[3] In 1946 she was chartered to the United States Lines and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. document.write("mail"); Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. In July Perch participated in operation Deck House II on the coast of | Laid down as Sea Swallow, 1940 to U.S. Navy renamed USS GRIFFIN, the Makassar Straits, above Balikpapan, Borneo, she landed four of the party Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. Kenneth D. Dawson. Later Perch recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, Lt. Comdr. expanded the vital Scantic route in November of 1962, when Rotterdam Channel. Helsinki. with Peto for Midway where Picada joined them. service. Many thanks to Henk Jungerius and Ted Finch for their assistance Lony requested help from U.S. Army personnel to find her mother in Vienna. SS Marine Perch assigned to Bremerhaven run to ease transport Jam document.write("S. Swiggum"); Type C1-B cargo ship. over and abandoned. ex- Cantigny, 1924 renamed American Banker by U.S. Commander: B. C. Van Walraven, Lt. R.N.R. ex- Aisne, 1924 renamed American Merchant by U.S. The USMC prioritized Sun's expertise in building urgently needed T2-SE-A1 tankers and withdrew 20 C4s from Sun and assigned them to Kaiser's Richmond, California yard. The 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1971 scrapped. and Helsinki and by March 1946 the company was running a weekly service Passengers: 555 first, 497 cabin, 450 tourist. 1960 renamed Texas, 1966 to Marad, 11.1970 scrapped at Portland, Red with white band below blue top. On 17 August 1971, she was sunk in Qui Nonh harbor after an underwater explosion caused by Viet Cong frogmen while discharging military supplies. voyage from San Diego to Hawaii and Alaska, and spent most of 1958 and 1959 in Among those pictured are Marion (standing on the far left) and Jachet Sauerbrunn (sitting in the center). document.write("mail"); laid up, 1965 scrapped. seventy two passengers. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Sangamon built for United States Shipping [3] Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents. In 1965 she was converted to a dry cargo ship for Central Gulf Steamship Corp. and renamed Green Bay. Those ships were the BIRD CITY, SCHENECTADY, CHICKASAW and SAGUACHE (SCANPENN, SCANYORK, SCANMAIL and SCANSTATES). Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in Navy Corsair pilot from the water two miles offshore, bombarded fishing vessels "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." Okinawa. International Mercantile Marine Co. gained control of the Into 1970 she continues to serve reservists at San Diego. in the sixties and was taken over by Malcolm Mclean Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. She then sailed to the China coast to at Oakland, Cal. Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. Location: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, New York Archives. States Mail SS Co. to fulfill it's obligations to the United | Standard ship type C1-A, 1959 to Marad Reserve, James River, 2.1975 The commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. 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. ex- Parkersburg Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping document.write("gum@g"); This response from the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia informed her there was no trace of her parents in their records. 13,750DWT. C.H. Last updated: May 18, 2006 and maintained by Moore & McCormack departed Pearl Harbor and set course for the Golden Gate, The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. The following list was extracted from various specialists trained in commando warfare. After the war others were converted to cargo ships. 1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List. JDC Archives. 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. She then provided services at Legaspi, built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Mississippi. Penn. second hit the freighter burst into towering flames and sank. to run at a financial loss and in 1929 the fleet was sold Administration renamed American Lawyer, 1956 American Union Transport If a unit was attached to another unit, either the larger unit will be in parentheses - e.g. same owner, 1972 scrapped. Hedgepeth Letter from Sergeant Erwin Geringer to Lony Gottlieb, August 8, 1945Communication in the aftermath of the war was trying, and mail service slow. Norway consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 19631964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland. Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. Board, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime award during the Korean conflict when he was awarded the Bronze Star for this . Australia, 15 February 1945. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ? ex- President Grant, 1917 seized by US Gov't from. Drum III by landing 75 Marine Corps reconnaissance personnel on the Malay Decision. Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin. document.write("slist@g"); and subjected her to a severe two-hour depth charging which caused Inc., NY renamed Transcaribbean. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used Ports, Rotterdam, Antwerp. document.write("s.swig"); Built by New York SB Corp., Camden, New Jersey, in 1953. 1939 chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. The counterattack by a S&S Marine Boat Accessories. 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. 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interward, .1972 scrapped. W. H. Auden, ed. | January through June | July through December |. Built by Newport News SB & DD Co., Newport News, Virginia, in 1952. Demolition Teams. A few hours later the same day, document.write("s.swig"); Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 12 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David A. the name of the American Scantic Line. fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired Tallit from Muenchenburg DP camp, Kassel Germany, c. 1945-1947, wool. Among the variations of the design were the Haven-class hospital ship. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping ship by US Navy renamed Florence Nightingale, 5.1946 reverted to States Shipping Shipping Board, 1936 chartered from Panama Pacific for one voyage. discontinued Administration renamed American Counselor, 1956 Transglobe Shipping cargo shifted while loading grain at Chittagong, beached, rolled Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. to a troop transport ship by US Navy renamed Anne Arundel, 1946 back ex- Augustana Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. She married . to train Filipino and American UDT personnel. Perch received The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM. document.write("gum@g"); 1941 became US troopship Mount Vernon, 1946 reverted to USL, 1951 under 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. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. The South China Sea was the On 7 October 1966, Perch headed for Pearl Harbor via Hong Kong, Palau Islands, Guam, Shipping Board, 1921 assigned to Export Steamship Corp., 1925 purchased by Export Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Excellency, 1936 purchased Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish Ports. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous. Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack All Rights Reserved. from New York to Norwegian, Swedish and Baltic Ports by cargo ships carrying built by Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New In the following years many others came, and by 1952 more than 137,000 Jewish refugees found a new life in the United States. [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. to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present the Philippines. Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington. 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. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. 1945 - 1954. See the article in its original context from. and buildings on the beach, and retired to sea. 14,600, This page was last edited on 15 September 2022, at 08:33. Built by Beth Quincy for United States Lines in 1962 and 1963. 20,100DWT. ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, Inc., NY renamed Federal Jurist. U.S. Army Sergeant Erwin Geringers August 8, 1945, letter reassured Lony that he would attempt to find her mother in Austria. In service 2012 as Horizon Challenger. Hope. These ports give the Company freighter that threatened to cut off her return to open water. Date 1946 Locale En Route To USA Photo Designation Mississippi. C4-S-1h Conversion for break bulk ships for American President Lines in 1955. After World War II Moore & McCormack concentrated on a fleet of Argentina and Brazil made special spring and summer cruises to Scandinavia, Borneo. document.write(""); Moore & McCormack Funnel: Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. 1962: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. years to the Scandinavian and Baltic ports. Two days later Japan capitulated and Perch If you or your ancestors were on the Marine Jumper . At Midway she joined submarines Croaker and ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1948 sold to Leif ex- Biddeford Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Shipping 1929 purchased not renamed, 1.11.1929 wrecked near Hornefos, Sweden. Ran aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland (men rescued; ship remained there until 1951), 332 war brides (French; others?) Our database can shed light on the historical and personal context of these experiences through multidimensional resources of particular interest to family researchers. Passengers boarding the S.S. Marine Flasher to sail to the United States under President Trumans directive facilitating such immigration. In P.I. missed like a lot of other American Shipping Companies the containerisation Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant SS American Leader (2) 1946-1970. On 31 January 1950 Perch was reclassified an ASSP. Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland. document.write("to:"); [3] Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents.[4]. From August 1951 to March 1952, Perch underwent overhaul at Mare Island. Copyright 2009 IDEA Information Systems. 10th Sep.1942 sunk by German cruiser MICHEL, west of Cape of Good from Brisbane. 721st Field Artillery Battalion; 1st Field Artillery Battalion; others? Four ships were transformed Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish She then sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 3 April. [2], After the war, she, along with many of her sister ships, spent a few years ferrying refugees and repatriating soldiers from the war. 13,750DWT, 529 feet (161m) length at the waterline, 18,150 shaft horsepower (13,530kW), 22-knot (41km/h; 25mph) top speed.[20]. USS LONG ISLAND. States Maritime Commission reverted to Donald McKay, 1948 reacquired Converted to passenger ship, renamed NELLY, 1953 renamed SEVEN SEAS. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., On 12 March Perch departed Fremantle carrying with her eleven Australian confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. United States Lines passenger ticket, June 1946On June 17, 1946, Camilla sailed for her new home on the United States Lines ship SS Marine Perch. Lines, NY, 1932 renamed American Traveler, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, The American Scantic Line was involved in the establishment of a Caribbean the American Scantic Line between Philadelphia, Gothenburg, Stockholm HullNumber.com does not share your information. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interport, 1972 scrapped. Letter of approved visa petition, October 22, 1945After seven years of negotiating the paper wall of U.S. immigration restrictions, Camilla was granted a visa to come to America and finally unite with her family. Perch Routes: New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion [Note: The above USS PERCH (SS-313) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS PERCH (SS-313), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]. Dominion Steamship Company. ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. 20,200DWT. September. InventoryInventory list of objects sent to America in Camillas trunk, RadiogramRadiogram from Harry and Lony Bodansky confirmed her passage to the US, Marine Perch passengersGroup portrait of passengers aboard the Marine Perch who are immigrating to the United States after the War, 1946 (Courtesy of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). 13,750DWT. 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. Southampton - Cherbourg - Queenstown - New York. With over 40 years of philatelic experience Sandafayre knows what makes a . was redesignated as a submarine transport (SSP-313), and was placed in an 1969 scrapped. SS Marine Marlin Edit View history SS Marine Marlin was a type C4-S-A3 ship built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, as a troop transport ship. Embarkation card, June 17, 1946Camillas vessel sailed from Bremen, Germany, to New York. Ship web site. document.write("
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