PT Boat Forum


Moderated by: Dick, Jeff D

The PT Boat Forum ª PT Boats of WWII ª  PT Boats - General

« Prev Page | Next Page » | Page: 2 of 3

« Back to Topic Index Page 197 | Replies: 29 | Pages: 1 [2] 3

 Author  Topic: PT BOAT BASE CHAPELS AND CHURCHES
newsnerd99

New Member
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 6:59am
Here's some more...

Mindoro chapel:



Some other slice of life photos from Samar (Base 17)...

The "Bobon Bowl" - the movie theater:



And the enlisted men's beer hall...and it's packed! If you zoom in real close the sign reads "Any Men Breaking Beer Bottles Will Lose (two unreadable words)"



Grandson of James J Stanton
RON 15 PT 209 and RON 23 PT 243
Check out: www.pistolpackinmama.net

Total Posts: | Joined: Unregistered | IP Logged

  FRANK

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of FRANK  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 7:41am
Ahoy there newsnerd-

Hey buddy, just a quick question here! I intend to build the chapel at Samar now that I have an idea as to just how long the structure was. The image I had for years that I received from a friend of the Samar chapel was from almost head on and not at the angle of your Granddad's.

Would you just happen to know from your Grandfathers accounts or otherwise if the interior image is in fact the interior of the chapel at Samar Base? The more I look at it the more impressed I am with building it in scale. I love the chalange!

Any additional info on these two images would be most helpful to this project, my friend!

Thanks ever so much for posting them for me!

Frank Ryczek, Jr.
Friend/Modeler RON-10 PT-169 "ZEBRA SNAFU "

HIGH TIDES ALWAYS!

YOUR FRIEND THROUGH SCALE SHIP MODELING AND PT BOAT HISTORY!

Total Posts: 349 | Joined: Oct 7, 2007 - 2:09pm | IP Logged

EARL RICHMOND

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of EARL RICHMOND  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 8:37am
HI PETER TARE THANKS FOR THE CONCERN.YES, I CAN READ THE PRESENT BOARD OK.HAD A STROKE LAST YEAR THE PUT MY EYES OUT OF FOCUS AND THEN HAVE DRY MACULAR DEGENERATION.ON TOP OF THAT.JUST HAVE TO SLOW THE READING AND TYPING DOWN A LOT TO CONCENTRATE. JUST TURNED 83 AND GUESS AGE IS CATCHING UP ON ME. EARL

earl richmond

Total Posts: 319 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 1:50pm | IP Logged

newsnerd99

New Member
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message   Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 8:56am
Earl...we're just glad you're here and share with all of us! We appreciate hearing about things from a first-hand source.

Frank - I don't know for sure, however the two photos were next to each other in the album and had the shared caption of Base 17, Samar, PI. Also, the open sides of the building seem the same in the photos, as does the height of the ceiling. The photos appear to be from the same camera and are printed on the same paper...so the chances are high that they are from the same sequence.

Grandson of James J Stanton
RON 15 PT 209 and RON 23 PT 243
Check out: www.pistolpackinmama.net

Total Posts: | Joined: Unregistered | IP Logged

  FRANK

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of FRANK  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 11:25am
Hey Newsy-

Yes, I tend to agree with you on this investgation, newsnerd. (Hey can we possibly get on a first name basis here?) After close examination of the interior shot of the assumed chapel, the side curved openings seem to be very close to that of the exterior wall.

Of course I have misplaced the photo that my buddy gave me, but once I get my hands on it again I will send you a copy of it. The neat thing about the picture is that it has a slight bluish tint to it.

I wish I had your nack for keeping things organized, newsy! I've got PT stuff all over the place and I need to organize it one day, SOON!

Many thanks for posting the other shots of base chapels on this posting. I can bet my boots that it sure brings back a lot of memories for some of our veterans and their famalies as well.

I tend to wonder if the base chaplins could pack the chapels like they did the beer halls? Very neat stuff!

Thanks for sharing, buddy!

Frank Ryczek, Jr.
Modeler/Friend RON-10 PT-169 " ZEBRA SNAFU "

HIGH TIDES ALWAYS!

YOUR FRIEND THROUGH SCALE SHIP MODELING AND PT BOAT HISTORY!

Total Posts: 349 | Joined: Oct 7, 2007 - 2:09pm | IP Logged

CJ Willis

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of CJ Willis  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 12:08pm
Frank: I don't recall a chapel at Tulagi. I am sure there was one there later on but I never attended.
At Rendova the chapel was a small quonset hut. It had wooden benches with backs - a lectern up front for the chaplain. It was pretty rough furniture - am sure this was all made by the base carpenters. The quonset had a wooden floor. I attended there several times in January and February 1944. Our boat was there while 1/2 of the crew went to New Zealand on R and R. We drew names and my name was one of the unlucky ones that stayed with the boat - scraped, sanded and repainted the bottom and mounted two twin 50's on deck in front of the charthouse. We were promised a trip later but it never worked out

C. J. Willis

Total Posts: 464 | Joined: Nov 5, 2006 - 5:02pm | IP Logged

Michael

MASTER
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Michael   Send Email To Michael Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 12:54pm
Gary,my photo of church on Base 6,looks suspiciously like yours of Base 16.Must be wrong label on mine.Unless they are exactly the same(which i doubt).
Anyway thanks for clearing that up for my records.
Cheers

Michael

Total Posts: 218 | Joined: Aug 6, 2007 - 7:25pm | IP Logged

  FRANK

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of FRANK  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 3:20pm
Hey newsy-

I went on a rampage and I found the old photo of the Samar chapel from a different angle. I went leafing through some old printouts from the message board that I am saving as refference material and whoop, there it was!

Sorry guys, I don't have a scanner, but I'll send the picture to newsnerd and perhaps he can post it shortly with the other view of the Samar chapel for every one to see!

On my shot the side wall openings are almost invisable and blend into background. But it's still a terrific shot!

Newsnerd, I will be e-mailing you!

To everyone who responded to my original posting, a big thank you to all! I knew you guys would pool together on this posting and I really appriciate all your help, advise and encouragement.

But I do have another interesting question I want to throw into the ring! In the shot I have of the chapel on Samar there is what seems to be an telephone pole with wires strung. Just a thought here but was the chapel lit by base generators or by candle light. Yeh guys, I know it's a grass thatched structure and one slip of a candle and POOF!! Any discussion on this???

I would love to add votive candles by way of fiber optic lighting as well as the main alter candles. There is also the large hanging lightsourse shown in newsnerds image of the interior. It has to be electified, right? Candle flame would be a no-go so close to the thatched roof! What do you guys think about this? Please give me your thoughts!!!

Once again thanks to everyones reply!

Frank Ryczek, Jr.
Modeler/Friend RON -10 PT -169 " ZEBRA SNAFU "

HIGH TIDES ALWAYS!

YOUR FRIEND THROUGH SCALE SHIP MODELING AND PT BOAT HISTORY!

Total Posts: 349 | Joined: Oct 7, 2007 - 2:09pm | IP Logged

Nathaniel Smith

MASTER
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Nathaniel Smith   Send Email To Nathaniel Smith Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 4:28pm
This is a photo from Earl Richmond's collection that may illustrate the building Earl is mentioning as his Tulagi Chapel post. My father mentioned that all his personal items had to be stored in another Tulagi building. After he was wounded and returned stateside his personal items miraclously appeared where he was recuperating at the Great Lake Naval Training Center hospital.


natsmith

Total Posts: 211 | Joined: Jan 19, 2008 - 6:55am | IP Logged

Drew Cook

TOP BOSS
  

    
Post a Reply To This Topic    Reply With Quotes     Edit Message     View Profile of Drew Cook  Posted on: Oct 9, 2008 - 6:19pm
Those "forward-area" chapels kind of remind me of the little churches my family and I went to on Sundays when we vacationed down South when I was a kid (we'd be six of about a dozen people attending mass in a tiny Catholic church -- not too many of those in the "Bible Belt" back in those days).

They didn't have thatched-grass roofs, though!


Total Posts: 1306 | Joined: Oct 19, 2006 - 10:44am | IP Logged

« Prev Page | Next Page »

Pages: 1 [2] 3


Lock Topic

 

Forum Legend

New Member

Reply to topic

More than 25 posts | Full Member

Reply to topic with quoted message

More than 50 posts | Advanced Member

Edit Message

More than 150 posts | MASTER

View profile

More than 300 posts | TOP BOSS

Email member