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HMS MAIDSTONE 1945
Royal Navy submarine tender HMS Maidstone and submarine HMS Solent are seen here at Freemantle, western Australia after September 1944 before departing for the US Naval Base in Subic Bay, Philippines in late 1945. The US submarine tender is likely the USS Pelias (AS-14).
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My Grandpa served on the USS Pelias. He was Chief Petty Officer - Master at Arms when he left the service. During the Pearl Harbor attack, the USS Pelias shot down a Torpedo bomber and damaged another before moving to conduct rescue operations along battle ship row. He told me the story of them trying to cut through the hull of the Arizona with torches to rescue trapped sailors. He said the sound of the trapped men banging against the bulkheads stayed with him forever. When the Pelias arrived in Australia, he met my grandmother :)
My Grandad George Catherall would have been on one of these British T class submarines. He could be on this film. George Catherall Chief Stoker RN.
Just watching this and my dad would've been there 😁
I am trying to find information on Warrant Shipwright George John Lawson who perished on this ship 19 Aug 1941, I Cannot find anything about where the ship was when this happened.