Battleship Texas Machine Shop

[Greg_Lewis]

Thanks for sharing. Most interesting.

[Mr Ron]

I have an 11" Sheldon lathe that saw duty onboard a liberty ship. As close as I can tell, it was a late 40's lathe and by its condition, didn't see much use. When I got it, sone of the ship's allowance components showed little or no signs of wear. I bought it in San Francisco for $650 from a machine tool dealer. That was around 1975. I understand there are a whole lot of Sheldon lathes and others at the bottom of the Atlantic, victims of U-boats. Many ended up in the UK after the war and found their way into private machine shops.

[David2011]

Mr. Ron, that seems to be one of the great things about lathes from ships. Most were not used heavily.