Purchase of the week. The helm from USS Anderton, originally a ‘Menhaden Fisherman’ built in 1911, then requisitioned by the US navy for the ‘War to end all Wars’.
Sent to the coast of France, she rescued, cleared mines for troopships and listened for submarines.
Since drifting mines were unaware of the end to hostilities, sweeping had to continue in the weeks following the armistice to make sure that shipping could travel safely. Finally, in the spring of 1919, when their work in France had finally been completed, Anderton and her sister ships prepared for the voyage home.
