Le Croisic U.S. Navy Seaplane Squadron Plaque
Details:
On the façade of the building.
A white stone tablet, engraved with a commemoration message that is written in French in engraved and red lettering. It recalls the event when the facilities of the first US Navy operational squadron were turned over to the US Navy. The United States Navy established a naval air station on 27 November 1917 to operate seaplanes during World War I. The U.S. Navy pilots in France operated for the first time at Le Croisic on November 13th, 1917; their last mission at sea took place off Brest-Camaret on December 13th, 1918. During these thirteen months of activity, the 150 American pilots of the U.S. Navy carried out a thousand sorties, flushed out 27 submarines, attacked 25 of them, bombed and damaged 12, and probably sank four or five. These results are added to those of French maritime aviation: the 580 active French pilots carried out 7,893 sorties in 1917, destroying thirty German submarines.
Source of information: www.hydroretro.net
Source of photos: Pierre Pecastaingts of www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
EN CE LIEU, LE 27 NOVEMBRE 1917
ONT ETE REMISES A LA MARINE AMERICAINE
LES INSTALLATIONS DE LA
PREMIERE ESCADRILLE OPERATIONELLE
DE LA LONGUE ET GLORIEUSE HISTOIRE
DE LA MARINE DES ETATS UNIS
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EN RECONNAISSANCE POUR LEURS ALLIES
CETTE PLAQUE A ETE DEVOILEE
LE 22 NOVEMBER 1997
PAR MONSIEUR PRIOU
MAIRE DU CROISIC CONSEILLER GENERAL
EN PRESENCE
DU CAPITAINE DE VAISSEAU FENNESSEY
ATTACHE NAVAL PRES L'AMBASSADE
DES ETATS UNIS D'AMERIQUE A PARIS
ET DU CONTRE AMIRAL DE LONGEVIALLE
COMMANDANT DU DISTRICT MARITIME DE LORIENT
English translation:
IN THIS PLACE, ON NOVEMBER 27, 1917
WERE HANDED OVER TO THE U.S. NAVY
THE INSTALLATIONS OF THE
THE FIRST OPERATIONAL SQUADRON
IN THE LONG AND GLORIOUS HISTORY OF THE
OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
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IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR ALLIES
THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED
ON NOVEMBER 22, 1997
BY MISTER PRIOU
MAYOR OF LE CROISIC GENERAL COUNCILLOR
IN PRESENCE
OF CAPTAIN FENNESSEY
NAVAL ATTACHÉ TO THE EMBASSY
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN PARIS
AND OF REAR ADMIRAL DE LONGEVIALLE
COMMANDER OF THE MARITIME DISTRICT OF LORIENT
