O'Dwyer spoke of the people of New York City itself. 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). Keith McRae, Chief Executive Officer. Grover: grounded twice in 1943. THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added. who arranged for housing and employment [which could not replace an American Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis Later service included command of the V Corps, the Philippine Department at Manila, the IX Corps and the II Corps. Technologies. One source states the Army had 30 junior mine planters by 1919. Placed out of service, 29 October 1954, at San Diego, CA. USAT's CEO is Keith McRae . All the Navy's "Admiral" ships were transferred to the Army post war and were then renamed for generals. The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins The handwritten caption on the back of the photograph reads: "DP Transport. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service and operated as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149). [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 conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volumes I-III of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. Email: Please email your Tuition Assistance form to tpmilitary@umgc.edu (military servicemembers), thirdparty@umgc.edu (civilian and corporate), or tpveterans@umgc.edu (veterans). A construction program in Australia built a number of tugs for the Southwest Pacific Area in both LT and ST size. private companies. [1] The ship was commissioned USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) on 8 August 1944 at Richmond, California. they were leaving their mother continent, probably never to return again. She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1987. [5][6], Some confusion may exist in the precise definition of "Army ship" as many ships saw Army service during the Second World War that were never or only briefly (a brief Army time or voyage charter) part of the Army's fleet. Reacquired by the Navy March 1 1950. She was converted to a container ship by the Maryland Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in 19691970. Find People you served with from USAT General J. H. McRae. men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. 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. Built as "Point Judith" by Albinia Engine & Machine Works, O/N 216656. reserved for the aged and for mothers with small children.". On 11 January 1945 she sailed for India where she picked up troops and delivered them to various South Pacific destinations. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans . spend on deck. Major General James H. McRae, born 24 December 1863 at Lumber City, Ga., was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1886. Reacquired 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW [1], As USAT General J. H. McRae she transported troops through 1950. 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. [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. General McRae died 1 May 1940 at Berkeley, Calif. {DANFS}. 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. Commissioned February 27 1946. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general William George Haan. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully This page was last edited on 1 November 2015, at 01:18. [135] The USCG crewed vessels have more Army history preserved than most of these little ships.[136]. Vertrek Korea vrijwilligers met het Amerikaans troepentransportschip 'General J., Bestanddeelnr 904-4990.jpg 3,466 2,866; 1.75 MB. 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. was also on hand.". McRae Description: (U.S. Army Transport) Underway, circa 1946-1950. 3,485 GI's, but usually carried fewer than 700 refugees. In 1946 she was transferred to the US Army and operated as USAT General J. H. McRae. [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges. Each ship was also provided with two motor launches and two DUKWs or "ducks," amphibious trucks for carrying parts too heavy for the helicopters. example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same What are some additional names or alternative spellings that users use while searching for USAT? Decommissioned, 27 February 1946, at New York, N.Y. Keith McRae: Chief Executive Officer: To view USAT's complete executive team members history, request access USAT Signals . that although the streets in America were not paved with gold, America was There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for former officer's dining room. 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. You may not use more Faqs. The General R. L. Howze, with your A number of vessels were operated by the Army as small coastal freighters and passenger vessels without being formally given FP/FS numbers. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. All the ships were managed and crewed by Army Engineers organized into Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew units, named for Army Engineers killed in action during WW II and heavily modified from their original design. As long as land was in sight, the D.P. Ten ships, nine being Maritime Commission type N3-M-A1 cargo vessel hulls being built at Penn Jersey Shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy or Lend Lease, were transferred to the Army for operation as Engineer Port Repair Ships. Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List USAT GENERAL J. 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. Built as "Belfast", 1909, by Bath Iron Works. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the Army Transport Service and its successor, Military Sea Transportation Service, 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. English: The U.S. Army Transport USAT General J. H. McRae, circa 1946-1950. 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. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the Returned to the Maritime Commission, 30 June 1947, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA. 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. General J. H. McRae received four battle stars for Korean War service. 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. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International flags fluttered from bow to stern; while amidship were eleven foreign flags, Those, included vessels not related to transport such as . 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. 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. Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. The more confusing ships are those that were short-term or time or voyage chartered ships.[1]. 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. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they could become farmers or factory workers. 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. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American 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. 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. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 General J. H. McRae was launched 26 April 1944 by the Kaiser Co., Kaiser Shipyards, Yard 3, Richmond, California. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148). Company Overview. This ship became USNS General J.H. If you see substantial portions of this [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. 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. >>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern The embarked Army repair units, where noted below, are from Masterson":[7]. 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