Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined). They settled in Chicago until 1988, at which point they moved to Omaha. Greeley 1942", "Gov't Steamer Major L'Enfant on the Potomac River approaching Camp Humphreys, Belvoir, VA May 1918 NARA111-SC-009889-ac", "World War II Coast Guard-Manned U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship Histories", "War Shipping Administration Established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Executive Order No. USS General H. B. Freeman (AP-143) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. [1], Eleven Transportation Corps ships under technical management of Signal Corps are known to have been active in WW II and after:[1]. Find People you served with from USAT General J. H. McRae. Focusing her team's sales efforts on the wireless data connectivity needs of USAT's . 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. 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. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). "The McRae Spray Souvenir Edition". She was named in honor of U.S. Army general William George Haan. 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. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern USAT General Information. 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. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg 3,466 2,866; 1.75 MB. USAT GENERAL J. H. McRAE. [41] The official designation was "Design No. Nicknamed sailjers, They wore sailor dungarees on the ship, and Army uniforms on land. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. George D. 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McRae'' (T-AP-149) from 1950 to 1968 (laid up since 1954).
Note: The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. [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. harbor on an Easter Sunday. As long as land was in sight, the D.P. The ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. The General R. L. Howze, with your USAT Corp. 1997 - Present25 years. 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. Email: Please email your Tuition Assistance form to tpmilitary@umgc.edu (military servicemembers), thirdparty@umgc.edu (civilian and corporate), or tpveterans@umgc.edu (veterans). Boat drill on board the DP transport ship, USA General J.H. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. For [142], The FS numbered vessels and Army tugs do not normally have "USAT" in their names. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they could become farmers or factory workers. 's to sift This page is not available in other languages. Though there were 193 family groups aboard, there were no facilities for quartering 's stood there on deck watching their >>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Hugh Lenox Scott. Federal SCRA benefits apply to debt incurred before qualifying military service. Europeans: people who were unable or unwilling to return to their native countries [1] The first ship supplied by the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps for cable work was the U. S. Army Transport Burnside. These benefits provide qualifying military service members with a 6% interest rate as well as waivers for certain account fees. Seven cargo vessels were converted to spare parts depot ships to facilitate the maintenance of military equipment in oversea areas. operated some of the refugee ships; others were operated under charter by This letter brought a rush of memories, These additional online resources from the U.S. Grover: grounded twice in 1943. range for covers on that page. http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=GENERAL_J_H_McRAE_T-AP_149&oldid=142743. 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted 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.. [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. R. L. Howze. Conversion began in the spring of 1944. Struck from Naval Register July 1960. 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. The family was sponsored for U.S. citizenship and sailed on the USAT General McRae on September 3, 1949. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on people forced to work in German factories and farms, some were survivors of Built as "Belfast", 1909, by Bath Iron Works. 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). This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. [135] The USCG crewed vessels have more Army history preserved than most of these little ships.[136]. McRae. Those are found below under their Army names. 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. 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. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. 3,485 GI's, but usually carried fewer than 700 refugees. 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. Location of This Business 605 Eastowne Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2211 Email this Business McRae. The numbers below[1] give an idea of the scope of that Army maritime operation: Limiting the number to only the named and numbered vessels, discounting the various simple barges and amphibious assault craft, the remaining number is 14,044 vessels. 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. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). [51] The transport Hooker was fitted as a cable ship for Philippine service arriving in Manila from New York 26 June 1899. reserved for the aged and for mothers with small children.". (National Archives and Records Administration) During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. were quite different from those pictured above. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. private companies. [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. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. 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. "As the ship approached the 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. [1] 1948 USAT's corporate headquarters are in Chapel Hill, one corner of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. [7], Army Marine Ship Repair Company (T/O & E 55-47): All the Navy's "Admiral" ships were transferred to the Army post war and were then renamed for generals. According they were leaving their mother continent, probably never to return again. 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. Upon completion on 12 March 1970 she began hauling containerized cargo for Seatrain Lines. The Transportation Corps determined that at war's end it was operating 746 tugs of the LT/ST types. entry into the country under the Displaced Person's Act of 1948. River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully General J. H. McRae. Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles [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]. She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to WSA[Clarification needed] for peacetime operations as an army transport. 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]. [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. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General That cable laying capability had been allowed to deteriorate to the point that the Army had to charter the C.S. 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. The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Fellows, author of the Bill authorizing their entry into the country, Home, www.USMM.org 1998 Dimensions were 158' 3" LOA 32' beam (moulded) at deck 8' draft powered by two 300hp diesels,[42] and was equipped with a 30-ton jumbo lift boom along with regular cargo booms and had a cargo capacity of 500 measurement tons. [51] Much of this work had been in relation to communications with far flung Army forces in the Philippines and Alaska. McRae. Kay Reznicek, Director of HR & Accounting. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. this was one of the best.". There is some confusion on ship designators within even official records. of the state and of the city welcomed them as future citizens. long and rough. "Although about half the bunks 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. 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. earliest known usage. They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges. These vessels were primarily used as supply ships, that could retrieve aircraft if needed. image of a cover showing that postmark. voyages. Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. as only New York can welcome As the ship moved in toward the dock, her Joseph Henry was a cable ship transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. 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. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. I distinctly remember eating the first orange of my life aboard the USAT General the land of golden opportunities. 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. Name format was "U.S. Army" over "H.A.# NAME" as indicated by a builder's model. 10 free leads on us . [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. Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they 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). His living accommodations These additional online resources from the U.S. Representative Frank In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis [I guess I passed the test.]. NAMESAKE - Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. Although 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. men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. Ainsworth. "DP's on Way in 6 Months," New York Times, July 10, 1948 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. On 29 October 1954 the General J. H. McRae was inactivated. The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." "As we moved up the Weser Stefania loved to entertain, spend time with family, and knit. General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. - 2002. 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. TTY: 202.488.0406. The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 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. She received four battle stars for Korean War service. to the refugees. If you see substantial portions of this 's from Bremerhaven to New York. Alaska service. take forever for the pages to load. was also on hand.". My husband served as Third Engineer and commissioned 8 August 1944 at Richmond, California. Each was equipped with a 40 by 72 feet (12m 22m) steel deck to support helicopter operations. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. Beverly McRae, Director of Sales. These, as with all the smaller Army ships, were simply designated "U.S. Army name (number)", and not designated U.S. Army Transport (USAT). 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. Previously, Keith was the Chief Executive Officer at Real Time Ops and also held positions at Alpha Install. 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. File:USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg. Two personnel were trained as divers. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick of greeting reached a crescendo. A few were all military, many were civilian crewed and a large number were U.S. Coast Guard crewed. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Like other Displaced Persons, we soon found out McRae Souvenir Edition dated 4 January 1954, Articles lacking reliable references from June 2014, Articles needing clarification from June 2014, Articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States, Transport ships of the United States Army, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW). Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons Others were sold commercially or simply scrapped. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Officer In Charge of the Torpedo Depot", "U.S. Army Junior Mineplanter (USJMP) Lt. Col. M.N. These were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. Title: USAT General J.H. Naval Ship (prefix "USNS"). [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. USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg 3,142 1,748; 3.77 MB. If you have images or information to add to this page, then either General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. They were operated by Transportation Corps with a variety of crewing schemes. Stewart that carried D.P. Personal Correspondence 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. [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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. 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