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USAT Grommet Reefer Photographed in 1948 at the Army terminal at Seattle. She was a Maritime Commission C1-M-AV1 coastal cargo ship that had been converted in 1945 to a refrigerated R1-M-AV3. She was the only R1-M-AV3 left in Army service when she was transferred on 1 March 1950 to MSTS with three Army refrigerated C2's, AF 50-52. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USNS Grommet Reefer (T-AF 53) The forward half of the ship at Leghorn, Italy, after she was driven by violent storm winds on 15 December 1952 onto a rocky breakwater that caused her to break in half. She was carrying a cargo of Christmas items for American forces in Italy and Austria. Photo No. None (U.S. Army) Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (MSC) |
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USNS Grommet Reefer (T-AF 53) Both halves of the ship on 15 December 1952 during rescue attempts in heavy seas at Leghorn, Italy, after violent storm winds drove her onto a rocky breakwater that caused her to break in half. All crewmen were subsequently saved in Navy operations by helicopter, breeches buoy, and small boats. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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