Fax: If fax is the only way you can submit your Tuition Assistance form, please fax it to 301-985-7858. Personal Correspondence 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. during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage Beverly McRae, Director of Sales. WSA 6 Aug 42, sub BB same date to War Dept until 9 Oct 45. The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "DP Transport. Read More. Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these [1], As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. for information about a troopship listed on this website. They were supplied with a large inventory of steel, sheet metal, lumber, aluminum, and other materials to manufacture needed parts. 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. by 4 days. McRae Description: (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A 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. [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. Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. [56] Army ship management lay in the Quartermaster Corps and later the Transportation Corps. 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]. Note: "Admiral' and "General" transports were P2 transport design variants, not an indicator of service affiliation. Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined). This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. spend on deck. earliest known usage. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. its lifetime. [1] Those under other arrangements continued operating as SS NAME. 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. Naval Ship (prefix "USNS"). ship. 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. 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. 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. 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. New York was welcoming these citizens-to-be [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. In the South West Pacific Area during the emergency of the Japanese advance throughout Southeast Asia the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines even the chartering arrangements were often vague as ships arriving in Australia were retained by United States Forces in Australia (USFIA) for operations in Australia. USAT Corp. 1997 - Present25 years. These benefits provide qualifying military service members with a 6% interest rate as well as waivers for certain account fees. That cable laying capability had been allowed to deteriorate to the point that the Army had to charter the C.S. 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. The Army has a fleet of approximately 132 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. [7], Army Marine Ship Repair Company (T/O & E 55-47): There should be a Washington, DC 20024-2126 USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg 3,142 1,748; 3.77 MB. There was Attorney 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. Commissioned February 27 1946. The U.S. Army Mine Planter Service (AMPS), under the Coast Artillery Corps, operated ships designated as U.S. Army Mine Planter (USAMP) to 'plant' the controlled mines guarding approaches to coastal fortifications. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. [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. On 29 October 1954 the General J. H. McRae was inactivated. to the refugees. 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. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor [57] The remaining ships were probably mixed crews. Main telephone: 202.488.0400 [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. [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. 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. General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. [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). Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern Home, www.USMM.org 1998 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. In 1946 she was transferred to the U.S. Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. USS General J. H. McRae; USS General J. H. McRae; USS General J. H. McRae; amerikanisches Schiff; ship built in 1944; schip van de United States Navy; , 1944 ; barku den Estadonan Uni di Merka, USAT General J. H. McRae underway, circa 1946-1950 (NH 105099).jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4994.jpg, Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4996.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:USS_General_J._H._McRae_(AP-149)&oldid=435983999, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Keith received a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University. 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". tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes 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). 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. Bareboat charter & involved in prewar construction of air ferry route bases, particularly Christmas Island. Title: USAT General J.H. This page was last edited on 1 November 2015, at 01:18. All were U.S. Coast Guard-crewed with the Army in administrative and operational control as well as providing the repair detachments from the Army Marine Ship Repair Company (AMSR CO.). The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. former officer's dining room. If you have images or information to add to this page, then either Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. McRae. On 29 October 1954 the General J. H. McRae was inactivated and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego, CA. O'Dwyer spoke of the people of New York City itself. USNS GENERAL J. H. McRAE T-AP-149. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Henry Blanchard Freeman. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. Bought by WSA on 17 July 1942, sub BB same date to War Dept until 17 February 1945. who arranged for housing and employment [which could not replace an American 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 . were quite different from those pictured above. Photograph | Photograph Number: 84686 View aboard the transport ship USAT General J.H. [13] ( In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. 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. What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? [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. example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 1948 This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. - 2002. 's from Bremerhaven to New York. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. McRae. 3, Richmond, CA. 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. She was sold in 1965 for commercial operation under the These were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. USAT has 5 employees across 2 locations. VSC shows total loss, then revoked. 10 free leads on us . On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. Each ship was also provided with two motor launches and two DUKWs or "ducks," amphibious trucks for carrying parts too heavy for the helicopters. Many passengers were seasick. Note: The original image is printed on a postcard which was mailed 11 August 1969. For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others Boat drill on board of USAT Gen. J.H. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. All were simply U.S. Army (LT/ST #).[1][155]. McRae. CSN (News) ships were used by civilian reporters. Cargo of Hope, It was a short note, just a request 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. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. 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. One typical voyage during this period was transporting troops from Manila to San Francisco in January 1947.[2]. General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans . 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. Alaska service. [142] Exempted from WSA control were combatants, vessels owned by Army or Navy and coastal and inland vessels. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99'). Most of the cable was saved. reserved for the aged and for mothers with small children.". You may not use more The author mentioned They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types. 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. "Cargo of Hopes," John K. Tennant, The Mast Magazine, December If you see substantial portions of this 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. McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. 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 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. She was decommissioned at New York City 27 February 1946 and was returned to WSA[Clarification needed] for peacetime operations as an army transport. Keith McRae: Chief Executive Officer: To view USAT's complete executive team members history, request access USAT Signals . from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". Photographer Henry C. Steeber Date December 1949 Photo Designation JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- General existing example. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148). Keith McRae is the Chief Executive Officer at USAT based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. Representative Frank together. Faqs. 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. Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. They were U.S. Army tugs, but not carried in the same central listing as the U.S. built tugs. As long as land was in sight, the D.P. As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. Some Army vessels, still crewed by Army civilians just transferred, were suddenly sailing before fully taking on the new service's administrative functions and colors.[12]. Army owned vessels of the core fleet are quite clear, even though some of those switched between Army and Navy during the war. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). This ship served as USS ''General J. H. McRae'' (AP-149) from 1944 to 1946 and USNS ''General J. H. 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. as only New York can welcome As the ship moved in toward the dock, her This page was last edited on 29 July 2020, at 19:03. We learned to avoid being downwind 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. 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. Served in this Transport Boat? Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. [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. 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. Some were "ostarbeiter" [eastern-workers] -- McRae. The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). ", Crowded accommodations in the women's hold. Each was equipped with a 40 by 72 feet (12m 22m) steel deck to support helicopter operations. Many of the Army vessels were transferred to Navy with the transport types becoming components of the new Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS, now MSC) under the Navy. General J. H. McRae was launched 26 April 1944 by the Kaiser Co., Kaiser Shipyards, Yard 3, Richmond, California. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [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]. This page is not available in other languages. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on McRae (T-AP-149) in 1950. 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. There is some confusion on ship designators within even official records. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old 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. USAT . The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. 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. "Ex-Transport Carries D.P. [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. 9054. For example, the 1918 registry, Merchant Vessels of the United States, under its Quartermaster vessels section lists some 33 small passenger and freight steamers, many former commercial vessels, ranging from the 72.1ft (22.0m) Peterson[131] to the 185ft (56.4m) El Aguila. [I guess I passed the test.]. http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=GENERAL_J_H_McRAE_T-AP_149&oldid=142743. since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. McRae.". The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. 3,485 GI's, but usually carried fewer than 700 refugees. Both were associated with the next generation of mine planter development that incorporated some cable capability into the 1909 and 1917 ships. [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. 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. entry into the country under the Displaced Person's Act of 1948. 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. 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. Davis, Howard S. (January 1947). The Army did name a number of its non P2 type ships, many pre war, after generals. The ship's markings strongly indicate that the photograph was taken about two decades earlier, while she was in U.S. Army service. Kay Reznicek, Director of HR & Accounting. after World War II. 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. TTY: 202.488.0406. During 1944 she sailed from West Coast ports carrying troops to Honolulu, Hawaii and other Pacific Theater destinations. 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). 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]. [1] Washington, DC 20024-2126 The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." These C-4 Maritime Commission ships were built to transport Keith McRae, Chief Executive Officer. 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted [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. Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during Company Overview. image of a cover showing that postmark. of Troopships of World War II As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick She was named for US Army Major General James H. McRae. "Although about half the bunks "By today's standards the Contact. All of the "Admiral" variants that were put into service were transferred to the Army after the war and renamed for generals. Harry Steeber sailed to New York aboard this ship. [36], Eleven of these small ships were built for the U.S. Army Air Corps/Army Air Forces in late 1942 through mid 1943. 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. Reacquired by the Navy March 1 1950. Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't The family was sponsored for U.S. citizenship and sailed on the USAT General McRae on September 3, 1949. worker]. [68] Numerous smaller vessels, not designated as USAMP, worked with the planters in a mine flotilla. (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. Family groups gathered to luxuriate in the joy of just being Stefania loved to entertain, spend time with family, and knit. Technologies. (National Archives and Records Administration) During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. than a few lines without permission. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. 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. meager belongings. "The McRae Spray Souvenir Edition". at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated . Boat drill on board the DP transport ship, USA General J.H. [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. According 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW 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. "DP's on Way in 6 Months," New York Times, July 10, 1948 On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. 's," The Mast Magazine, September 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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