There's also an article in Warships International on some of
the ships' service in WW II - as can be imagined, they were excellent in
terms of moving heavy land vehicles (and landing same). If I'm not
mistaken, these were "chartered" by the Army - not the
Navy. The Army attempted to garner the whole fleet.
They also were used to haul freight cars to France and other
overseas destinations.. This had the benefit of not having to knock
down the built "kits" to be rebuilt ashore. And
then..some of those cars had kits as loads within. At least some of
the kits and built up kits were from Bessemer.
There is also an image of a load of reefers no one of the
ships..where THAT one is can not be recalled at the moment.
At 10:39 AM 12/16/2019, you wrote:
Seatrain Ships
At the risk of going overboard on this topic, here are some links with
more information, photos and diagrams on the Seatrain car ferries. The
film is especially interesting.
Bob Chaparro
Bob Webber