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MAC
(Merchant Aircraft Carrier) was a light aircraft carrier built from a converted
freighter, or merchantman. A number of these were used to provide air cover
to convoys, along with the later Escort Carriers (converted during construction
from merchant hulls). Gord Condie photo, courtesy of Bill Croshaw.
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A number of merchantmen and troop ships
tied up in St. John's, Newfoundland. Note the Dutch freighter on the right,
with part of its bow blown away at the waterline by a torpedo. The hole
in this ship was literally big enough to run a launch through, as proved
by RCN photographer Lt. Gilbert A. Milne. Gord Condie photo, courtesy of
Bill Croshaw.
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The troopship
USS WAKEFIELD
at anchor in Halifax Harbour. WAKEFIELD was originally the liner SS MANHATTAN.
On September 2, 1942, WAKEFIELD suffered a serious fire and was gutted. She
was salvaged, and taken to Halifax and beached; later she was completely
rebuilt and returned to service. Prior to her fire, WAKEFIELD visited Halifax
twice: once in November 1941 to take British troops to South Africa, and
ultimately to Singapore where they were doomed to fall to the Japanese a
month later, and a second time in August of 1942 just prior to burning. Gord
Condie photo, courtesy of Bill Croshaw.
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