[Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Excellent point. I doubt that the Project Hope ship was still a "USS"  
after they re-named it.

My guess is that it's a lot more likely candidate for the source of  
the radio gear than the ship that was decommissioned in 1946. It's  
pretty obvious that the current owners really don't know *what* they  
have. I'd bet that it's something they just "found" and now are trying  
to move out.

Bob

On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:54 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

>
> 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
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