These photos were sent to the LOG by pensioner Jack Curlew of Carson City, Nev. Both were taken aboard Waterman Steamship Lines’ Topa Topa in 1948.The photo directly below was shot during the summer of that year. Curlew is in the front row on the right. The photo, he notes, "was taken during a break in the work day."
Jack Curlew, who last sailed in 1989 as a recertified bosun on the Sea-Land Patriot, is now 76. He says that "after sailing 45 years with the SIU, I retired to the high desert of Carson City, Nev. (alt. 4,620 ft.)."
In the bottom photo, in the winter of 1948, the deck members aboard the Topa Topa were standing by for a North Atlantic crossing. From the left are "Gus, Jack, Frenchy and Slim."
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