Hey

hello

  my name is ERIC LAKE i am from st.lawrence nl canada i would like to know if someone could help me in finding out information i have been a scuba diver for some 20yrs now there were two war ships that went aground here in st.lawrence in 1942  with 210 men loosing their lives so i have recovered some items from those two war ships i found two motor plates and on those plates are written AMERICAM HOIST &DERRICK.CO SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA THE SERIAL ## ON IT IS 2533 THE NAME OF THOSE SHIPS ARE THE --TRUXTON /POLLUX IF ANY ONE HAS INFORMATION CAN YOU E-MAIL ME @ ericlake32@hotmail.com.

                                                THANK-YOU
                                                ERIC LAKE
                                                NL,CANADA

American Hoist & Derrick went out of business in 1985. I will let Eric know this and send suggestions for further research on the ships.

http://www.placeography.org/index.php/American_Hoist_&_Derrick_Company,_Saint_Paul,_Minnesota_(1885-1985)