American Mariner as aircraft target?
"DDAY" wrote in
thlink.net:
USAF American Mariner
Any idea about this designation? Was it a temporary designation while
she was undergoing conversion, or did the USAF actually operate ships
with that designation? I would assume that any ships that the USAF
operated were under contractors.
Think they had some ships back in the DEW line days as well.
FWI:
I got to board the "Observation Island" once when she was in Pearl Harbor
around 1961-1962.
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