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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4338607, member: 602"]Looks like it might have a bit of that 'battleship grey' paint on it, especially in the last image.........just guessing here....and in looking at it....no holes to hold it steady anywhere!!!!!....SO some sort of a wedge?????? Could it possibly go the OTHER WAY UP?????????</p><p><br /></p><p>That stamp on the piece could have easily been added later.....and in reading down on that first article...might just add to confusion!!!! from Newsweek:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>"Namesakes</b></font></p><p>The name USS <i>Meigs</i> is incorrectly applied to the USAT <i>Meigs</i> and also, properly, to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_General_M._C._Meigs_(AP-116)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_General_M._C._Meigs_(AP-116)" rel="nofollow">USS <i>General M. C. Meigs</i> (AP-116)</a>, which served in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" rel="nofollow">Korean War</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a small Quartermaster Corps passenger and freight steamer built in 1892 by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden New Jersey, and serving in the early 20th century named <i>General Meigs</i>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-21" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-21" rel="nofollow">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-22" rel="nofollow">[22]</a><b>"</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4338607, member: 602"]Looks like it might have a bit of that 'battleship grey' paint on it, especially in the last image.........just guessing here....and in looking at it....no holes to hold it steady anywhere!!!!!....SO some sort of a wedge?????? Could it possibly go the OTHER WAY UP????????? That stamp on the piece could have easily been added later.....and in reading down on that first article...might just add to confusion!!!! from Newsweek: [SIZE=5][B]"Namesakes[/B][/SIZE] The name USS [I]Meigs[/I] is incorrectly applied to the USAT [I]Meigs[/I] and also, properly, to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_General_M._C._Meigs_(AP-116)']USS [I]General M. C. Meigs[/I] (AP-116)[/URL], which served in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War']Korean War[/URL]. There was also a small Quartermaster Corps passenger and freight steamer built in 1892 by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden New Jersey, and serving in the early 20th century named [I]General Meigs[/I].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-21'][21][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAT_Meigs#cite_note-22'][22][/URL][B]"[/B][/QUOTE]
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