{"id":576,"date":"2024-02-08T01:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/?p=576"},"modified":"2024-02-08T01:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:39:25","slug":"pa-in-fish-business-yps-to-tunaboats-post-wwii-bumpy-in-sd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/2024\/02\/08\/pa-in-fish-business-yps-to-tunaboats-post-wwii-bumpy-in-sd\/","title":{"rendered":"PA in Fish business – YPs to TUNABOATS POST-WWII = “BUMPY” – in SD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cU.S. PREPARES TO RETURN TUNABOATS USED BY NAVY<\/strong> \u2013 Lt. Erskine Wood, designated by the War Shipping Administration<\/strong> to negotiate<\/em> with owners<\/em><\/strong> of tunaboats<\/em> taken over by the U.S. Navy<\/strong> early in the war, will arrive here tomorrow to confer with San Diegans desiring to re<\/strong><\/em>–purchase<\/strong><\/em> their craft from<\/em> the Government, the AMERICAN FISHERMEN\u2019S TUNABOAT<\/strong> ASSOCIATION<\/strong> announced. Wood arrived in San Pedro<\/strong> on Monday to survey fishing craft there, and several San Diegans whose vessels are in the northern port have gone there to confer with him. Former owners<\/strong><\/u> are given the f<\/strong>irst<\/strong><\/u> opportunity to bid on the boats.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOUR IN PORT NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association reported that four<\/em> San Diego<\/strong> boats \u2013 the \u2018AZOREANA\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018CITY OF SAN DIEGO\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018SANTA INEZ\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, and \u2018SAO JOAO\u2019 <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 now are here<\/em> in port awaiting disposal. And at San Pedro<\/strong> are the \u2018BELLE of PORTUGAL\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018PICAROTO\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018QUEEN MARY\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018ST. GEORGE\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, \u2018NORTHWESTERN\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, and \u2018MADIERENSE\u2019<\/strong><\/em>. The 149\u2019<\/strong> \u2018NORMANDIE\u2019<\/strong><\/em>, (the largest tunaboat in existence), is due here in San Diego on Monday, and the \u2018CONTI BIANCO\u2019<\/strong><\/em> was reported to have left Pearl Harbor yesterday. Altogether about<\/strong> 70 tunaboats<\/strong> were taken over by the Navy<\/strong> and converted<\/em> into patrol craft. Several were lost in the Southwest Pacific and off Okinawa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(*<\/strong>Source<\/em>: San Diego<\/strong> UNION<\/strong> & Daily Bee newspaper \u2013 Wednesday, January<\/strong> 16, 1946<\/strong> [about 4 months<\/u> after Japan\u2019s surrender had ended WWII \u2013 ed.<\/em>] \u2013 Pg. 22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~~~~~~~ Then\u2026, nearly a Year Later<\/strong><\/em> ~~~~~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWALLACE MUST GO, SAYS SENATOR\u2013 U.S. Unity Menaced, Knowland Asserts<\/strong> \u2013 America<\/strong><\/em> (says Sen. Knowland), as the (post WWII \u2013 ed.) trustee<\/strong><\/em> for humanity<\/strong><\/em>, must present a united front<\/em><\/strong> to the rest of the world and to achieve<\/em> this unity…, Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace<\/strong> must LEAVE<\/strong><\/em> the Cabinet, U. S. Senator WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND<\/strong> (Rep.) declared here yesterday. His statement climaxed<\/em> a busy day here in which he addressed the Convention Session of the California League of Cities<\/strong>, spoke at a combined meeting of local Exchange Clubs<\/strong>, and probed the problems of shipbuilders, fishermen, and canners in a personal inspection<\/strong><\/em>…(*<\/strong>Note<\/strong><\/em>:<\/strong> Nearly ALL<\/em> of this article is taken up with the then-current, \u2018explosive<\/em>\u2019 leak, and reactions, into the national press that then-Secretary Wallace was quoted as having used the word \u201cappease<\/em>\u201d in a statement regarding Russia, immediately taken as a \u201cgo-easy-on-Russia<\/em>\u201d spin\/opinion by many<\/em>, including Sen. Knowland. But the main<\/u><\/em> interest to this<\/u><\/em> particular \u2018PA of San Diego-oriented<\/strong>\u2019 listing is focused on the \u2018shipbuilders, fishermen, and canners in a personal inspection<\/em> portion \u2013 ed.) ‘\u2026He talked with fishermen, canners, and shipbuilders in an afternoon-long inspection trip of the waterfront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VISITED SHIPYARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First he visited the LYNCH SHIPBUILDING<\/strong> yards where he saw the 110\u2019<\/strong> tuna clipper \u2018LILIANA\u2019<\/strong><\/em> under construction, and talked with Capt. JOE MARQUES<\/strong>, who is readying his big \u2018NORMANDIE\u2019<\/strong><\/em> for a cruise to the Galapagos<\/strong> fishing grounds. The \u2018Normandie\u2019<\/strong><\/em> (launched in 1938 – ed.) has come back after four<\/em> years helping the U.S. Navy win the Southwest Pacific war. When Sen. Knowland was with Mr. Harold Cary<\/strong>, Manager of Lynch<\/strong> yard, and Mr. George E. Campbell<\/strong> of the CAMPBELL MACHINE CO.<\/strong> yards, he talked shipping problems, and Mr. Dave Campbell<\/strong> of Campbell<\/strong><\/em> yards told him San Diego shipbuilding is suffering from a shortage<\/em> of almost everything that goes into a ship. At the SAN DIEGO PACKING CO.<\/strong> and the HIGH SEAS TUNA PACKING CO.<\/strong>, Knowland saw fish move from the tuna clippers to cans, and heard the Managers of these plants voice their problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SITUATION SIZED UP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Escorted to the yards and packing plants by George Campbell, JOE MEDINA, tuna fisherman, CHARLES LEANDERS \u2013 <\/strong>President, & George Wallace<\/strong>, Vice-President of the AMERICAN FISHERMEN\u2019S TUNABOAT ASSOCIATION<\/strong>; Knowland said he got an interesting and informative view of the local situation. Mr. Leanders and Mr. Wallace laid before him the plight of 18 San Diego fishermen<\/strong>, whose boats were seized <\/em>by the government at the start of World War II<\/strong> and were sunk in the conquest of Japan. These men, the fishing boat chiefs said, cannot get replacements at the price the government paid<\/strong><\/em> for the seized craft and are now <\/strong>out<\/strong><\/u> of business<\/strong><\/em>. Their bids for surplus that could be converted to tuna clippers have been rejected, although such bids represented the <\/strong>SAME<\/strong><\/u> p<\/strong>rice<\/strong><\/u> the government paid f<\/strong>or<\/strong><\/u> the lost boats<\/strong><\/em>, Leanders and Wallace said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADDRESSES VETERANS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I have a much better picture of your problems than I had before,\u2019<\/em> Knowland said after his tour, as he prepared for the evening meeting with veterans<\/strong><\/em>, in the Canadian Legion Building in Balboa Park…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(*<\/strong>Source<\/em>: San Diego<\/strong> U<\/strong>NION<\/strong> & Daily Bee newspaper \u2013 Wednesday,Septem<\/strong>ber <\/strong>18<\/strong>, 1<\/strong>946<\/strong> [about 1 y<\/em>ear<\/u><\/em> and 1 <\/em>month<\/u><\/em> after Japan\u2019s surrender had ended WWII \u2013 ed.<\/em>] \u2013 Pg. 3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cU.S. PREPARES TO RETURN TUNABOATS USED BY NAVY \u2013 Lt. Erskine Wood, designated by the War Shipping Administration to negotiate with owners of tunaboats taken over by the U.S. Navy early in the war, will arrive here tomorrow to confer with San Diegans desiring to re–purchase their craft from the Government, the AMERICAN FISHERMEN\u2019S TUNABOAT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmadruga.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}