As you read this, I’m west of the Mississippi following the muddy tributary of the muddy Mississip, but I thought I’d remotely set signals to go up. Here’s a WW2 story that intersects the sixth boro in a way I’d never heard . . . the Chicago museum I and most of you know as U-505 spent some time in the the sixth boro as USS Nemo, and I don’t mean the Florida eatery. Note that there’s no mention of USS Nemo in this wikipedia account.
Click on the grainy b/w image of the Moran tugboat with the submarine below to get the story.
Hat tip to Bill Orzell for this story; here are more of his stories in New York Almanack.
And here’s my question: has any seen photos of USS Nemo in the sixth boro?
Click here for photos of and links to previous submarines I’ve encountered in NY waters since beginning this blog.
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September 17, 2021 at 2:02 pm
ws
During WWII Manitowok Shipbuilding shipped submarines down the Mississippi River on floating dry docks
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manitowoc_Shipbuilding_Company
September 18, 2021 at 3:55 pm
Anonymous
Some of the details in Orzell’s story don’t quite match up with D.V. Gallery’s account in his book, but close enough. Good post!
September 21, 2021 at 2:19 pm
Rembert
My impression is, that Americas operations around submarines were more carefully planned some 70 years ago than today.