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JEWELL
Apr 13, 2018 1:36:01 GMT 8
Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 1:36:01 GMT 8
Hi, have anybody heard about a ship named "Jewell" reported sunk about 04 May 1942 at Corregidor?
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JEWELL
Apr 13, 2018 10:18:10 GMT 8
Post by EXO on Apr 13, 2018 10:18:10 GMT 8
Hi, have anybody heard about a ship named "Jewell" reported sunk about 04 May 1942 at Corregidor? I haven't heard of it as a vessel - but there is a Battery Jewell on Grande Island which comprised four 3-inch rapid fire pedestal guns. Was it a military or civilian craft?
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Post by chadhill on Apr 13, 2018 12:06:03 GMT 8
That one was a tuffie.
After considerable digging around, I learned that the James M. Jewell was a US Army launch built in Hong Kong during 1908. Steam driven, displacing 55 gross tons and manned by a crew of nine, it was named in honor of a 14th Cavalry Lieutenant who was KIA in 1905 on the island of Jolo, southwest of Zamboanga. The only operational info about the ship which I found was that it was utilized during the Moro Rebellion, which ended in 1913, and then became an "artillery auxiliary". It appears to have served with the Army Transportation Service in Manila just prior to WW2, possibly as a tug, and was sunk off Corregidor on 4 May 42.
Also read that Battery Jewell, mentioned by EXO above, was named after the lieutenant.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 18:22:37 GMT 8
This was interesting chadhill, no doubt that this was the vessel my father and 2 other Norwegians was sent onboard in before theys signed on USAT Henry Keswick: www.combinedfleet.com/Keishu_t.htm
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