Faqs. A construction program in Australia built a number of tugs for the Southwest Pacific Area in both LT and ST size. On 29 October 1954 the General J. H. McRae was inactivated and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego, CA. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. 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). U.S. [56] Army ship management lay in the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps. to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A McRae. 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. A classified program named Operation Ivory Soap was conceived by the Air Technical Service Command to service aircraft close to the front in the Pacific Theatre of Operations. 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. 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. Most of the cable was saved. 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. Name format was "U.S. Army" over "H.A.# NAME" as indicated by a builder's model. were not used and remained folded up it was quite crowded. by 4 days. For example, the vessel Orizaba (not the later Army owned vessel of the same name) was under Army charter from the Pacific Coast Steamship Company before being lost in 1900. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they could become farmers or factory workers. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). McRae.". McRae." Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date Served in this Transport Boat? Naval Ship (prefix "USNS"). Built as "Belfast", 1909, by Bath Iron Works. Officer In Charge of the Torpedo Depot", "U.S. Army Junior Mineplanter (USJMP) Lt. Col. M.N. Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? "Although about half the bunks But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to Only fifteen of the larger wooden vessels, Design 342 (Vessel, Passenger-Cargo, Diesel, Wood, 148'), were built to serve largely in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. [16][17], The ships were designated as Aircraft Repair Units, Floating (ARUs) and operated by the Army Transport Service, all of whose officers and men were merchant mariners. where beautiful actresses wore strapless dress and gowns. from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". [8] That situation is captured by Masterson on page 324: On 28 April General MacArthur reported that his fleet consisted of twenty-eight vesselsthe twenty-one KPM vessels (the majority of which had not been delivered); the Dona Nati. A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an Each ship was assigned a complement of 344 soldiers who were trained for marine operations. [1] She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. In 1946 she was transferred to the U.S. Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Contact. together. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans . The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. If you see substantial portions of this [I guess I passed the test.]. [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. The sixth, James B. Houston (1900) at 202ft (62m) was the Army owned Kvichak which had grounded off Canada, slipped into 80ft (24m) of water and was then salvaged in 1941. [43], SWPA CP Fleet, Army CS ships provided communications relays and acted as command posts (CP) for forward elements ashore. USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser.She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett (1778-1807), who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars.She was launched as DLG-31, a frigate, and reclassified a cruiser (CG) on 30 June 1975.. This ship served as USS General J. H. McRae(AP-149) from 1944 to 1946 and USNS General J. H. McRae(T-AP-149) from 1950 to 1968 (laid up since 1954). This ship became USNS General J.H. Keith received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. Title: USAT General J.H. of Troopships of World War II men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. Army owned vessels of the core fleet are quite clear, even though some of those switched between Army and Navy during the war. consisted of 388 Poles, Next in number were 178 Lithuanians. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT G this was one of the best.". Join TWS for Free Today! representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. 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. Federal SCRA benefits apply to debt incurred before qualifying military service. [1][7] Houston, which had first served in the Aleutians, was declared surplus while at Mariveles, Philippines and turned over to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in February 1946, reverted to U. S. Army Forces, Western Pacific (AFWESPAC) in April 1946, but was not used as a repair ship after being declared surplus. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for USAT General Information. 's," The Mast Magazine, September D. Kahn, "Concrete Ship and Barge Program, 1941-1944"Ships for victory: a history of shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II[28], The Army had its own program for small boat construction and directly procured vessels and water craft that were under 200 feet or under 1,000 gross tons. [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. [1], As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. Find contact information for USAT. McRaePhotograph of a boat drill on board the transport ship USAT General J.H. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies English: The U.S. Army Transport USAT General J. H. McRae, circa 1946-1950. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General These additional online resources from the U.S. range for covers on that page. The crossing was Among those in the 1918 register were Major L'Enfant, a steamer that served on the Potomac and burned in Baltimore on 3 December 1919[131][132][133] and General Meigs, a Quartermaster Corps passenger and freight steamer built in 1892 by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden New Jersey, and serving in the early 20th century with a name given to much larger ships later. had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. Technologies. [1] Those under other arrangements continued operating as SS NAME. Davis, Howard S. (January 1947). . long and rough. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International Fax: If fax is the only way you can submit your Tuition Assistance form, please fax it to 301-985-7858. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportatio One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[1]. for information about a troopship listed on this website. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. take forever for the pages to load. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. [51][56], The nature of the work is such that specialized crews are required to operate the cable machinery and perform the actual cable splicing and technical work. [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges. 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. Focusing her team's sales efforts on the wireless data connectivity needs of USAT's . In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Army tugs were seen as far back as the American Civil War with the 1862 screw tug Terror. The embarked Army repair units, where noted below, are from Masterson":[7]. 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). they were leaving their mother continent, probably never to return again. operated some of the refugee ships; others were operated under charter by after World War II. Lost in Irish Sea to submarine, January 1945. CSQ (Quarters) ships acted as floating dormitories. As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. General J. H. McRae was launched 26 April 1944 by the Kaiser Co., Kaiser Shipyards, Yard 3, Richmond, California, completed 16 June 1944 and delivered to the Maritime Commission for assignment on a loan basis by the War Shipping Administration to the United States Navy on the same day. 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. of greeting reached a crescendo. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148). In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes [1] The first ship supplied by the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps for cable work was the U. S. Army Transport Burnside. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. 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]. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they could become farmers or factory workers. Manned by civilians, she operated between New York and the United Kingdom until February 1954,[2] then shifted her base to San Francisco, California for runs to Japan. The Transportation Corps determined that at war's end it was operating 746 tugs of the LT/ST types. Placed in Service March 1 1950 - Out of Service October 29 1954. 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. The Reading Room at the Shapell Center is open to the public, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General McCrae. The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. All served in the Southwest Pacific Area. This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the The ex-Coast Artillery ships involved in mine planting were military crewed. 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. CSN (News) ships were used by civilian reporters. "The McRae Spray Souvenir Edition". example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same All were U.S. Coast Guard-crewed with the Army in administrative and operational control as well as providing the repair detachments from the Army Marine Ship Repair Company (AMSR CO.). Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. Europeans: people who were unable or unwilling to return to their native countries The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. Joseph Henry was a cable ship transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. Find People you served with from USAT General J. H. McRae. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1909 and 1917 ships. Refugee Organization. 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. Williams, Greg H.; "World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands"; McFarland Books, 2013; This page was last edited on 9 April 2023, at 20:01. [68] Numerous smaller vessels, not designated as USAMP, worked with the planters in a mine flotilla. Boat drill on board the DP transport ship, USA General J.H. Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, and Australia opened their doors Four were sent to the ETO and last one, Hains, was sent to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO), along with the cutter dredge 'Raymond', additionally four new Hains-class armed dredges were constructed for use in the PTO. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. She sailed 19 June 1945 through the Panama Canal for Le Havre, France, where she embarked more than 4,000 troops and returned with them to Newport News, Virginia She moved to Staten Island, N.Y. where on 26 October 1945 she picked up 2,200 "kaki clad brethen"(The "MAC" Log)" and sailed 8,643nmi (16,007km; 9,946mi) arriving at Iran's Shaht-El-Arab River on 19 November 1945. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Company Overview. All were simply U.S. Army (LT/ST #).[1][155]. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents, date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1946-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/9, USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Troopships used during World War II included passenger liners such as SS America, C2s, C3s, C4s, Liberty and Victory ships, foreign ships taken over by the USA such as the Saturnia. (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. 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. The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "DP Transport. River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. of the state and of the city welcomed them as future citizens. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 's stood there on deck watching their Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't Read More. he came to the United States as a Displaced Person (D.P. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). than a few lines without permission. that although the streets in America were not paved with gold, America was 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. Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. ", Crowded accommodations in the women's hold. ", My parents heard the streets in Keith McRae: Chief Executive Officer: To view USAT's complete executive team members history, request access USAT Signals . In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old Each page link should be accompanied by a date Those, included vessels not related to transport such as . Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they . "Among them, the largest group since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. out Communists and other subversives." woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, This fleet and the Army's Ports of Embarkation[2][3][4] operated throughout the war's massive logistics in support of the worldwide operations. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully [5][6], Some confusion may exist in the precise definition of "Army ship" as many ships saw Army service during the Second World War that were never or only briefly (a brief Army time or voyage charter) part of the Army's fleet. There should be a The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. 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