SS ROBERT NEIGHBORS
LIBERTY CARGO SHIP -- WWII
23 June 1945 through 24 December 1945
In researching my family's genealogical history I found an old photo album belonging to my father SM3c John H Seely, deceased, which contained photographs of crew members, possibly U. S. Navy Armed Guard and Ship's crew. These pictures, on other pages, may have been taken during the ship's sailing from New Orleans, LA to the Panama Canal Zone, into the Pacific threatre of operations, returning via the Panama Canal Zone and ultimately to Baltimore, MD where the the Armed Guard personnel were released.
History
Sep – Oct 1944 - Built BY Todd-Houston Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas
Oct 1944 - Delivered to Norton Lilly Corporation Nov 1944 – Jul 1949 - War service and other duties Aug 1949 – Oct 1951 - Laid up Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Neches River, Beaumont, Texas Oct 1951 – Apr 1952 - Korean War service Apr 1952 – Jun 1953 - Laid up Hudson River Reserve Fleet, Tomkins Cove, Jones Point, New York Jun 1953 – Mar 1963 - Grain Storage Program Apr 1963 – Jun 1970 - Unknown status – may have been in the Hudson River Reserve FleetJun 1970 - Sold to Spain for scrap
Partial list of identified crew members
U.S. NAVY ARMED GUARD SHIP'S CREW LCDR Burt H Ewart, USNR Mr Rufus Sadler – Captain/Skppper
GM3c John J Callahan, USN Mr V E Hoppe – First Mate GM3c Harold E Lear, USNR Mr Fredrick Hope – Chief Engineer SM3c John H Seely, USNR S1c John (n) Brown, USNR S1c Andrew (n) Kullsek, USNR S1c Alfred B Janney, Jr, USNR S1c Robert E Sanville, USNR S1c Lee L Wojt, USNR
Photo Gallery
Panama Canal Zone-more pictures to be added as they
are processed
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