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WWII Sextant
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Feb 20, 22:00 EST
From: Gary Harkins
Date: 2003 Feb 20, 22:00 EST
My Father-in-law was a navigator aboard a merchant marine ship during WWII. He passed away a few years ago. I would like to find a sextant similar to, or the same as, the one he used back then. Was there a specific sextant used by the merchant marines during WWII? When he was alive he could remember that it was issued by the Navy but he didn't remember anything about the model. Could it have been any of several different sextants or was there one standard issue from the Navy?
Thanks,
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)
Thanks,
Gary Harkins C400 #140 "Cygnus"
Website http://www.hometown.aol.com/htycgary/myhomepage/index.html
Harbour Towne Marina, Muskegon, Michigan Slip C-28
Harbour Towne Yacht Club, Life Member
C400 National Association
United States Power Squadrons-JN
NRA Life Member
MCRGO (Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners)
JPFO (Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership)