was:Re: [AT] Christmas Trees and Ships Plank Project now Liberty Ships

[charlie hill]

Driving by that creek now it's hard to believe those big ships could have 
fit in there.  The low banks of the creek would make you think that the 
water is pretty shallow.  I always wondered if that creek was dredged in 
order to put those ships in there or if it is naturally that deep.  It was 
quite a sight for me too.  Heck where I grew up a Cadillac was quite a 
sight!  The only advantage I might have had over you David is that I started 
seeing the boats when I was just a little fellow so by the time I got old 
enough to ponder them I was used to seeing them there.  At the time that 
road was 2 lanes with NO road shoulder.  If you got off by more than 18" you 
were in the ditch or the marsh.  The traffic was terrible though there so I 
got to look them over pretty well as my daddy crept through in his '53 
Chevy.

Charlie
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From: "DAVID BRUCE" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: was:Re: [AT] Christmas Trees and Ships Plank Project now Liberty 
Ships


> Charlie:
> I remember the mothballed ships when my family made a trip to Wilmington
> and to the USS North Carolina.  It must have been in the mid to late 60's.
> Quite a sight for this sheltered country boy.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
>> Great story Ted.  Thanks for sharing it and thanks for your service
>> among  those of the "Greatest Generation".
>>
>> When I was a child we had to pass through Wilmington NC on the way to
>> visit  my grandparents.  In a creek just off the Cape Fear river on the
>> S side of  town and about 2 miles from the current home of the USS North
>> Carolina were  dozens, maybe hundreds of moth balled liberty ships
>> sitting side by side.  They stayed there for probably 20 years or more
>> before they were eventually  scraped.
>> It was sad to see them go.
>>
>> I'm glad you were able to save a momento of the Hoggart Bay for your
>> shipmates.  Sounds to me like someone else got ahold of some of that
>> wood  before it finally got to you.  I can here it now.  Heck he doesn't
>> need 10'  pieces.  I'd like to have 6' off each one to build a floor in
>> my den.   A  few weeks/months later..... Heck he doesn't need 4'
>> sections  I'll take 2  feet and use it for .............
>>
>> I'm glad you got as much as you did.
>>
>> Charlie
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