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[StartQuote] Pat; Ah ha! now you have hit on the other little thing Chip and I have been investigating. We have come across some very interesting evidence, But that's all for now. As for the tanker/ship info I have, as I said, some is complete, and some isn't. Some squadrons I have their entire trip (New York to Panama, and Panama to Tulagi, New Guinea or the Philippines. Others I just have the first leg or the last leg.) As for Trips well F.Q. Barstow made 69 by herself. Mainly first leg. To break it down further the average squadron had 12 boats, and they mainly loaded by 4-6 boats (ESSO Manhattan is the only ship I know of that carried 8 boats, 4-6 boats were the usual load). roughly 399 boats total were assigned to the Pacific, 39 to the MED and 39 boats to England for D-Day, so that is 477 boats. Using the 4-6 boat average that's 79.5- 119.5 trips to the warzones. Using your book the average war load-out per ship was 350-400 tons of MTB Squadron equipment and 100-125 Officers and men. Using F.Q. Barstow as a basis for fist leg for early ELCO Squadrons, 70-80 trips for first leg to Panama. Higgins and Huckins Squadrons ran on their own to Panama, Early ELCO Squadrons were shipped to Panama, the later ELCO Squadrons, from RON 33 on ran from Miami to Panama. Take care, TED [EndQuote]
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