by jameskrouse | Jun 22, 2009 | German E-Boats, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, Photos, WWII
I’ve read about Whale Units, like the one the Partridge was towing when she sunk, being used after the war to repair bombed bridges in France and Germany. I just found two photos of two of these bridge still in use today. It’s incredible to see that...
by jameskrouse | Jun 10, 2009 | German E-Boats, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, WWII
It was 65 years ago that the USS Partridge left port for the last time. Below is an account of the ship’s last few moments from United Press Corespondent Robert Miller. This was published a year after the ship was sunk. U.P. Writer Dunked in Channel When E-Boat...
by jameskrouse | Nov 4, 2008 | German E-Boats, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, WWII |
I came across an interesting note in a book on Operation Mulberry that I thought might jog some memories. It was on broadcasts from Germany apparently taunting sailors and soldiers working on the Whale and Phoenix units weeks before D-Day. Lord Haw-Haw was the...
by jameskrouse | Oct 16, 2008 | Crew, German E-Boats, Minesweepers, Normandy Invasion, Partridge, Stories, WWII |
A few months ago I received a note from Katie regarding her grandfather: My grandfather Robert Ainslie was on the HMCS Prescott during WW2 and was one of the people that helped to rescue the men from the partridge. He is now 86. I called Robert a little while ago and...
by jameskrouse | Sep 18, 2008 | Documents, German E-Boats, Partridge, WWII |
I’ve attached a JPG scan of one page from the action report for Task force 128. This was the TF that towed the Mulberry and Whale unite to create an artificial harbor to feed the invasion of Normandy. I’ve posted the action report from the Partridge but...
by jameskrouse | Jun 5, 2008 | German E-Boats, Partridge, Submarines, WWII |
I had previously recorded the British Oil Tanker that the Partridge rescued survivors from as Uniwalico as it appears in the ship’s log. However, this is incorrect. The correct spelling is Uniwaleco. Bud Froelich, who was a SM2c at the time of the rescue on...
