[Milsurplus] Sorta off topic question

[Richard Brunner]

Thanks for the commentary guys.  I've looked at photos of the RMCA
equipment in the SS John Brown and the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, and a few
other photos, and none have the yellow tag on my receiver.  So, mine may
have been special in some way, though there is nothing special about the
receiver.

Richard, AA1P



On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 12:57 -0500, Richard Brunner wrote:
> Here's another one.
> I have an RMCA AR-8506-B receiver from a WWII Liberty ship, with a
> yellow metal tag on front marked:
> 
> USA
> LIB-44-234
> 
> "44" matches the 1944 date on the nameplate, but 234 does not compute.
> If it were hull number it would be at least 1800 by 1944.  The s/n on
> the receiver is 44585, which doesn't relate either.  Any clues?  It
> would be nice to have provenance on this receiver.
> 
> Richard, AA1P