Admiral John Wilkes

Admiral John Wilkes was the Commander of Landing Craft and Bases Europe (ComLanCrabEU) in 1943-44.  This was the command that the Partridge operated under for most of its time in England.    I have pasted a bit of information on him below.  I have scant little...

Photo from New York Harbor

  I wanted to post this photo of New York Harbor in the 1930s because it shows the area where Joe Cooney operated tugs and ferries before he served aboard the Partridge.  It’s amazing the number of docks that line the island and how many ships are visible....

Photos from Leave

Going through some of my grandmother’s scrapbooks, I came across these photos that I thought should be up here.  It’s amazing how different these photos look after going through the ship’s logs and reading about the people in the photos.  Most of...

Partridge Sailor Identified in Photo

Robert Stack, nephew of Partridge sailor Edward Stack, wrote to identify his uncle in this photo. From Robert: “I believe the seaman on the left is my uncle Edward Stack of Hartford CT. He was a twin with my father John F. Stack and a Hartford cop before...