Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Struck from Naval Register July 1960. One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[2]. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. 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. Some were "ostarbeiter" [eastern-workers] -- All of the "Admiral" variants that were put into service were transferred to the Army after the war and renamed for generals. TTY: 202.488.0406. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. USNS General J. H. McRae in Bremerhaven, Germany, and arrived in New York on October 14, 1951. These additional online resources from the U.S. the land of golden opportunities. Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_J._H._McRae&oldid=1149033370, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States, Transport ships of the United States Army, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Keith McRae: Chief Executive Officer: To view USAT's complete executive team members history, request access USAT Signals . The General R. L. Howze, with your 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. For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others Placed out of service, 29 October 1954, at San Diego, CA. 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. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. operated some of the refugee ships; others were operated under charter by people forced to work in German factories and farms, some were survivors of Although Sources: [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. Others were sold commercially or simply scrapped. voyages. Army owned vessels of the core fleet are quite clear, even though some of those switched between Army and Navy during the war. 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. page on the Internet or in published material please notify usmm.org @ comcast.net. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies Find contact information for USAT. DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. Army use as tug, 428 tons, 147' length, built Neafie & Levy 1897 as "Plymouth" to USCG as "Iris" 18991934, sold 21 June 1934 as "Plymouth", later "Big Chief" 1938, service with both the Army and Navy during World War II, "B. O. Colonna" 1956, scrapped 1973, United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Mine Planters & Associated Ships 1904-1909, "U.S. Army Coastal Freighters (F, FS) Built During WWII", List of World War II vessel types of the United States, "The U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation in World War II", "USAT Fred C. Ainsworth (Transport, 1943-1950)", "Chapter 4: "Help on the Way". together. Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Personal Correspondence at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Faqs. [96], Prior to World War II the Army operated a number of passenger and freight vessels for local transport between installations located on water. was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1987. McRae. Within each set, The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. Typical C-4 Troopship used to transport Displaced Persons, "We watched them come aboard If more than one 1948 The ships were fitted with machine tools, cranes, and all the equipment necessary for a machine shop, including welding, radiator, tank, wood, patterns, blue print, electrical, fabric and dope, paint, air-conditioned instrument and camera shops, radio, battery, propeller, tires and fuel cells, armament and turrets, plating, radar, carburetor, and turbo-super-charger. Troopships were operated by the Army Transportation Service, with "civilian" mariners; by the U.S. Navy; and the War Shipping Administration. Company Overview. She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to WSA[Clarification needed] for peacetime operations as an army transport. . In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. 1948 An example may be seen in the photographs of USAT Fred C. 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. Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. R. L. Howze. existing example. Some, such as "Design 277" (Vessel, Passenger-Cargo, Diesel, Wood, 114') were wooden hull while the "classic" "Design 381" (Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 177') was a miniature steel cargo vessel with two hatches and central booms. The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins America were "paved with gold. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Six Liberty ships were converted at Point Clear, Alabama, near Brookley Field, outside Mobile, Alabama. They were also fitted with landing platforms to accommodate four R-4 helicopters, creating the first seagoing helicopter-equipped ships, and provided medical evacuation of combat casualties in both the Philippines and Okinawa. 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. range for covers on that page. USAT's CEO is Keith McRae . As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. These were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. "Cargo of Hopes," John K. Tennant, The Mast Magazine, December The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. coasts.[60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. For McRae.". One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[1]. 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. out Communists and other subversives." [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. Served in this Transport Boat? "Ex-Transport Carries D.P. [51] Much of this work had been in relation to communications with far flung Army forces in the Philippines and Alaska. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. worker]. [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. Like other Displaced Persons, we soon found out 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. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. 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). (National Archives and Records Administration) During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. left via Italy or Shanghai. The list is in chronological order. as only New York can welcome As the ship moved in toward the dock, her Part 2. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. [1] had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. [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. image of a cover showing that postmark. McRae. 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. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general William George Haan. of the state and of the city welcomed them as future citizens. 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. Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. families together. that although the streets in America were not paved with gold, America was She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan, 2 October 1986 and broken up in 1987.[4]. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. Seagoing tugs, 92'-100' or greater were designated Large Tug (LT). Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they reserved for the aged and for mothers with small children.". Kay Reznicek, Director of HR & Accounting. In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration [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. She was sold in 1965 for commercial operation under the This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. The company is equipped with an especially converted ship or barge, fully equipped with machine, electric, engine, wood-working, rigging and paint shops. [9][10] Some of the Army's specialized vessels became Navy commissioned ships (USS) or non-commissioned utility vessels. The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage A few were all military, many were civilian crewed and a large number were U.S. Coast Guard crewed. McRae." Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date Army purchase 31 March 1942, inter-island transport Hawaiian Islands, wrecked February 18, 1947. 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[1] In general only ships owned, under long term bareboat charter or allocation to the Army, first through the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps, were formally designated as a U.S. Army Transport (USAT). Main telephone: 202.488.0400 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. Built as "Point Judith" by Albinia Engine & Machine Works, O/N 216656. [7], Army Marine Ship Repair Company (T/O & E 55-47): since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. 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. [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. As long as land was in sight, the D.P. Many passengers were seasick. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. WSA 6 Aug 42, sub BB same date to War Dept until 9 Oct 45. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 3,485 GI's, but usually carried fewer than 700 refugees. General J. H. McRae received four battle stars for Korean War service. The Reading Room at the Shapell Center is open to the public, Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General. USS General H. L. Scott (AP-136) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Fax: If fax is the only way you can submit your Tuition Assistance form, please fax it to 301-985-7858. The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. Close to those were the ships that were bareboat chartered by the Army, meaning that only the hull itself was chartered and Army was responsible for crewing and all other operational aspects. Keith received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. take forever for the pages to load. at 6 years of age I was too young to form strong opinions about the cuisine, webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston [I guess I passed the test.]. "Among them, the largest group During World War I they were often used to transport troops from training camps to embarkation piers, particularly at the New York Port of Embarkation. [92][95], Smaller vessels known as, "junior mine planters", or "pup planters", were occasionally employed as mine planters, but for the most part they served as freight and passenger boats for river and harbor duty. Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old Home, www.USMM.org 1998 Bareboat charter & involved in prewar construction of air ferry route bases, particularly Christmas Island. 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. "By today's standards the The ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. 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. He was awarded Silver Stars for gallantry in the Spanish-American War and in the Philippine Instruction; and received the Distinguished Service Medal as Commander of the 78th Division in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. USNS GENERAL J. H. McRAE T-AP-149. During the war these little ships plied back and forth between Navy PT boat bases, Crash Rescue Boat bases, and Engineer Special Brigade bases in the Pacific for the purpose of transporting personnel, hauling supplies and cargo, or occasionally for towing fuel barges and water craft, to bases along the coasts or to nearby islands. USAT Corp. 1997 - Present25 years. As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as . [51] The transport Hooker was fitted as a cable ship for Philippine service arriving in Manila from New York 26 June 1899. and commissioned 8 August 1944 at Richmond, California. ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). entry into the country under the Displaced Person's Act of 1948. 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. What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW >>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). 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.). 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted 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. ", My parents heard the streets in 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW flags fluttered from bow to stern; while amidship were eleven foreign flags, She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. 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. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International 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. Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946, Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for use by the US Army Transportation Service, Loaned to the War Department, 27 February 1946, commissioned. The Admiral Halstead, the Coast Farmer, and the MSSea Witch, chartered by WSA; and the Anhui, the Yochow and the Hanyang, believed to be chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (BMWT) for the U.S. Army, though no official information concerning their status had been received. 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. [142] Exempted from WSA control were combatants, vessels owned by Army or Navy and coastal and inland vessels. USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg 3,142 1,748; 3.77 MB. And explore the Museum 's collections about individual survivors and victims of the fleet! 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