The USS Air Quail, photographed in Petersburg, Alaska, was one of the many ships hastily built in shipyards across the country at the onset of World War II to stop German U-boats from taking their toll on Allied shipping. Part of the Splinter Fleet, a nickname given to the wooden boats used by the United States military, these boats were less expensive and faster to build than destroyers, and required smaller crews
The Air Quail was built in 1942 by Mathis Yachts in Camden, New Jersey. With a length of 110' 10' and a narrow beam just shy of 18', the Air Quail and its sister ships were the smal...
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