October Artifact of the Month – USS Dionysus Engine

您好忠实的读者，欢迎回到本月的伪影！本月，我们将从第二次世界大战中建造的自由船上看271,000英镑的发动机Dionysus。上周，在博客上工作时，我必须拍摄博物馆的背面，在博物馆的后面，存储所有宏伪影。在探索时，我的主管展示了自己和另一个在棚子里的发动机，以保护它免受元素保护。棚子本身与外面有点令人毛骨悚然，但内部的发动机是壮丽的。它是巨大的，只是你的织机，零件和碎片大小与我大致相同。

USSDionysus最初是为HOMS为皇家海军而建造的可信作为Lend-租赁计划的一部分，而是由美国海军保存。它于1945年被委托作为海军的维修船，并在第二次世界大战结束时被派入太平洋战区。在战争结束之后，Dionysuswas put in the United States Naval Reserve Fleet until the outbreak of the Korean War in 1952, when it was added to the Atlantic Fleet. Following the end of the Korean War,Dionysuswas again put on reserve until it was scrapped.Dionysus是一艘自由船，是美国海事委员会在第二次世界大战中产生的一种船舶，并由全国各地制造的标准零件建造。他们是自由的船只，在2,000,000美元以下，举行了27名官员和497名入伍的水手，除了2,840次吉普车，440辆坦克或2.3亿轮步枪弹药。在战争期间，由于各种原因，大约200艘船丢失，但两艘不同的船只SS耶利米奥布拉伦和ss.约翰布朗survived, and are both open to the public. The engine was removed in 1978 and donated to The Mariners’ Museum and put on display. The engine itself is approximately 271,000 pounds with all of its components assembled, and is the main triple expansion steam engine ofDionysus。同年后来，狄俄尼索斯'船体沉没在北卡罗来纳州的海岸，成为海岸线的一部分人造珊瑚礁。自1974年以来，这是第四艘自由船在那里沉没，位于俄勒冈州进口南部约五英里。

Interestingly enough, the naval ship was named for a god from Greek mythology, with a background full of romance and jealousy. Dionysus was born to Zeus and a mortal mother and was the god of wine-making and fertility. It is said that he was born from Zeus’ thigh after his mother Semele was killed as a result of Hera’s jealousy. In one tale, Hera found out that Semele was carrying Zeus’ child, she went to see Semele disguised as an old woman. She convinced Semele to confide in her who the father of her child was, and then forced her to question if Zeus was really the father. When Zeus next appeared to Semele, she asked to see his true form, and despite hesitations he revealed himself to her. His true form and the fire of his lightning bolts burnt her to a crisp, and he was only able to save the baby Dionysus by stitching his fetus into his thigh and having him develop there until he was ready to be born.

在研究时Dionysus那I found no information about why the ship may have been given this name in replacement of HMS可信。我认为这是一艘第二次世界大战修理船是一个令人乐趣的选择。看完发动机的大小和容量后，我认为这艘船与葡萄酒制作和生育的想法很多。也许是名称的爱马仕，在使者上帝之后，将更适合一艘维修船，这需要从一个点到另一点提供援助。甚至火星，在战争之后，尽管它不是一艘战舰，那就更加合适。或者至少那是当我站在一个发动机旁边时想到的，那就是比我更重270,865磅的发动机。