Name format was "U.S. Army" over "H.A.# NAME" as indicated by a builder's model. USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship of the U.S. Navy in World War II.She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Mark Leslie Hersey.She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General M. L. Hersey in 1946. Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportatio In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of Most of the cable was saved. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International Placed out of service, 29 October 1954, at San Diego, CA. The ships provided mobile depot support for B-29 Superfortress and P-51 Mustangs based on Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa beginning in December 1944. 's to sift On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. Original file (3,142 1,748 pixels, file size: 3.77 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg), https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse. But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. 9054", "About Army Watercraft Designations: Harbor Boat Designations With Explanatory Notes", "U.S. Army Ocean Tugs (LT, ST) Built During WWII", "U.S. Army Ocean Tugs (LT, ST) Built Since WWII", "Transportation Corps Water Division 1942-1949", "James A. Hannah IMO 5200289 Callsign WU8842", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army&oldid=1147074663, Troop and cargo ships over 1,000 gross tons that often carried the U.S. Army Transport, Other ships over 1,000 gross tons, including hospital ships (prefix "USAHS"), cable ships, aircraft repair ships, port repair ships and others without any title other than "U.S. Army" and a number or name: 108 ships, Vessels under 1,000 gross tons of numerous types that include the 511 FS ("Freight and Supply") small nonstandard coastal freighters of numerous designs, 361 minecraft with the large Mine Planters carrying U.S. Army Mine Planter (prefix "USAMP") with a number above a name, 4,343 tugs of all types and a varied array of 4,697 launches and small service craft just designated U.S. Army with a number or name: 12,379, Barges and non-propelled watercraft that included 16,787 pontoons: 25,383, LARC Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo (in, RIB Rapidly Installed Breakwater System, BCDK Conversion kit, barge deck enclosure, BCL Barge, dry-cargo, nonpropelled, large, FMS Repair shop, floating, nonpropelled, TCDF Temporary crane discharge facility, World War II in the Pacific Concrete Ships. 's from Bremerhaven to New York. An example may be seen in the photographs of USAT Fred C. [44][45][46], The Army had a history of submarine cable work by the time of World War II operations, dating back to the 1899-1900 period. Contact. the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. Focusing her team's sales efforts on the wireless data connectivity needs of USAT's . [14]) These craft are identified by the following hull code and type; The US Army Corps of Engineers has a total of 11 dredge vessels, divided into hopper and non-hopper dredges. Built as "Belfast", 1909, by Bath Iron Works. from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". For example, the 1918 registry, Merchant Vessels of the United States, under its Quartermaster vessels section lists some 33 small passenger and freight steamers, many former commercial vessels, ranging from the 72.1ft (22.0m) Peterson[131] to the 185ft (56.4m) El Aguila. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. Team Members. Of the 24 steam cargo concrete vessels, 17 were converted by the Army into floating storehouses, 5 were used by the Army as training ships and 2 found an honorable end when sunk to form part of the breakwater protecting the American landing in Normandy at Omaha beach.A. All of the "Admiral" variants that were put into service were transferred to the Army after the war and renamed for generals. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types. USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship built for the United States Navy in World War II. Bareboat charter & involved in prewar construction of air ferry route bases, particularly Christmas Island. During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated . Others were long term allocations to Army by the War Shipping Administration so that they operated as Army transports and cargo vessels for much of the war. Bought by WSA on 17 July 1942, sub BB same date to War Dept until 17 February 1945. [1] The first ship supplied by the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps for cable work was the U. S. Army Transport Burnside. Alaska service. [22], See "The Forgotten Voyage of the USARS Duluth: Recalling a Coast Guard-Manned Vessel That Fell Through the Cracks of World War II History"[23] for one of the few descriptions of these vessels in service. Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. USAT Corp is one of a small handful of companies in America to have achieved a 5G for Enterprise Branch Specialization from Cradlepoint - allowing us Liked by Keith McRae Retailers are. former officer's dining room. of Troopships of World War II [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. These vessels were primarily used as supply ships, that could retrieve aircraft if needed. McRae. USNS General J. H. McRae in Bremerhaven, Germany, and arrived in New York on October 14, 1951. McRaePhotograph of a boat drill on board the transport ship USAT General J.H. existing example. 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted Ainsworth. by 4 days. Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A Family groups gathered to luxuriate in the joy of just being This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the Technical management of the cable ships was under Signal Corps and the entire enterprise of undersea cable work was the very specialized realm of several large communications corporations which operated their own cable vessels and provided experts in handling cable equipment and cable. General J. H. McRae was launched 26 April 1944 by the Kaiser Co., Kaiser Shipyards, Yard 3, Richmond, California. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. Each page link should be accompanied by a date "D.P. This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. editing this page. [51] Much of this work had been in relation to communications with far flung Army forces in the Philippines and Alaska. Army tugs were seen as far back as the American Civil War with the 1862 screw tug Terror. For The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins They were seagoing diesel-electric hydraulic dredging vessels, normally functioning under the Army Corps of Engineers control, and used for maintaining and improving the coastal and harbor channels around the U.S. [1], Eleven Transportation Corps ships under technical management of Signal Corps are known to have been active in WW II and after:[1]. at 6 years of age I was too young to form strong opinions about the cuisine, On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. General J. H. McRae. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. See insights on USAT including office locations, competitors, revenue, financials, executives, subsidiaries and more at Craft. Reacquired by the Navy March 1 1950. McRae. NAMESAKE - Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW spend on deck. Naval Academy, The Sullivan Brothers and the Assignment of Family Members, Historic Former U.S. Navy Bases and Stations, The African American Experience in the U.S. Navy, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Navy, Contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Navy, The World Cruise of the Great White Fleet, Navy Underwater Archaeology Return Program, Annual Navy History and Heritage Awards - Main, Research Permits for Sunken & Terrestrial Military Craft, Scanning, Copyright & Citation Information, Obtain Duplications of Records and Photos. Digital photographs[11] of a few of these vessels in Army service are provided at the Naval History and Heritage Command. 1948 I distinctly remember eating the first orange of my life aboard the USAT General They were U.S. Army tugs, but not carried in the same central listing as the U.S. built tugs. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General Personal Correspondence were quite different from those pictured above. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies [69][70], Mine Planters & Associated Ships 1904-1909;[70], Numbered Mine Planters 1942-1943;[70][92][93], .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}[A]Cyrus W. Field was a Signal Corps ship closely associated with mine cable work and sometimes listed with the planters. its lifetime. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. File:USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg. The Navy reacquired the ship during the mass transfer of Army ships to Navy on 1 March 1950 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these CSN (News) ships were used by civilian reporters. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. Read More. [56] Army ship management lay in the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps. 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. Essentially all maritime commercial cargo and passenger type vessels were under strict control of WSA under Executive Order No. USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae.On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). If you have images or information to add to this page, then either [41] The official designation was "Design No. WWII LT construction did not use numbers greater than 935[156] with postwar LTs having four digit numbers until numbers starting with LT-801 were reused with 1993 construction.[157]. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List Main telephone: 202.488.0400 The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. After the war came the reorganization that led to the U.S. Department of Defense rather than a separate United States Department of War and Department of the Navy with the decision on maritime logistics going in favor of it being administered by the Navy. Upon completion on 12 March 1970 she began hauling containerized cargo for Seatrain Lines. [35], Army F-ships (100-dwt) were little freighters built on the lines of a Dutch wooden shoe and had a capacity of about 100 tons with a maximum speed of 8 knots. On 24 February 1960 she was transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia, California. The Transportation Corps determined that at war's end it was operating 746 tugs of the LT/ST types. O'Dwyer spoke of the people of New York City itself. [1] Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, JMP-70 (1943) (converted from FS-70 prior to launch), For reference above see the comprehensive list in Grover's print book, Allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for varying periods with commercial crews, Under a charter of the time or voyage type to Army with normal commercial crews, This page was last edited on 28 March 2023, at 18:10. "The McRae Spray Souvenir Edition". CSM (Maintenance) ships, in addition to acting as CS ships, were also equipped for radio repair operations to supply floating maintenance. They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. All the ships were managed and crewed by Army Engineers organized into Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew units, named for Army Engineers killed in action during WW II and heavily modified from their original design. They realized The MAC Log also said that up to this point the "MAC" had transported 36,000 troops over 120,000 nautical miles (220,000km; 140,000mi). There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for Two personnel were trained as divers. The family was sponsored for U.S. citizenship and sailed on the USAT General McRae on September 3, 1949. coasts.[60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. The transport Burnside was fitted as a cable transport and layer for the Philippines with three cable tanks capable of storing 550nmi (630mi; 1,020km) of cable.[53]. General J. H. McRae received four battle stars for Korean War service. Part 2. USS General J. H. McRae (AP149) was a General G. O. Squierclass transport ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. 210, 150 Foot Steel Diesel Retrieving Vessel", sometimes termed "Aircraft Retrieving Vessel" in later references. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN together. She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. Fax: If fax is the only way you can submit your Tuition Assistance form, please fax it to 301-985-7858. There should be a Displaced Person Transports: after World War II. A large number of highly varied commercial tugs were taken into Army service above those constructed to Army designs and Army tugs of prewar design dating to the early 1900s. Though there were 193 family groups aboard, there were no facilities for quartering Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. [52] The Army Signal Corps used a number of cable ships for that work including Burnside, Romulus, Liscum, Dellwood and two vessels intimately associated with the Coast Artillery Corps controlled mine work at the coastal fortifications; Cyrus W. Field and Joseph Henry. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. worker]. [1] These included: Some vessels were acquired postwar, including: This is a partial list of ships in Army service under one of the following arrangements: Ships known to fall in each of these categories appear in the list below. webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to WSA[Clarification needed] for peacetime operations as an army transport. Each ship was also provided with two motor launches and two DUKWs or "ducks," amphibious trucks for carrying parts too heavy for the helicopters. [57] The remaining ships were probably mixed crews. She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan, 2 October 1986 and broken up in 1987.[4]. food was probably not great, but is was the best we had eaten in years. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. [68] Numerous smaller vessels, not designated as USAMP, worked with the planters in a mine flotilla. New York was welcoming these citizens-to-be During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg 3,466 2,866; 1.75 MB. USAT's corporate headquarters are in Chapel Hill, one corner of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. Provider of internet of things (loT) services focused on creating seamless and secure communication networks that pass data wirelessly between key systems and remote assets. The ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. 1948 She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. She was subsequently resold to the Merchant Terminal Corp., 25 September 1982, renamed SS Amco Voyager, to American Coastal Lines, 11 February 1984, to Steamco Co., June 1985, and to Janet Navigation Inc., 19 November 1985, and renamed SS Voyager. taken "many cruises on some of the world's biggest cruise ships, but families together. Email Formats. TTY: 202.488.0406. This ship became USNS General J.H. She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. meager belongings. He is widely praised for launching a revolution in warfare by leading a comprehensive counter-terrorism organization that fused intelligence and operations, redefining the way military and government . The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. consisted of 388 Poles, Next in number were 178 Lithuanians. 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