tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207458702011-09-19T05:54:00.635-07:00Photos of Operation Blue Jay 1951 - by former sailors of the USS Earl B. Hall, APD 107. George Panos, QMS2 and Peter Mafilios QMS2.Peternoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20745870.post-1137111844741800852006-01-12T16:23:00.000-08:002011-09-17T14:53:07.021-07:00<a href="http://nominatedshortfilm.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/operation-blue-jay/">S<b>hort film of Operation Blue Jay</a></b><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/thule.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/thule.jpg" /></a><b>Thule, Greenland</b><br /><span style="color:blue;"><br /><b><span style="color:blue;"><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/ebhall107.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/ebhall107.jpg" /></a><br /><b>USS Earl B. Hall, APD 107 at Sea<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-04-%20PASSING%20ICEBERGS%20ON%20WAY%20TO%20THULE%201951.%20AKA%20OFF%20PORT%20BOW%20UNKNOWN.jpg"><br /><br /><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-04-%20PASSING%20ICEBERGS%20ON%20WAY%20TO%20THULE%201951.%20AKA%20OFF%20PORT%20BOW%20UNKNOWN.jpg" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Passing Icebergs on way to Thule off Port Bow<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-02-%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20UNDERWAY%20TO%20THULE%20ON%20A%20BEAUTIFUL%20SUMMER%20NIGHT.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-02-%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20UNDERWAY%20TO%20THULE%20ON%20A%20BEAUTIFUL%20SUMMER%20NIGHT.jpg" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Beautiful summer night on way to Thule,Greenland<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-03-%20CONVOY%20OP.%20BLUE%20JAY%20AS%20SEEN%20FROM%20E.B.%20HALL.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-03-%20CONVOY%20OP.%20BLUE%20JAY%20AS%20SEEN%20FROM%20E.B.%20HALL.jpg" /></a><span style="color:blue;"> Thule,Greenland<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-05-USS%20E.B.HALL%20PASSING%202%20ICE%20BERGS.%20NOTICE%20THE%20TERN%20BETWEEN%20THE%20LIFELINE%20AND%20THE%202ND%20ICEBERG.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-05-USS%20E.B.HALL%20PASSING%202%20ICE%20BERGS.%20NOTICE%20THE%20TERN%20BETWEEN%20THE%20LIFELINE%20AND%20THE%202ND%20ICEBERG.jpg" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Icebergs in Greenland<span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">.</span><br /><br /><b><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-7-APD%20107%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20WITH%20PHOTOGRAPHER%20GEORGE%20PANOS.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-7-APD%20107%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20WITH%20PHOTOGRAPHER%20GEORGE%20PANOS.jpg" /></a><span style="color:blue;">APD 107 USS E.B.HALL WITH PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE PANOS</span></b> </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><span style="color:blue;"></span></b></b></span><br /><span style="color:blue;"></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20745870-113711184474180085?l=operationbluejay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peternoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20745870.post-1137111732097920702006-01-12T16:21:00.000-08:002006-01-14T15:51:27.103-08:00<div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland17.2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland17.2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center><span style="color:blue;">Peter Mafilios QMQ3</center></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland24.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland24.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>George Panos QMS2</center><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland23.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland23.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>George Panos QMS2 and Chief Petty Officer</center><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland22.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland22.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Pilot House <p><br /><p><b><span style="color:blue;"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color:blue;"></p></b></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland16.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland16.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Navigating from the Bridge<br /><br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HALLBRIDGEGANG2.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HALLBRIDGEGANG2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Quartemasters<br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HALLBRIDGE.0.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HALLBRIDGE.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Communications Division<br /><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HALLBRIDGEGANG4.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HALLBRIDGEGANG4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Signal Gang at Coffee Break<br /><p></p><b><p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HALLBRIDGEGANG1.jpg"><img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HALLBRIDGEGANG1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Bridge Gang Quartermasters/Signalmen,</b> <p></p></center></center></center></center></center></center><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/PANOS%20AT%20%20HELM%20APD%20107.3.jpg"><strong><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/PANOS%20AT%20%20HELM%20APD%20107.3.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>George Panos at the helm of the E.B.Hall<br /></p></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20745870-113711173209792070?l=operationbluejay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20745870.post-1137091979188535302006-01-12T10:50:00.000-08:002006-01-14T15:46:03.833-08:00<span style="color:blue;"><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-24-THE%20BEAUTIFUL%20BLUE-GREEN%20WATERS%20OF%20HREENLAND.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-24-THE%20BEAUTIFUL%20BLUE-GREEN%20WATERS%20OF%20HREENLAND.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Beautiful Blue-Green Waters of Greenland</center><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/CAPT%20&%20EXEC%20%20E%20.B.%20HALL%20.A%20PD%20107.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/CAPT%20%26%20EXEC%20%20E%20.B.%20HALL%20.A%20PD%20107.1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Capt.& Exec of the Hall<br /></center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/a-17-captain.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/a-17-captain.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Captain Robinson</center><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/CaptRobinson.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/CaptRobinson.jpg" border="0" /></a><center>Captain Robinson</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/Copy%20of%20A-12-USS%20EB.%20HALL%20APD%20107%20PASSING%20ICEBERG%20ON%20WAY%20TO%20THULE%201951%20OP.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/Copy%20of%20A-12-USS%20EB.%20HALL%20APD%20107%20PASSING%20ICEBERG%20ON%20WAY%20TO%20THULE%201951%20OP.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Passing more Icebergs</center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland20.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland20.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Icebergs at Thule, Greenland</center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland29.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland29.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Icebergs at Thule, Greenland </center><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/APD%20QM%20&%20SM%20CREW.4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/APD%20QM%20%26%20SM%20CREW.4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Quartermasters of the Hall</center><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><center><br /></center><center></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20745870-113709197918853530?l=operationbluejay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20745870.post-1136842845280696222006-01-09T13:35:00.000-08:002006-01-14T15:47:56.623-08:00<span style="color:blue;"><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/1Danish%20Diplomat.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/1Danish%20Diplomat.jpg" border="0" /></a><center>Danish Dignitaries Departing ship</center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-15%20DANISH%20DIGNITARY%20DEPARTING%20SHIP.4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-15%20DANISH%20DIGNITARY%20DEPARTING%20SHIP.4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Danish Dignitaries Departing ship</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-16-%20DANISH%20DIPLOMATIC%20SKIFF.3.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-16-%20DANISH%20DIPLOMATIC%20SKIFF.3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Danish Diplomatic skiff</center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-11%20-%20FRAMING%20GREENLAND%20WITH%201%2040MM%20GUN.4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-11%20-%20FRAMING%20GREENLAND%20WITH%201%2040MM%20GUN.4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Framing Greenland with 40mm Gun</center><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/A-13.%20THULE%20SCENE%20AS%20SEEN%20FROM%20THE%20E.B.%20HALL.2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/A-13.%20THULE%20SCENE%20AS%20SEEN%20FROM%20THE%20E.B.%20HALL.2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center>Thule Scene as seen from the E.B.Hall</center><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/APD%20107%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20%20%20GRONDAL%20%28MAFILIOS%29.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/APD%20107%20USS%20E.B.HALL%20%20%20GRONDAL%20%28MAFILIOS%29.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> <center>The USS E. B. Hall APD 107 at Grondal, Greenland</center></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20745870-113684284528069622?l=operationbluejay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20745870.post-1136840161289241082006-01-09T12:52:00.000-08:002007-08-09T19:16:44.718-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/CRUNCHING%20TOWARDS%20THULE%20OP.%20BLUEJAY%20(MAFILIOS).2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/CRUNCHING%20TOWARDS%20THULE%20OP.%20BLUEJAY%20%28MAFILIOS%29.2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="color:blue;"> <center>Breaking thru the Ice</center></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland27.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland27.jpg" border="0" /></a> <center><span style="color:blue;"> USNS Sappa Creek After hitting an Iceberg</center><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/USNS%20SAPPA%20CREEK%20T-AO-141%20OP.BLUEJAY%20(MAFILIOS).jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/USNS%20SAPPA%20CREEK%20T-AO-141%20OP.BLUEJAY%20%28MAFILIOS%29.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"></p><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><center></center><div align="left"><span style="color:blue;"> USNS Sappa Creek After hitting an Iceberg</div><p>The location of Thule, 700 miles north of the Arctic Circle, required the ships to sail in company with icebreakers from the Canadian and American Navy and Coast Guard. Due to the heavy flow ice, ships needed to depart by early September, or face a winter trapped in the ice. The mission posed serious dangers to the crews and ships. The tanker USNS Sappa Creek experienced a radar malfunction and while in reduced visibility struck an iceberg and suffered severe damage to its bow, but was able to continue its mission.<br /><br /></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/APA%20160%20USS%20DEUEL%20(MAFILIOS).3.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/APA%20160%20USS%20DEUEL%20%28MAFILIOS%29.3.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:blue;"> <br />USS Deuel APA160 as seen from the USS E.B.Hall On the way to Greenland <p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland30.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland30.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:blue;"> At Thule Airbase </p></span><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland39.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland39.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Glacier at Greenland </p></span><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland20.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland20.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Icebergs in Greenland </p></span><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/1600/HallGreenland21.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7551/734/320/HallGreenland21.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:blue;">Tour of Glacier at Greenland </p></span><p><center></center></span><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20745870-113684016128924108?l=operationbluejay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Peternoreply@blogger.com2