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. 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]. [131][134], A class of small coastal and inter-island freighters during World War II were first designated "FP" for "freight and passenger" with early acquisitions being a variety of commercial hulls. On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. If you have images or information to add to this page, then either Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they USAT . the land of golden opportunities. McRae." Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. Washington, DC 20024-2126 ", My parents heard the streets in 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. The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. range for covers on that page. ", Crowded accommodations in the women's hold. 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 MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added. 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. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. 9054. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Women were assigned to help in the kitchen; [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. 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. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. Early in the war a number of designs were inaugurated. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. [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. [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. 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. together. The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. earliest known usage. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick Meals were taken at standing-height had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. 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. Personal Correspondence During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. Alaska service. was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes There is some confusion on ship designators within even official records. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. . Essentially all maritime commercial cargo and passenger type vessels were under strict control of WSA under Executive Order No. USAT's CEO is Keith McRae . who arranged for housing and employment [which could not replace an American >>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the USS Redwood (AN-30/YN-25) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the US Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine nets. TTY: 202.488.0406. 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. Washington, DC 20024-2126 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. 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. [1] Reacquired by the Navy March 1 1950. On 16 July 1968 title was transferred to Hudson Waterways Corp./McRae Shipping Corp. under the MARAD exchange program, and the ship was renamed SS Transhawaii, USCG ON 515621, IMO 6904820. 1948 [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. Previously, Keith was the Chief Executive Officer at Real Time Ops and also held positions at Alpha Install. 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. Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[1]. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Keith McRae is the Chief Executive Officer at USAT based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The author mentioned representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. [7], Three of those vessels, Coast Farmer, Dona Nati and Anhui, out of a number sent, managed to run the Japanese blockade of the Philippines and deliver supplies.[8]. View aboard the transport ship USAT General J.H. The ex-Coast Artillery ships involved in mine planting were military crewed. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. [1] Those under other arrangements continued operating as SS NAME. This is a mobile maintenance and repair unit capable of traveling from installation to installation in a theater to perform third and minor fourth echelon maintenance and repairs to small boats, harbor craft, floating equipment, and in some cases repairs to larger vessels. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. Restorer in 1941. Sources: from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." If you see substantial portions of this past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these Joseph Henry was a cable ship transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). McRae. Find People you served with from USAT General J. H. McRae. board set up in Hamburg, Germany will carefully screen all D.P. [7] Some of these ships, acquired and operating under United States Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area (USASOS SWPA), achieved some notability in military history in daring voyages to resupply the forces cut off in the Philippines from either Australia or the already collapsing Dutch East Indies. "As the ship approached the They realized McRaePhotograph of a boat drill on board the transport ship USAT General J.H. America were "paved with gold. The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "DP Transport. 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. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. This page was last edited on 21 February 2022, at 10:19. Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined). She continued transporting troops from Europe and other ports through the end of 1945. [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. 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. [41] The official designation was "Design No. [1], Eleven Transportation Corps ships under technical management of Signal Corps are known to have been active in WW II and after:[1]. McRae. 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). Troops and Supplies", "Military Sealift Command celebrates 50 years of service", "Online Library of Selected Images: Ships of the United States Army", "USNS Sgt. 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. CSN (News) ships were used by civilian reporters. 's," The Mast Magazine, September She received four battle stars for Korean War service. 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). left via Italy or Shanghai. [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN Main telephone: 202.488.0400 aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. [1] Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. 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. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. The family was sponsored for U.S. citizenship and sailed on the USAT General McRae on September 3, 1949. Beverly McRae, Director of Sales. The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 5 March 1975 she was sold to the Puerto Rico Maritime Authority and renamed SS Aguadilla. [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. Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. This page is not available in other languages. 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". She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to War Shipping Administration (WSA) for peacetime operations as a United States Army Transport (USAT) under bareboat charter until title was transferred on 30 August 1946. On 11 August, on the way to Hong Kong for coaling, Hooker ran aground and became a total loss. The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. 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. TTY: 202.488.0406. The list is in chronological order. NAMESAKE - Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. Description. 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. Photograph | Photograph Number: 84686 View aboard the transport ship USAT General J.H. 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 ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. [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. [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. Two personnel were trained as divers. 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. 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. This ship became USNS General J.H. postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 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. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Henry Blanchard Freeman. Many passengers were seasick. Note: The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles Team Members. Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 Each ship was also provided with two motor launches and two DUKWs or "ducks," amphibious trucks for carrying parts too heavy for the helicopters. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. 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. In addition to these there were a variety of small towing craft, numbering in thousands, termed motor towing launches (MTL), sometimes overlapping the STs in length, and marine tractors of 40'and less length, some with the colorful name of "Sea Mules" with dimensions of 40 x 13 x 8 and two Chrysler gasoline engines. 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