The Wartime Memories Project - The Empire McMahon

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Information. The Empire MacMahon was a built as an Oil tanker and converted to a Merchant aircraft carrier by Swan Hunter, entering service as a MAC ship December 1943. At the end of the Second World War, she sailed with a civilian crew repatriating people to Bermuda, the Caribbean and the USA. Towards the end of 1945 she docked in Genova to be reconverted to a conventional tanker by the Italians, as war reparations. As an O.S. I joined a MAC tanker just after the war. My immediately previous vessel had also been an Anglo Saxon tanker.The MV Niso. The Empire McMahon,one of four hybrid carriers was eventually left, by us, in Genova for the removal of the flight deck. I am currently writing a fictional novel which involves the MAC vessels. I've never seen any accounts of their wartime acticity. They were bad enough in peace time rough weather with an exaggerated top heavy roll. It seems the hair raising experiences of pilots landing on these postage stamp flight decks was never recorded. If any one is still around who can give me information which I can incorporate into my story it would be appreciated. It is just one way I can pay homage to these R.N and M.N "Navians" It was, jokingly, suggested that the acronym M.A.C was not Merchant Aircraft Carrier but Mad Avian Crew. adopted from the CAM boats Catapult Activated Madman. Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served on The Empire McMahon Tom Edgar. Read his Story If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to a ship or sailor, please get in touch. Add Your Story Links Ships Index Website and ALL Material © Copyright MM-MMIXI - All Rights Reserved