range for covers on that page. [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. 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. 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. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). Grover: grounded twice in 1943. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. Find contact information for USAT. 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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. General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. In 1946 she was transferred to the U.S. Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. There is some confusion on ship designators within even official records. They realized McRae. The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Photograph |description = {{en|1=The U.S. Army Transport USAT ''General J. H. McRae'', circa 1946-1950. Built as "Belfast", 1909, by Bath Iron Works. USAT's corporate headquarters are in Chapel Hill, one corner of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. meager belongings. Email: Please email your Tuition Assistance form to tpmilitary@umgc.edu (military servicemembers), thirdparty@umgc.edu (civilian and corporate), or tpveterans@umgc.edu (veterans). during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage [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. "By today's standards the They were operated by Transportation Corps with a variety of crewing schemes. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). Commissioned February 27 1946. 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. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor In addition, some states offer the benefits no matter when the debt was incurred, may provide an option for deferring payments, and may . (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). 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. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. taken "many cruises on some of the world's biggest cruise ships, but Each page link should be accompanied by a date Washington, DC 20024-2126 McRae. 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. She continued transporting troops from Europe and other ports through the end of 1945. They were supplied with a large inventory of steel, sheet metal, lumber, aluminum, and other materials to manufacture needed parts. Nicknamed sailjers, They wore sailor dungarees on the ship, and Army uniforms on land. As long as land was in sight, the D.P. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1909 and 1917 ships. 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], Eleven Transportation Corps ships under technical management of Signal Corps are known to have been active in WW II and after:[1]. Washington, DC 20024-2126 All were simply U.S. Army (LT/ST #).[1][155]. McRae. 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. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. 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. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added. This letter brought a rush of memories, for information about a troopship listed on this website. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated . food was probably not great, but is was the best we had eaten in years. USNS General J. H. McRae in Bremerhaven, Germany, and arrived in New York on October 14, 1951. [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). 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]. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Henry Blanchard Freeman. ", My parents heard the streets in A number of vessels were operated by the Army as small coastal freighters and passenger vessels without being formally given FP/FS numbers. The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). coasts.[60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. NAMESAKE - Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. 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. [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. 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). 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. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Reacquired by the Navy March 1 1950. [13] ( If you see substantial portions of this 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. "As we moved up the Weser by 4 days. The Army has a fleet of approximately 132 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=GENERAL_J_H_McRAE_T-AP_149&oldid=142743. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. USS General J. H. McRae (AP149) was a General G. O. Squierclass transport ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148). These additional online resources from the U.S. 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. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. [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. She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. 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. 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. The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW was also on hand.". [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. 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. Placed out of service, 29 October 1954, at San Diego, CA. [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. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. [1] 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. and commissioned 8 August 1944 at Richmond, California. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American 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 General R. L. Howze, with your "Among them, the largest group 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. McRae Description: (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. 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. (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. [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A entry into the country under the Displaced Person's Act of 1948. flags fluttered from bow to stern; while amidship were eleven foreign flags, Placed in Service March 1 1950 - Out of Service October 29 1954. Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. Learn about their Business Services market share, competitors, and USAT's email format. [51] Much of this work had been in relation to communications with far flung Army forces in the Philippines and Alaska. 10 free leads on us . Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. existing example. Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General Early in the war a number of designs were inaugurated. board set up in Hamburg, Germany will carefully screen all D.P. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. [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. You may not use more This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. they were leaving their mother continent, probably never to return again. The more confusing ships are those that were short-term or time or voyage chartered ships.[1]. 's to sift Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined). aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. Served in this Transport Boat? A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List after World War II. 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. Europeans: people who were unable or unwilling to return to their native countries In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. This page was last edited on 21 February 2022, at 10:19. Though there were 193 family groups aboard, there were no facilities for quartering Naval Ship (prefix "USNS"). Ainsworth. men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. 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. Essentially all maritime commercial cargo and passenger type vessels were under strict control of WSA under Executive Order No. 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. One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[1]. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1987. harbor on an Easter Sunday. Beverly McRae, Director of Sales. 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 were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. For Those are found below under their Army names. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. A construction program in Australia built a number of tugs for the Southwest Pacific Area in both LT and ST size. Company Overview. Army Transport Service and its successor, Military Sea Transportation Service, 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. [1] Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. 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 Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration WSA 6 Aug 42, sub BB same date to War Dept until 9 Oct 45. All three terms are found in official usage. Typical C-4 Troopship used to transport Displaced Persons, "We watched them come aboard Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. If more than one Read More. Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons The list is in chronological order. Faqs. She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to WSA[Clarification needed] for peacetime operations as an army transport. Location of This Business 605 Eastowne Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-2211 Email this Business had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. image of a cover showing that postmark. Conversion began in the spring of 1944. McRae. Find People you served with from USAT General J. H. McRae. TTY: 202.488.0406. Note: "Admiral' and "General" transports were P2 transport design variants, not an indicator of service affiliation. Sources: Others were sold commercially or simply scrapped. separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern A transformational leader with a remarkable record of achievement, General Stanley A. McChrystal was called "one of America's greatest warriors" by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. 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. 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. USS Redwood - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader Seagoing tugs, 92'-100' or greater were designated Large Tug (LT). These additional online resources from the U.S. 's from Bremerhaven to New York. But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted Six Liberty ships were converted at Point Clear, Alabama, near Brookley Field, outside Mobile, Alabama. Nathanael Greene -class large coastal tugs (6 built) General Frank S. Besson -class logistics support vessels (8 built) LCM-8 Landing Craft Mechanized - (40 built) The Army has a fleet of approximately 132 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? [1] Those under other arrangements continued operating as SS NAME. Butner-Transport BoatUSAT General Herbert A. Dargue-Transport BoatUSAT General Hugh J. Gaffey-Transport BoatUSAT General J. H. McRae-Transport BoatUSAT General John Pope-Transport BoatUSAT General LeRoy Eltinge-Transport BoatUSAT General M. B. Stewart-Transport BoatUSAT General M. L. Hersey-Transport BoatUSAT General M. M. Patrick-Transport 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. Two personnel were trained as divers. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. 210, 150 Foot Steel Diesel Retrieving Vessel", sometimes termed "Aircraft Retrieving Vessel" in later references. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. >>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the [1][7] Houston, which had first served in the Aleutians, was declared surplus while at Mariveles, Philippines and turned over to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in February 1946, reverted to U. S. Army Forces, Western Pacific (AFWESPAC) in April 1946, but was not used as a repair ship after being declared surplus. 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