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My interest in seeing the Wakefield's story on Citizendium is because my dad served on this ship during WW II. Herbert Mahan, joined the Wakefield crew while it was undergoing it's conversion from the US Manhattan, which had been a high speed transatlantic liner previously. Dad would continue to serve on the Wakefield until the end of the war except for a period of time after a fire disabled the Wakefield in 1942. He returned to the Wakefield when it was rebuilt | My interest in seeing the Wakefield's story on Citizendium is because my dad served on this ship during WW II. Herbert Mahan, joined the Wakefield crew while it was undergoing it's conversion from the US Manhattan, which had been a high speed transatlantic liner previously. Dad would continue to serve on the Wakefield until the end of the war except for a period of time after a fire disabled the Wakefield in 1942. He returned to the Wakefield when it was rebuilt after a fire that almost destroyed it, He continued to serve on it until the end of the war. New York was where the Wakefield would dock between voyages. My mother got a job and moved there after they were married so she could see Dad between voyages. The Wakefield had made a large number of trips back and forth from Europe bringing home US soldiers and taking back German and Italian POWs. This is a list of the ports visited by Wakefield when my dad was on the ship. [[User:Warren William Mahan]] Mar 28, 2021 | ||
Halifax, Nova Scotia | Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||
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My interest in this topic
My interest in seeing the Wakefield's story on Citizendium is because my dad served on this ship during WW II. Herbert Mahan, joined the Wakefield crew while it was undergoing it's conversion from the US Manhattan, which had been a high speed transatlantic liner previously. Dad would continue to serve on the Wakefield until the end of the war except for a period of time after a fire disabled the Wakefield in 1942. He returned to the Wakefield when it was rebuilt after a fire that almost destroyed it, He continued to serve on it until the end of the war. New York was where the Wakefield would dock between voyages. My mother got a job and moved there after they were married so she could see Dad between voyages. The Wakefield had made a large number of trips back and forth from Europe bringing home US soldiers and taking back German and Italian POWs. This is a list of the ports visited by Wakefield when my dad was on the ship. User:Warren William Mahan Mar 28, 2021
Halifax, Nova Scotia Cape Town, South Africa Keppel Harbor, Singapore Colombo, Ceylon Bombay, India Crisabol, Panama Panama Canal Wellington, New Zealand River Clyde, Scotland New York Philadelphia Boston Norfork Liverpool, England Naples, Italy Marseille, France Toulon, France Oran, Algeria Tartano, Italy Le Harve, France Cherbourg, France
- My dad was a WW II European army combat veteran, and he kept a photo of the USS Saboney (the ship that brought him home) until his passing in 1992. These ships meant a lot to the troops who sailed on them. Thanks for writing this article.Pat Palmer (talk) 22:17, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
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