DANFORTH ANCHOR - need information!

[Walt's Daughter]

I am posting this for a new friend who is looking for information for his project. If you can help, please get in contact with me. Many thanks, M1

 

I’m writing to you, for your name was listed on the website as contact for WWII information about the VIth Corps Combat Engineers.

 

I am a maritime historian, currently developing a paper and a series of lectures about the history of the DANFORTH ANCHOR, used on most WWII landing craft and for securing pontoon bridges. Apparently many of these bridges were held in place by 75 to 150# Danforth anchors.

 

Your website had some good postings from men who indicated that upstream anchors were often used to secure groups of pontoons.

 

I am seeking copies of photographs or access to WWII manuals with diagrams showing these anchors and directions for how they were to be set.

 

Might you have a way to guide me to what I’m looking for?

Are there any WWII veterans still around who might remember these anchors?

 

 

THANK YOU for any information you can offer.

Feel free to contact me at any time by phone or by email.

 

Appreciatively,

 

Bud Warren