"I have ordered another ships cap, this one in the picture shows a net laying ship with the rear boom / mast missing, I read that some of the ships had them removed but Winterberry had both of them."

"I would love to find this ship, she was sold and became a 860 ton fishing vessel. I have tracked it's history up to 1965 but the trail went cold and I don't know where to turn. The last name I had on her was the Atlantic Reefer sailing under the…"

"This is Widgeon toeing a sub into test zone operation Bikini atomic bomb tests able and baker at the Marshals island group "

"http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/18/18056.htm"

"A picture just like this hangs on my wall at home, USS WINTERBERRY was built right here in my home town Stockton Ca. My father went aboard the day she was launched and served her until the end of ww2. She was one of ten wooden type net laying ships…"

"That must have been the aerial drop,test able, the second test baker was strung underneath one of the Japanese Battle ships, My dad said when they got the all clear to turn and look it was in three parts high above the mushroom cloud. I have to old…"

"This is a clearer picture of the ship, it was taken before my father went on board. It has the #1, ASR must have been added to the hull # later on."