U.S.S. 'Lake Yahara'

   Lt. Oscar E. Pihlack at the helm of the U.S.S. 'Lake Yahara'

                            Lt. Oscar Pihlack served with Gus after WW1 on various freighters and also lived in the

                                              same boarding house near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, see Chapter Five.

 In 1918, he sails off to Liverpool aboard the USS Leviathan

                                                   USS Leviathon 

   to take command of the U.S.S. 'Lake Yahara' 

 (Historical Collection of the Great Lakes) 

U.S.S. 'Lake Yahara'

{U.S. Naval Historical Center}

 Other ships Lt. Pihlack served on during WW1

Prior to being called up for Navy Service, merchant seaman were hired by the

 U.S. Navy to operate certain vessels.

U.S.A.T. 'Kilpatrick'

(Library of Congress)

Lt. Pihlack served as 2nd Officer, January 1917

U.S.S. F.J. Luchenbach in camo 1918

{U.S. Navy photo}

served as Executive Officer 10 November, 1918 - 24 December 1918

U.S.S 'Mercurius'

{US Navy Historical Center}

Served as Executive Officer, April 15,1919 - May 23,1919

 U.S.S. 'Malang'

The Malang was seized by the United States government on 20 March 1918

and turned over to the U.S. Navy and commissioned 2 April 1918. After loading Army

supplies, the U.S.S 'Malang' steamed in convoy by Halifax, Nova Scotia, and reached Brest,

France, 13 May. She sailed along the french coast through 10 June and then sailed to the

United States and arrived in New York. The U.S.S. 'Malang' made a second voyage to

 St. Nazaire, Verdon and Bordeaux between 9 August and 25 September.

Lt. Pihlack served as the Navigation Officer during this period.

U.S.S. 'Mauban'

The Mauban was built in Scotland in 1900 by the Campbelltown Shipbuilding Company and prior to the

First World War cruised out of the Philippines to ports in Europe and the United States. The SS 'Mauban' was involved in a collision on

4th April 1918 with the SS 'Bilbster' resulting in the 'Bilbster' sinking. The SS 'Mauban'  was acquired by the

USSB at Cardiff, Wales the 3rd of October 1918.The 'Mauban' carried supplies between British and

French ports and completed cargo runs in February 1919.The 'Mauban' was decommissioned

at Brooklyn, New York on the 11th of April 1920 and returned to her former owners,

the Cia. Gen. de Tabacos de Filipinas of 'Manila.

Other Ships Oscar Pihlack served on as Merchant Seaman

SS 'Cristobal' Panama Lines

{Nichols, A.B., Office Engineer, Culebra, Canal Zone, Panama Panama Canal Notebooks}.

SS 'Massick'

SS 'Bird City'

We are interested in information and/or photographs of the following vessels

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 U.S.S. 'Mauban'

   U.S.A.T. 'Sumner'

       S.S.'Massick', Seager Steamship Company, New York

S.S. 'Bird City'

                   A North American ship S.S. Bird City, under the command of Captain H. Petersen, with observing Mr. Martin Marys,

heading from Philadelphia for Buenos Aires, ran into SSW Gale force winds  with agitated sea.

!923 The lesser atmospheric pressure (corrected) of 1.005, 9 hPa  in the 41 latitude 31º' S and 09 longitude 51º' W.

The strong wind ceased in day 4.  The biggest force was 9 with rotation of IF for sw.

{Cyclonic Disturbances in the South Atlantic, McCurdy 1923}

Apr 2 1929 SS "Bird City" from 45^o34'N 48^o07'W to 45^o55'N 48^o40'W passed through ice with

several small bergs and growlers extending northward as far as could be seen.

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