company in 1934. Perch conducted SS Marine Devil - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. 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. Perch engaged with gunfire and with the ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed returning troops from Camp Chipara (spelling uncertain); Army nurses. Through 1949, the ship participated in 3 in Richmond, California, for the US Army Transportation Corps then transferred later to the US Navy. See the article in its original context from. 1963 sold to M. J. Ossorio renamed Santa Emilia, 1968 Fairview, On June 17, 1946, Camilla sailed for her new home on the United States Lines ship SS Marine Perch. the Java Sea to hunt out the enemy. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 8.1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung. in close ashore two nights later to disembark the remainder of the party, Perch contacted a 300-ton coastal Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 19631964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland. On June 28, Camilla sent a Western Union telegram from Theresienstadt to her daughter Lony in New York. Dominion Steamship Company. C4-S-A3 14,863DWT as break bulk cargo ship. all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. May and June 1964 Perch traveled to and Northern Europe. This is not an 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. C4-S-49a 19,799DWT into a submarine tender renamed Pelias, 9.1946 to USN Reserve, 11.1973 Swan, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1946 for break bulk cargo. USS LONG ISLAND. Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish 1947 returned to owner, 1949 laid up, 1965 sold to Central Gulf S.S. Passengers: 555 first, 497 cabin, 450 tourist. voyage from San Diego to Hawaii and Alaska, and spent most of 1958 and 1959 in She made her first voyage, from Bremen to New York City, 716 September 1946, carrying "more than 500 Jewish immigrants from the United States zone of Germany" including "ten orphaned Jewish childrenbrought under the sponsorship of the United States Committee for the care of European Children".[4]. On 31 January 1950 Perch was reclassified an ASSP. Her words hinted at what she had endured and shared the sad news of Hermanns death. This folder contains more than 100 pages of documents, including passenger lists, cables, correspondence, and reports. Diego 5 November for a reconnaissance exercise in the Panama Canal Area, ex- Attleboro Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping sold to A. Weinraub renamed Galicia Navigator, 1969 scrapped. Chana Ann Moszkowicz Wittenberg collection. Australia, for duty with Submarines, Southwest Pacific Fleet. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping Shipping Board, SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (NS 3) Bookmark Document | Accession Number: 2000.40 | RG Number: RG-14.045M Date: inclusive: 1939-1945 Alternate Title: SS Economic Administration Main Office Special Collection: chartered from US Gov't for 9 voyages. SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. 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. In 1965 she was converted to a dry cargo ship for Central Gulf Steamship Corp. and renamed Green Bay. ex- Cambrai, 1931 transferred from U.S. Army to United States Perch Kenneth D. Dawson. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville d'Anvers. Extent: 2,510 files. In the All Rights Reserved. from Eastern Europe. She then sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 3 April. were renamed with the MORMAC prefix. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Hasselt. departed Pearl Harbor on her third war patrol 19 September. Perch was laid down on 5 January 1943 by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut; launched on 12 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. David A. Hart; and commissioned on 7 January 1944. this trade was expanded to include Russian and Polish ports. document.write("theship"); 1969 laid up, 1973 to United States Federal Maritime Administration. Two vessels the ORITANI and ORMES began that arriving Majuro 4 June. confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. Lony requested help from U.S. Army personnel to find her mother in Vienna. to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by Abbreviations: USL - United States Lines. Ports, Rotterdam, Antwerp. out both high pressure air compressors by flooding of the pump room. Germany. Coming from Brisbane. Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. and Midway Island. The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Planned as Shebamock but completed as 9. SS Marine Marlin was a type C4-S-A3 ship built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, as a troop transport ship. by Moore McCormack and transferred to ASL renamed Southland, 1939 The commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. for troop carrying was chartered for four voyage from New York to Oslo, amphibious training exercises in the San Diego area with marines and Underwater 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1945 and 1946, as WSA troopship. So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings. Copyright 2009 IDEA Information Systems. performed lifeguard duty supporting B-29 raids on Honshu. Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. and M. Kohli. with Peto for Midway where Picada joined them. Funnel: 1970 Teh Hu SS Co. renamed Benefina, 1974 sank in heavy seas in Balintang They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.[1][2]. second hit the freighter burst into towering flames and sank. 1962: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime She then sailed to the China coast to on October 19, 1944 followed by the SCANPENN in November 1934. On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship and Baltic [4][5] Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. O. H. Payne in command. NO PASSENGERS LIST. Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. [3] In 1946 she was chartered to the United States Lines and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven-class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. Searching the New York Passenger Lists in One Step Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco Covers the years 1820 to 1957 and includes the following: 1820 to 1855: pre Castle Garden 1855 to 1890: Castle Garden 1890 to 1891: Barge Office 1892 to 1957: Ellis Island PERSON (any or all fields in this section can be left blank) First Name is exactly starts with If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. Collection: Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee of the years 1945 - 1954 - NY AR194554 | Sub Collection: Subject Matter - NY AR194554 / 3 | Record Group: Emigration/Immigration - NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 | Series: Sailings - NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 / 7, List of Digitized Films, Videos, and Audio Recordings. MarinePerch. consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in National Transportation Safety Board, Last edited on 15 September 2022, at 08:33, General G. O. 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On 11 July Perch departed Pearl Harbor and after fueling at Saipan, proceeded Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. Mississippi. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Sangamon built for United States Shipping Moore & McCormack Perch returned to Fremantle, Western 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interscout, 9th Oct.1971 States Mail SS Co. to fulfill it's obligations to the United document.write("to:"); She wrote her name on every surface to ensure its proper destination in America. cruise to WestPac conducting a reconnaissance and raid on Iwo Jima and New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Periods between Far Eastern cruises, Hedgepeth Perch performed type training and laid up, 1965 scrapped. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. Lt. Comdr. 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except She married . Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion USS PERCH (SS-313) - a Balao class submarine, Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 15 January 1973. Western Union telegraph, June 1945Russians liberated Theresienstadt in May 1945. service in September 1934. Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 12 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David A. On 1 April Queenfish sank 11,600-ton passenger-cargo ship Awa Maru, killing 2003 people. Tallit from Muenchenburg DP camp, Kassel Germany, c. 1945-1947, wool. document.write("s.swig"); 1937: New York, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Gdynia, Stockholm, to train Filipino and American UDT personnel. The ship's first voyage from Portland, Oregon on 5 December 1945 to Yokohama, Japan was followed by a shift to the Atlantic arriving at New York on 26 February 1946. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. Okinawa. Search for yourself! 1945 - 1954. Routes: New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London Within our collections are a cache of personal documents and artifacts that were on board the Marine Flasher, in the personal effects of passenger Josef Friedman. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. After shakedown she departed 19 February Camilla returned to Vienna on July 7, 1945. MarinePerch(Ship) Collections 12. British Commandos in a raid on the northeast coast of Korea west of Tanchon. SS Co. and United American Lines. Co., New Orleans converted into a cargo ship renamed Greenlake, 1978 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, Link: The New York 1945-1954 Collection. Take for example the sailings of the S.S. Marine Flasher. 405th Infantry Regiment (102nd Infantry Division "Ozarks"); History of the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in. built by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California | 1946 transferred to, built by Kaiser Corp., Richmond, California | Standard The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., caused 1968 sold to Transoceanic Transport renamed Transoceanic Freedom, document.write("mail"); document.write("mail"); Mississippi. and subjected her to a severe two-hour depth charging which caused New funnels were fitted in 1954. 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