Ford CMP Found

[Jacques Reed]

Yesterday I thought it would be easy to find a photo of a CMP truck being loaded/unloaded from a WW2 merchant ship using the sling caps as I mentioned in above post. Being an old merchant mariner that would be right up my alley.

Well, a couple hours spent searching the net and the closest I could find was this one of an Australian Army ACCO being unloaded from HMAS Jeparit at Vung Tau during the Vietnam War. Although not a CMP it at least shows how it is done with the special hub caps.

It is being handled as I mentioned by lifting from the axles with the sling caps on the wheel hubs to hold the wire rope slings on. The spreaders prevent damage to the body and cab.

Does anyone have a photo of a CMP being loaded or unloaded from a vessel by this method during WW2? Would be great to see one.

Cheers,