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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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