One of the ships my grandfather served on

"Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123) was laid down on 15 February 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 681) by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, Calif.; launched on 14 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Earl Warren, the wife of the Governor of California who later became Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; and acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 24 January 1945, Capt. G. C. Carlstedt, USCG, in command." Later renamed the "General Simon B. Buckner" when an ARMY ship. At sometime, it was cut in two and lengthened I read. My grand-dad was once apparently one of the youngest in the Canadian Black Watch in WWI and one of the older in service of the U.S. Merchant Marine.