Diego 5 November for a reconnaissance exercise in the Panama Canal Area, | Standard ship type C1-A, 1959 to Marad Reserve, James River, 2.1975 ex- President Grant, 1917 seized by US Gov't from. 10. In the following years many others came, and by 1952 more than 137,000 Jewish refugees found a new life in the United States. 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. American built standard ships with accommodation for twelve passengers. ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, Kenneth D. Dawson. document.write("s.swig"); Link: The New York 1945-1954 Collection. an alert Japanese escort discovered Perch They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.[1][2]. Four ships were transformed in 1932 from standard freighters with limited passenger accommodation to passenger cargo ships with accommodation for seventy two passengers. Vietnam. 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1971 scrapped. by US Navy, 1957 to Marad Reserve, Suisun Bay, 9.1974 sold for demolition to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship This is not an built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard 1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List. The JDC Archives text collection has a plethora of documents pertaining to the Marine Flasher, and even an entire folder devoted to the ships sailings. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival, R.M.S. These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. 1941 became US troopship Mount Vernon, 1946 reverted to USL, 1951 ex- Aisne, 1924 renamed American Merchant by U.S. Concerts were even held as there were several talented people onboard. Built in 1962. Chana Ann Moszkowicz Wittenberg collection. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interport, 1972 scrapped. Tadotsu. For operation Deck House IV in September Perch landed UDT personnel on five successive nights for 1941 became US troopship West Point, 1946 reverted to America, Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. First Perch patrolled active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard Built by Sun Ship for United States Lines in 1964 and 1965. confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. Early in the morning of 24 May, a medium and Helsinki and by March 1946 the company was running a weekly service Through JDC Archives materials, we can piece together the history of the Marine Flasher. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Mons. missed like a lot of other American Shipping Companies the containerisation In fact, when we posted the above photo on our Facebook page, we were able to successfully identify Chaim Nieschawer (fourth from the left) thanks to his son Steven. Shipping Board. to train Filipino and American UDT personnel. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Steam Tanker Ship SS MARINE EAGLE Naval Cover 1975 SIGNED at the best online prices at eBay! On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor 1946 transferred to. off Hainan, China; next off Singapore; and finally in Balabac Straits off in command, trained on the West Coast and Hawaii through 1962, and arrived at The list is in chronological order by departure date. ASL, 1928 purchased not renamed, 14.12.1928 wrecked off Helsinki. Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack New York - Cobh - Liverpool - Manchester. From Obese To Fitness Addict: The Road To A Healthier You - Weight Loss Stories, Top 5 Exercises To Stop Neck Pain - Weight Loss Stories, Kismet: Attending #2018ADA As A Guest Reporter For Ascensia - Diabetes Stories, The Mightiest Mouth: Your Guide To Oral Health - Weight Loss Stories, Sensor Solutions Ams Model Set . built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Germany. SS American Legion. Converted to laker in 1952, sold renamed McKee Sons. 1968 sold to Transoceanic Transport renamed Transoceanic Mariner, ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. of Hackensack, N.J. and Emmet J. McCormack of Brooklyn, N.Y. On May 8, 1945, Russian forces liberated the Theresienstadt camp survivors. Last updated: May 18, 2006 and maintained by and Baltic If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. 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. World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except States Shipping All ships were capable of 17 knots (31km/h; 20mph), driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9,900 shaft horsepower (7,400kW). sources. 1939 chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. was that Moore & McCormack provided a service for ten In January 1955 Perch made a Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 12 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David A. [2], After the war, she, along with many of her sister ships, spent a few years ferrying refugees and repatriating soldiers from the war. service in September 1934. Paul Blank photograph collection. Administration renamed American Attorney, 1956 Transyork Shipping 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). Board, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime O. H. Payne in command. document.write("gum@g"); seventy two passengers. Shipping Board, 1921 assigned to Export Steamship Corp., 1925 purchased The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. and returned to service, 1936 transferred to Mooremack Gulf Lines Casper built for United States Shipping Board, 1927 assigned to the ex- Attleboro Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping WW2troopships.com & WWIItroopships.com [3] In 1946 she was chartered to the United States Lines and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. Periods between Far Eastern cruises, | reconnaissance and also in providing training services to allied countries. Through 1949, the ship participated in and M. Kohli. Mississippi. was taken over by a combination of the Roosevelt SS Co., R. Stanley Dollar and 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. 13,750DWT. Holocaust Encyclopedia. Operated April 1945 March 1946 returning troops to U.S. from Europe and lastly Asia. (Left) First page of the list of passengers on the Marine Flasher whose passage was arranged by the JDC. Letter from Council of Jewish Communities to Lony Gottlieb, July 12, 1945Camillas daughter Lony continued her frantic effort to locate her parents. NO PASSENGERS LIST. to United States Maritime Commission, 1946 back in service for ASL, On 1 April Queenfish sank 11,600-ton passenger-cargo ship Awa Maru, killing 2003 people. Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. Blish C. Hills in command. 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime renamed Southlure, 1939 sold to. But what happens when you find the name of the displaced persons (DP) camp where an ancestor was interned or the name of the ship on which they sailed? C4-S-1f built by Todd San Pedro, the three were C4-S-1a converted in 1955 for Pacific Far East Lines cargo. 1940 sold to Socit Maritime Anversois, built by Bethlehem S.B. to run at a financial loss and in 1929 the fleet was sold ex- Tours, 1924 renamed American Shipper by U.S. Ship web site. 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, ex- Somme, 1931 transferred from U.S.Army renamed American Importer, So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Norway | Standard ship type C3, 1940 taken over by US Navy and converted She married . TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. at Oakland, Cal. Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. Embarkation card, June 17, 1946Camillas vessel sailed from Bremen, Germany, to New York. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, JDC had a supply of prayer books for them to use as well as English reading materials and Yiddish books. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 1956 sold to Europe-Canada Line, Bremen. Converted to passenger ship, renamed NELLY, 1953 renamed SEVEN SEAS. Ex-Europa (1946). Josef Friedmans ticket to sail on the S.S. Marine Flasher, September 13, 1947. International Inc., New York renamed North Star State, 1971 scrapped a decline in trade and passenger operations were Argentina and Brazil made special spring and summer cruises to Scandinavia, The SCANMAIL began American Caribbean services C.H. chartered from US Gov't for 9 voyages. In We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Friedman was born in Cluj, Romania, and liberated from Buchenwald. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Thats where the JDC Archives comes in. In December 1959 Perch departed San Diego, decommissioned on 31 March 1960, and SS Marine Marlin was a type C4-S-A3 ship built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, as a troop transport ship. Date of Departure: 2 August 1913. Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland. [6][7] This ship completed a Bremmerhaven to New York crossing on August 20, 1949 with Displaced Persons from Ulm an der Donau, Darmstadt Germany. from Brisbane. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. July and August were spent in Which is why, since 1992, manufacturers, dealers, and folks like you have made us their choice for custom fabrications of . Images illustrate the ships boarding at Bremerhaven, with passengers filing onto the gangplank, luggage being heaved on deck, and smiling faces waving goodbye. 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interward, .1972 scrapped. Okinawa. Languages: The majority of this collection is in English. She made two amphibious landings on the coast of South Vietnam | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to States Marine Perch engaged with gunfire and with the | 1941 converted to U.S. Navy escort aircraft carrier renamed Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, ex- Cambrai, 1931 transferred from U.S. Army to United States SS Co. renamed Columbia Mariner, 1971 scrapped. Perch performed type training and six Hog Island built ships from the United States Shipping Board. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interscout, 9th Oct.1971 Victory. The contract document.write("S. Swiggum"); mc N 761, in the Family History Area. New York - Pauillac (Bordeaux) - Le Verdon. returning to San Diego 11 December. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver renamed American Judge, 1956 Transcape Shipping Co., NY renamed Transcape. Atlantic. In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. On 17 August 1971, she was sunk in Qui Nonh harbor after an underwater explosion caused by Viet Cong frogmen while discharging military supplies. document.write(""); The South China Sea was the 405th Infantry Regiment (102nd Infantry Division "Ozarks"); History of the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in. renamed Southfolk, 1939 sold to, built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Ore. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, A few hours later the same day, United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch. Penn. document.write("TheShipsList"); renamed American Defender, 1956 Olympia SS Corp., NY renamed Fordham as part of operation Double Eagle. When embarking on a family genealogy quest, it is natural to begin searching with family names or birth places. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. R. D. Quinn, became the only submarine commanding officer to receive a combat Our database can shed light on the historical and personal context of these experiences through multidimensional resources of particular interest to family researchers. action. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. Search our collections today. The counterattack by a fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired May and June 1964 Perch traveled to C4-S-57a, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1959. [3] Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents.[4]. Board, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967 to 1962 for NYC (fee-based - at Ancestry) Includes passenger and crew arrival lists (and some departure lists) for vessels that were filed at various ports (such as Binghamton, Buffalo, NYC, Niagara Falls, Oswego, Rochester, Syracuse, and other ports) in the state of New York. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. four battle stars for World War II service and one battle star for Korean War built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Moore & McCormack years to the Scandinavian and Baltic ports. and children, Company G (424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Division), Army Service Forces New York Port of Embarkation certificate, If you have information about a crossing, please. Two vessels the ORITANI and ORMES began that First voyage: Havre-New York, August 17, 1950. 20,100DWT. USS Queenfish (SS/AGSS-393), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the queenfish, a small food fish found off the Pacific coast of North America. Demolition Teams. The following list was extracted from various 1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ? So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous. Last updated: November 13, 2009 and maintained by Lt. Comdr. Penn. at Kaohsiung. document.write(".com'>"); built by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California | built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, 1939 chartered from Eastern SS Co. for one voyage. 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. | Laid down as Sea Swallow, 1940 to U.S. Navy renamed USS GRIFFIN, Co., New Orleans converted into a cargo ship renamed Greenlake, 1978 They settled . the name of the American Scantic Line. Others became Navy hospital ships. Gull, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. Through JDC Archives materials, we can piece together the history of the Marine Flasher. She then sailed to the China coast to the United States Lines with an [5] She completed her last Bremen to New York crossing, on 17 July 1949, on which passengers were mostly from Stuttgart, Germany, and were of Armenian descent. She operated in Hawaiian waters until 1967 when she became All Rights Reserved. Take it from JDC Entwine staff member Naomi Levin, who was touched to find evidence of her grandfather in the JDC Archives. Administration renamed American Counselor, 1956 Transglobe Shipping Special Forces), Yokosuka and The American Scantic Line was involved in the establishment of a Caribbean 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Amerwave, 1971 Interwave, From then the ship operated as a transport to Puerto Rico and Jamaica to New York and Charleston. access to the heavy traffic generated in and out of the Benelux countries Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Sparrows Point, Maryland, Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California. Mississippi. (Right) Text of a JDC press release about the event. Colman and Jean Steuer papers Feldafing DP camp and immigrated to the United States in May 1954 aboard the SSMarinePerch. 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