 1946, it's highly
unlikely that she was updated with 1950's model radio equipment such
as the Mackay Radio MRU 19/20, even if she was still floating in the 'Ghost
Fleet" until her scrapping in 1978.

Best examples are the Victory and Liberty ships still in the Ghost Fleet,
which are still equipped with the same WW2 vintage radio consoles
(Federal Telegraph and Radio/Mackay and RCA Radiomarine) they
carried in WW2.

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC