its lifetime. from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". The Army heritage of civilian crewed transports and cargo ships continued in the operating model for MSTS and its "in service" non-commissioned ships designated as U.S. Many passengers were seasick. separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. USAT GENERAL J. H. McRAE. "DP's on Way in 6 Months," New York Times, July 10, 1948 View aboard the transport ship USAT General J.H. General J. H. McRae received four battle stars for Korean War service. Within each set, McRaePhotograph of a boat drill on board the transport ship USAT General J.H. (3,142 1,748 pixels, file size: 3.77 MB, MIME type: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/, Last edited on 21 February 2022, at 10:19. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1909 and 1917 ships. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. They realized entry into the country under the Displaced Person's Act of 1948. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. The original image is printed on. webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage 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. [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. For example, Smithsonian Institution library records clearly show some of these Army ships as CS Dellwood and CS Silverado. The mix of USAT, CS and even the simple "Steam Ship" (SS), as seen in postwar construction of the SSWilliam H. G. Bullard, later the USS/USNS Neptune,[55] can be somewhat confusing. [56] Army ship management lay in the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps. Faqs. 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. 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. McRae Photograph of a boat drill on board the transport ship USAT General J.H. . that although the streets in America were not paved with gold, America was 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. These, as with all the smaller Army ships, were simply designated "U.S. Army name (number)", and not designated U.S. Army Transport (USAT). All served in the Southwest Pacific Area. Part 2. File:USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg, Category:USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149), https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:USAT_General_J._H._McRae_underway,_circa_1946-1950_(NH_105099).jpg&oldid=631302739, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 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. Alaska service. [1] The first ship supplied by the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps for cable work was the U. S. Army Transport Burnside. [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. [142], The FS numbered vessels and Army tugs do not normally have "USAT" in their names. 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]. 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. worker]. McRae. were not used and remained folded up it was quite crowded. 's to sift [1] On 29 October 1954 the General J. H. McRae was inactivated and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego, CA. [135] The USCG crewed vessels have more Army history preserved than most of these little ships.[136]. 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. 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. These vessels were primarily used as supply ships, that could retrieve aircraft if needed. Bureau announced that 205,000 D.P. 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). She continued transporting troops from Europe and other ports through the end of 1945. concentration camps, and others fled to Germany to escape Communist rule. Served in this Transport Boat? All of the "Admiral" variants that were put into service were transferred to the Army after the war and renamed for generals. Eventually, the United States, 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. 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 . In 1946 she was transferred to the U.S. Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. 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. 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. Cargo of Hope, It was a short note, just a request Federal SCRA benefits apply to debt incurred before qualifying military service. Design 225 (Boat, Supply, Ice-Breaker, Diesel, Steel, 102'), Three design number 225 vessels were built by Equitable Equipment Company in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1942, they most likely operated in Alaska or in Greenland waters. CSN (News) ships were used by civilian reporters. [51] The transport Hooker was fitted as a cable ship for Philippine service arriving in Manila from New York 26 June 1899. Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. 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. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans . Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, and Australia opened their doors She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Henry Blanchard Freeman. After the war the Army's fleet began to resume its peacetime role and even regain the old colors of gray hulls, white deck houses and buff trimming, masts and booms with the red, white and blue stack rings. 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. 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]. The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). 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. 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. USNS GENERAL J. H. McRAE T-AP-149. Contact. 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. McRae Description: (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99'). "As the ship approached the 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. Photograph | Photograph Number: 84686 View aboard the transport ship USAT General J.H. This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg 3,142 1,748; 3.77 MB. Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined). [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges. Kay Reznicek, Director of HR & Accounting. aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. Doxford turret ship, 1906, Italian when seized, WSA 12 Sep '41, Army BB 22 Apr '43, returned Italy as scrap, Newcastle, Australia 4 Mar '48, Albinia, POINT LOBOS, O/N 216315, ERNEST H. MYER (1930-31), MORLEN 1940. Find contact information for USAT. left via Italy or Shanghai. 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 handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "DP Transport. private companies. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportatio All were simply U.S. Army (LT/ST #).[1][155]. harbor on an Easter Sunday. If more than one Army purchase 31 March 1942, inter-island transport Hawaiian Islands, wrecked February 18, 1947. ship. Join TWS for Free Today! There should be a TTY: 202.488.0406. Digital photographs[11] of a few of these vessels in Army service are provided at the Naval History and Heritage Command. 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. - 2002. image of a cover showing that postmark. USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158) was a General G. O. Squier -class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in 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. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others File:USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. They settled in Chicago until 1988, at which point they moved to Omaha. [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. [I guess I passed the test.]. as only New York can welcome As the ship moved in toward the dock, her She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. Stefania loved to entertain, spend time with family, and knit. [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. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes Each ship was assigned a complement of 344 soldiers who were trained for marine operations. 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. Washington, DC 20024-2126 The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins English: The U.S. Army Transport USAT General J. H. McRae, circa 1946-1950. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). The embarked Army repair units, where noted below, are from Masterson":[7]. America were "paved with gold. Others were sold commercially or simply scrapped. [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. 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. [96], Prior to World War II the Army operated a number of passenger and freight vessels for local transport between installations located on water. for information about a troopship listed on this website. [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. McRae. former officer's dining room. They were supplied with a large inventory of steel, sheet metal, lumber, aluminum, and other materials to manufacture needed parts. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Women were assigned to help in the kitchen; [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. [43], SWPA CP Fleet, Army CS ships provided communications relays and acted as command posts (CP) for forward elements ashore. Name format was "U.S. Army" over "H.A.# NAME" as indicated by a builder's model. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. Upon completion on 12 March 1970 she began hauling containerized cargo for Seatrain Lines. Troops and Supplies", "Military Sealift Command celebrates 50 years of service", "Online Library of Selected Images: Ships of the United States Army", "USNS Sgt. board set up in Hamburg, Germany will carefully screen all D.P. USAT has 5 employees across 2 locations. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. he came to the United States as a Displaced Person (D.P. CSQ (Quarters) ships acted as floating dormitories. In 1952, he settled in Chicago, Illinois, and began using In 1952, he settled in Chicago, Illinois, and began using contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. 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. == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=The U.S. Army Transport USAT ''General J. H. McRae'', circa 1946-1950. U.S. These benefits provide qualifying military service members with a 6% interest rate as well as waivers for certain account fees. this was one of the best.". 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.. [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). Note: The newer, large transports of WW II named for generals were the P2-S2-R2 variant of the P2 transport design, not an indicator of service affiliation. postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of The company is equipped with an especially converted ship or barge, fully equipped with machine, electric, engine, wood-working, rigging and paint shops. 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. Early in the war a number of designs were inaugurated. at 6 years of age I was too young to form strong opinions about the cuisine, Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 World War II era tugs came in two general classifications, though those were not rigid and variances may particularly be seen in commercial vessels taken in early during the war. THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added. USAT's corporate headquarters are in Chapel Hill, one corner of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. USNS General J. H. McRae in Bremerhaven, Germany, and arrived in New York on October 14, 1951. Refugee Organization. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. [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. . On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). voyages. Only the first eight World War II-era LT numbered tugs built by Jakobson Shipyard, Oyster Bay New York, were given names during construction. 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. Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't [7], Army Marine Ship Repair Company (T/O & E 55-47): Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg 3,466 2,866; 1.75 MB. The General R. L. Howze, with your She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. Read More. Grover: grounded twice in 1943. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. Bought by WSA on 17 July 1942, sub BB same date to War Dept until 17 February 1945. Email: Please email your Tuition Assistance form to tpmilitary@umgc.edu (military servicemembers), thirdparty@umgc.edu (civilian and corporate), or tpveterans@umgc.edu (veterans). R. L. Howze. This page was last edited on 21 February 2022, at 10:19. The ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. Beverly McRae, Director of Sales. A few were all military, many were civilian crewed and a large number were U.S. Coast Guard crewed. the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. [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. Description. 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). Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. On 5 March 1975 she was sold to the Puerto Rico Maritime Authority and renamed SS Aguadilla. 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. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. to the refugees. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. Army owned vessels of the core fleet are quite clear, even though some of those switched between Army and Navy during the war. Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. spend on deck. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor [156] The Army acquired commercial vessels or had in its inventory tugs early during WWII, before standardized design construction met requirements, that were LT in size which retained commercial names and did not have LT numbers. long and rough. 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