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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jegd2ji wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

Ok, thank you again! It seems feasible to me that this all may well have been the case for his particular ship. I imagine that you'd have a mix of older and newer ships at that point. And literally everything was put into service as everything was getting wiped out in those years.

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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jegbbqs wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

Right, ok. Thank you. Does what you know compromise my understanding of the events and this particular situation? I mean, this was straight from my grandfather. And he was lucky to survive.

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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jeg8z0c wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

Right. But to to my knowledge, North America didn’t enter significantly until 1941. And that was the near peak of U-boats and their massive destuction of the USA and Canadian Navies.

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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jeg7klu wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

Ok thanks for the info! Wouldn't 1941 be near the start of our efforts across the Atlantic? Edit: as you can see this is dated 1941 on the photo.

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_BELEAF_ OP t1_jeg5zac wrote

Reply to comment by Canucklehead_Esq in My Grandfather, on a Canadian corvette in WWII. The ship escorted vital supply ships to Britain, and was almost totally unarmed, with cardboard gun-shaped decoys on deck. He worked below deck in the boiler room during the U-boat threat, and lived to tell the tales. by _BELEAF_

I don't know if they did. He passed in 1985. I only recall the story of the cardboard guns. And this is the only photo I have of him serving.

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