Second World War asdic hut found in Liverpool

The Queens County Museum will receive a Second World War asdic hut found by the Region of Queens Municipality on the former Jim Sapp property.

“It’s the first anti-submarine technology that was put in place in the Second World War,” said Region of Queens Mayor, John Leefe. “That little ping, ping, ping is the signal that’s sent out from the service vessel to hit a submarine or sometimes a whale I’m told and bounced back.”

Thompson Brothers built asdic huts to keep the operator of a vessel out of the weather.

Eventually “many of them were sold to individuals to be used as playhouses for children around their homes, as was the case with this one,” continued Mayor Leefe. “So rather than just have it destroyed, I met with the curator of the Queens County Museum and Linda said, they would be very interested in acquiring the asdic hut and restoring it as a full time outdoor exhibit.”

Queens County Museum director, Linda Rafuse said, the asdic hut will be placed next to the Norwegon monument.

It needs quite a bit of work and could be on display in 2009.