My father served on it during World War II but never spoke about his expereinces. Does anyone have any information on it or know where I can get some. Thanks.
2007-05-11 05:08:56 · 4 answers · asked by historynut 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Thanks to all who tried to assist me in my quest- I now have the actual ship's name, so if anyone has any information or resources to look for more details it would be just awesome. The ship was the SS Louis A. Sengteller and it was some where in the Pacific- Austrailia areaI believe.
2007-05-14 06:29:53 · update #1
she was a Liberty ship ( a mass produced cargo carrier, manned by Merchant Marines as opposed to Navy or Coast Guard ) and if you type "SS Louis A. Sengteller" into Yahoo search you get a bunch of hits.......happy researching!
2007-05-15 04:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Historian, focusing primarily on WWII, I have several books that provide names of navel vessels (service and military), unfortunately, I cannot locate the name of your father's ship. If you could possibly find out what type of ship it was, where it was stationed, etc. I might be able to search further. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but it isn't in my files.
If all else fails, contact the U.S. Navy directly. I did that to find my grandfather's Aircraft Carrier (who served in the South Pacific) before Internet was invented.... The U.S. Navy was very helpful locating his ship and provided information regarding it's history.
You have me interested in it now.
2007-05-11 15:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by Darin M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the alphabeticall list all of the US Naval Ships. I didn't see Sinkteller. Check it out:
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/NAME.HTM
Service craft ships: ( Not here neither)
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/name_S.htm
Other lists:
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrservicecraft/c_type.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-ships.html
Maybe the name is wrong .CHeck out the names under S there are several that sound like it , but are not close on spelling, such as seadevil or silverstein.
2007-05-11 12:15:43 · answer #3 · answered by Georgie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only naval ship information I can find with teh word teller in it is this one frm the link below
***U.S.S. Cyclops, whose fate has never been ascertained, ... from Teller, Alaska.
2007-05-11 12:21:59 · answer #4 · answered by The Thinker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋