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Re: Naval vessels named after Mollusks!
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"Susan J. Hewitt and/or Ed Subitzky" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:09:06 -0400
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I think you will find that Shell Oil named all their vessels after mollusks.

Susan


> On Jun 14, 2016, at 11:38 PM, Steve Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> While researching some Pacific Northwest bivalves, I stumbled onto something odd via the internet. Apparently there was a series of 9 oil tankers converted to military use as small aircraft carriers, the names of which seem a bit....familiar.....here is an excerpt
> 
> Rapana Class Oil Tankers
> 8,000 tons standard, 16,000 tons deep load, 12 knots, 3 aircraft, crew 118 (64 RN plus 54 MN), converted 1942-44. Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company tankers. No hangar and lift; aircraft maintained and stored on deck. Armament: 1 x single 4 in (102 mm) QF MK IV, 2 x single 40 mm Bofors, 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon cannons.
> 
>    * MV Acavus
>    * MV Adula
>    * MV Alexia
>    * MV Amastra
>    * MV Ancylus: operated Swordfish II of ‘O’ Flight, 860 NAS
>    * MV Gadila: operated under the Dutch ensign with Swordfish of 'S' Flight, 860 NAS
>    * MV Macoma: operated under the Dutch ensign with Swordfish of 'O' (later 'F') Flight, 860 NAS
>    * MV Miralda
>    * MV Rapana: operated Swordfish II of ‘L’ Flight, 836 NAS
> 
> Amastra and Ancylus ceased operating Swordfish in late 1944, the empty decks often being used to ferry aircraft from the USA to the UK."
> 
> Late war image of Acavus, being used to ferry aircaft to GB
> 
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