Windsolite
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windsolite-297-18262231
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Windsolite
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Windsolite was a small oil tanker launched in 1927.
Her service was on the North American Great Lakes. She was operated by Imperial Oil. In his memoirs Sow's Ear to Silk Purse James Edward Blake Graham describes serving aboard Windsolite during the Second World War when experienced mariners were serving on Atlantic convoys, leaving their positions to be filled by inexperienced young farm-boys like himself.
According to Graham the vessel required a crew of approximately thirty seamen to staff two
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsolite
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2023-09-27T18:30:32Z
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