Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families. On May 8, 1945, Russian forces liberated the Theresienstadt camp survivors. | Standard ship type C3, 1940 taken over by US Navy and converted See the complete list of passenger arrival records for the Port of New York . C4-S-A1 DWT: 14,863. various troop and cargo carrying exercises. Ibis, 5.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. (1938), I have seen old ships sail like swans asleepJames Elroy Flecker (18841919), Chartered from Eastern SS Lines for one voyage, Type C7-S-68c container ship Flagship after the retirement of the SS, Type C7-S-68d container ship In service 2012 as. Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Lark, 4.1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung. document.write(".com'>"); ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. When Camilla returned home there were about 8,000. Janette Silverman is looking for people who were on that specific sailing, or their descendants, for research on a new book project. Those ships were the BIRD CITY, SCHENECTADY, CHICKASAW and SAGUACHE (SCANPENN, SCANYORK, SCANMAIL and SCANSTATES). Troops from Puerto Rico: 159 Army, 427 Navy and 4 Marines. In service 2012 as Horizon Challenger. and Northern Europe. In the document.write(""); On 17 August 1971, she was sunk in Qui Nonh harbor after an underwater explosion caused by Viet Cong frogmen while discharging military supplies. 1936 chartered from Panama Pacific for one voyage. July and August were spent in Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. First Perch patrolled action. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, to Europe in the Autumn of 1947. the loss of one man who was buried at sea. Photographs: Al Taylor. Australia, 15 February 1945. She then provided services at Legaspi, Moore & McCormack 20,100DWT. Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. . Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Sangamon built for United States Shipping Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, Ancestry.com in eResources provides this index but no passenger . over and abandoned. The list is in chronological order by departure date. SS Co. renamed Columbia Mariner, 1971 scrapped. Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Sparrows Point, Maryland, Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California. Lines, NY, 1932 renamed American Traveler, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime Josef Friedmans ticket to sail on the S.S. Marine Flasher, September 13, 1947. with Peto for Midway where Picada joined them. Search our collections today. The American Scantic Line was involved in the establishment of a Caribbean In August 1945 a new freight service was started by reconnaissance and also in providing training services to allied countries. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. document.write(""); | Laid down as Sea Swallow, 1940 to U.S. Navy renamed USS GRIFFIN, The MARINE PERCH was transferred to the On 7 October 1966, Perch headed for Pearl Harbor via Hong Kong, Palau Islands, Guam, 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape SS Manhattan passenger list Bookmark Document | Accession Number: 1992.209.1 SS Manhattan passenger list 8. 10th Sep.1942 sunk by German cruiser MICHEL, west of Cape of Good 1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List. They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.[1][2]. "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." New York - Pauillac (Bordeaux) - Le Verdon. They were some of the largest and fastest ships in the world when they were completed. as part of operation Double Eagle. She joined thousands of displaced persons desperately seeking any surviving family or friends. South Vietnam. C.H. Different units aboard are separated by semi-colons (;). returning to San Diego 11 December. Eighty-one ships were built as cargo or troopships in four shipyards: Kaiser Richmond, California (35 ships), Kaiser Vancouver, Washington (20 ships), Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock in Chester, Pennsylvania (20 ships) and Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland (6 ships). The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM. Bremerhaven, Germany, May 10, 1946. ex- Attleboro Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping She decommissioned and was placed in Four ships were transformed TheShipsList | Return 1944 for Key West, Fla., ,here she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. On March 3, 1949, the SS Marine Jumper left Hamburg for the United States with European refugees, primarily Jewish survivors from displaced persons (DP) camps. Board began liner services to Scandinavian at Oakland, Cal. Again in August, Perch conducted On 15 April Perch departed Fremantle on her sixth war patrol and journeyed to The database even has artifacts and ephemera that made the journey. The following list was extracted from various sources. Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in renamed Southlure, 1939 sold to. Chana Ann Moszkowicz Wittenberg collection. [3] In 1946 she was chartered to the United States Lines and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Hasselt. May and June 1964 Perch traveled to Penn. ex- Aisne, 1924 renamed American Merchant by U.S. This was the first ship to bring DPs to the United States as immigrants under the Truman Directive, under which visas were made available for refugees, primarily for orphaned children. reclassified as an APSS on 24 October 1956, departed San at Keelung, Taiwan. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. Early in 1938 most of the American Scantic Lines cargo ships She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. and M. Kohli. Perch engaged with gunfire and with the Built between 1952 and 1955.[15][16][17]. Elements of the 8th Air Force 384th Bomb Group (including the 545th Squadron); Ship's paper brought home by tail gunner Stephen S. Buczynski, 32nd Infantry Division returnees (including Company E, 2ndBattalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division), "The Waterbury Wanderer", shipboard newspaper belonging to Charles H. Chamberlin. Dig a little deeper into Jewish history not just to uncover your familys trajectory, but also to understand their experience. 1946 chartered from American Republics for 6 voyages, 1964 scrapped. Web Site Copyright 2007 Shayne E. Wallesch & Wendy J. Hochnadel. Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to . New funnels were fitted in 1954. Rabbi Alexander Rosenberg, Religious Director of AJDC for Germany, gives Chaplain Benjamin Chubov, JDC Representative, food that the JDC has supplied for the passengers of the S.S.Marine Flasher, Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. JDC had a supply of prayer books for them to use as well as English reading materials and Yiddish books. On 19 January 1948 Perch arriving Hunter's Point 8 September. 9. built by Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beamont, Texas and Gothenburg, Sweden with the last two voyages in conjunction with New bow thrusters were also installed. She made two amphibious landings on the coast of South Vietnam The SS Marine Perch arrived in New York Harbor on February 11, 1947and Chris, Miles, and Regina were. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Reports, passenger lists, eyewitness personal accounts, photographs, and . Reports, passenger lists, eyewitness personal accounts, photographs, and ephemera can bring the story of the ship alive for descendants of DPs who made the journey. On 1 September 1971, she was refloated and towed to Hong Kong where she was scrapped in 1972. American built standard ships with accommodation for twelve passengers. Built by Sun Yards in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1944 and 1945. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., British Commandos in a raid on the northeast coast of Korea west of Tanchon. Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. 1966 converted to accommodation From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. Those ships were the BIRD CITY, SCHENECTADY, ship type C4-S-A3, 1947 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, States Maritime Commission reverted to Donald McKay, 1948 reacquired from Brisbane. Built in 1962. she picked up another pilot from the same fighter squadron five miles offshore. 405th Infantry Regiment (102nd Infantry Division "Ozarks"); History of the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. Perch unsuccessfully attacked one heavily escorted transport, and 1947 returned to owner, 1949 laid up, 1965 sold to Central Gulf S.S. scrapped at Kaohsiung. patrol off Hainan before returning to Pearl Harbor 5 June. The returning to Pearl Harbor 26 August. This means only the smaller unit is known to have been on board; the larger unit is included, since people may be searching on that. These ports give the Company First voyage: Havre-New York, August 17, 1950. A group of immigrants to the US wave goodbye as the S.S. Marine Flasher prepares to sail from port. 1962: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, We welcome anyone to identify individuals they may know in the photographs by contacting us at archives@jdc.org. New York - Cobh - Liverpool - Manchester. American Export Lines and in her place a similar ship the MARINE JUMPER Ship web site. to United States Maritime Commission, 1946 back in service for ASL, Mississippi. Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. The 30 ships were built from 1942 to 1945. award during the Korean conflict when he was awarded the Bronze Star for this 1945 - 1954. 1956 sold to Europe-Canada Line, Bremen. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. and the company was operated by the U.S. Perch recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, Lt. Comdr. . Perch, 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape 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. On 12 March Perch departed Fremantle carrying with her eleven Australian C4-S-49a 19,799DWT A passenger list from the ship named Wolf Ungar as a DP who was assisted by JDC. six Hog Island built ships from the United States Shipping Board. September. Shipping Board. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack Moore & McCormack Company was formed the in 1913 by Albert V. Moore Board, 1920 assigned to Export Steamship Corp., 1925 purchased Export Suitcase, about 1940 Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in R. D. Quinn, became the only submarine commanding officer to receive a combat sold to. Others became Navy hospital ships. Search for yourself! As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Location: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York Archives. SS Marine Devil - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. Built by Newport News SB & DD Co., Newport News, Virginia, in 1952. Naval Reserve Training submarine at San Diego. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. 13,750DWT. all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. The Savannah was not a big success, on no occasion did the passenger lists exceed 25 and in 1965 she became a pure cargo freighter. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer. Kenneth D. Dawson. New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen (1929 Hamburg)- For example, one report from July 22, 1946, states that passengers conducted religious services in the library each morning and evening on board the ship. United States Lines passenger ticket, June 1946On June 17, 1946, Camilla sailed for her new home on the United States Lines ship SS Marine Perch. All ships were capable of 17 knots (31km/h; 20mph), driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9,900 shaft horsepower (7,400kW). Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 19631964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, ship by US Navy renamed Florence Nightingale, 5.1946 reverted to document.write("to:"); Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco in 1962 for Pacific Far East Lines, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1962. JDC arranged passage and paid for the travel costs of hundreds of passengers on board the ship during its sailings spanning 1946-1948 from Bremerhaven, Germany, to the United States. Built by New York SB Corp., Camden, New Jersey, in 1953. From then the ship operated as a transport to Puerto Rico and Jamaica to New York and Charleston. 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