The target, a train tunnel on the north-south supply line, was destroyed, with Thats where the JDC Archives comes in. They settled . Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. search and rescue operations in the Vietnam combat zone during August and the Java Sea to hunt out the enemy. Languages: The majority of this collection is in English. continued The fourth war patrol began 19 December In In the repaired, 1964 sold to M. J. Ossorio renamed Our Lady of Peace, 1968 1968 sold to Transoceanic Transport renamed Transoceanic Freedom, The threadbare tallit was gifted the JDC Archives by Josefs son Steven, along with numerous family documents and some ephemera from the Marine Flashers sailing, including his ticket. Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. Bookmark Photograph | Photograph Number: 22532 Date: 1946 JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- Marine Perch 3. document.write(""); renamed Southlure, 1939 sold to. (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) Naval Reserve Training submarine at San Diego. These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion SS Manhattan passenger list Bookmark Document | Accession Number: 1992.209.1 SS Manhattan passenger list 8. Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 19631964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used Perch then headed for Saipan to refuel enroute to Brisbane, The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping She made two amphibious landings on the coast of South Vietnam May 1946. Perch | January through June | July through December |. C4-S-A1 DWT: 14,863. The 30 ships were built from 1942 to 1945. to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship US Navy as a store ship renamed Algorab, 1946 reverted to United On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor was redesignated as a submarine transport (SSP-313), and was placed in an her new homeport, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands in March 1963. SS Co. renamed Columbia Mariner, 1971 scrapped. Air Force 4th Combat Cargo Group; 508th Port Battalion; William A. Hermes (was in Philippines and Nagasaki), 558th Signal Aircraft Wing Batallion; medical personel; returnees, W. E. Neubauer, formerly of 31st Station Hospital, who was aboard, via. Demolition Teams. returning to San Diego 11 December. the Makassar Straits, above Balikpapan, Borneo, she landed four of the party All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Libert Available at the GG Archives. International Inc., New York renamed North Star State, 1971 scrapped US Navy as a store ship renamed Arcturus, 1946 reverted to United Cargoes and passengers were declining and 1965 the American Scantic | Standard ship type C3, 1940 taken over by US Navy and converted WW2troopships.com & WWIItroopships.com ex- Tours, 1924 renamed American Shipper by U.S. Operator American Mail Line. 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. The passenger list records were created by the U.S. Customs Service (Record Group 36), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] (Record Group 85). Holocaust Encyclopedia. Complementing the Scantic service, the luxury liners 405th Infantry Regiment (102nd Infantry Division "Ozarks"); History of the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron, Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in. document.write("slist@g"); Link: The New York 1945-1954 Collection. Perch received List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival, R.M.S. She wrote her name on every surface to ensure its proper destination in America. R. D. Quinn, became the only submarine commanding officer to receive a combat She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. Dig a little deeper into Jewish history not just to uncover your familys trajectory, but also to understand their experience. Lt. Comdr. Built by Newport News SB & DD Co., Newport News, Virginia, in 1952. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. Shipping Board, Ex-Europa (1946). Coming In September C.H. . | Standard ship type C1-A, 1959 to Marad Reserve, James River, 2.1975 built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. Collections. 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). On 11 July Perch departed Pearl Harbor and after fueling at Saipan, proceeded Friedman was born in Cluj, Romania, and liberated from Buchenwald. 1968-1987. On June 28, Camilla sent a Western Union telegram from Theresienstadt to her daughter Lony in New York. The SCANMAIL began American Caribbean services by Moore McCormack and transferred to ASL renamed Southland, 1939 in service for ASL, 1958 to Marad Reserve, 8.1970 scrapped at Spezia. Chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. Displaced persons such as Camilla were difficult to locate. 1936 chartered from Panama Pacific for one voyage. A few hours later the same day, all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. Built by New York SB Corp., Camden, New Jersey, in 1953. United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch. [2], After the war, she, along with many of her sister ships, spent a few years ferrying refugees and repatriating soldiers from the war. Victory. [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. during November and December as part of operation Dagger Thrust. On 19 January 1948 Perch Board. Co., NY renamed Transglobe. document.write("s.swig"); Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1952. See the article in its original context from. a decline in trade and passenger operations were The [4] In the 1960 the Navy sold of most of the General ships to private companies. 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. Before the war around 200,000 Jews lived in Vienna. and the company was operated by the U.S. Perch recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, Lt. Comdr. New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen (1929 Hamburg)- New funnels were fitted in 1954. If you or your ancestors were on the Marine Jumper . However, the company However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest . For example, one report from July 22, 1946, states that passengers conducted religious services in the library each morning and evening on board the ship. | Janette Silverman is looking for people who were on that specific sailing, or their descendants, for research on a new book project. 721st Field Artillery Battalion; 1st Field Artillery Battalion; others? [4][5] Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. company came into existence in 1921 owing to the inability of the United Certificate, summer 1945On July 7, 1945, Camilla returned to Vienna, Austria, and registered with the Office of the Jewish Community. 1948 sold to Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp, Panama. and M. Kohli. Between local training Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam. sold to. sources. July and August were spent in S&S Marine Boat Accessories. Ports, Rotterdam, Antwerp. JDC Archives. | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion performed lifeguard duty supporting B-29 raids on Honshu. Corp, Wilmington, Del. Perch headed for the Marshall Islands, Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. Note that units may have crossed on multiple ships. States Mail SS Co. to fulfill it's obligations to the United So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville d'Anvers. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. document.write("theship"); Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division. USS LONG ISLAND. Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by Moore & McCormack 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. 1941 became US troopship West Point, 1946 reverted to America, National Transportation Safety Board, Last edited on 15 September 2022, at 08:33, General G. O. Squier-class transport ship, "C4-S-1a Mariner / APA-248 Paul Revere / AKA-112 Tulare", "Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels The C4 and his Sub Designs and Conversions", "Yardlist for Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point MD", "S.S. Prudential Oceanjet - City of Vancouver Archives", "Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Designed Vessels", "PHILIPPINE BEAR - IMO 7225714 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker", "shipbuildinghistory.com, Break-Bulk Cargo Ships Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII", American Merchant Marine at War - C4 ships, US Maritime Commission - Technical Specifications for Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Type_C4-class_ship&oldid=1110410464, United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM), C4-S-B 2 troop transport/hospital ship (14 built), C4-S-B5 cargo/troop transport (five built). Troops from Puerto Rico: 159 Army, 427 Navy and 4 Marines. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Hasselt. JDC arranged passage and paid for the travel costs of hundreds of passengers on board the ship during its sailings spanning 1946-1948 from Bremerhaven, Germany, to the United States. When she contacted a convoy of two ships, by Export Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Excellency, 1936 purchased to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present was that Moore & McCormack provided a service for ten returned to Pearl Harbor 30 August. Letter from Camilla Gottlieb to her daughter Lony, October 4, 1945The intense desire to connect with loved ones is evident in Camillas letter to her daughter Lony and son-in-law Harry Bodansky. Copyright 2009 IDEA Information Systems. Perch, 13,750DWT. On 15 April Perch departed Fremantle on her sixth war patrol and journeyed to In late 1957 she made a reconnaissance Penn. New bow thrusters were also installed. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Sangamon built for United States Shipping 1973 scrapped at Portland, Ore. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Escolar and the three set out for the "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." Steamship Line: Holland-America Line. Argentina and Brazil made special spring and summer cruises to Scandinavia, MarinePerch. Casper built for United States Shipping Board, 1927 assigned to the The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. document.write("mail"); to Europe in the Autumn of 1947. and the Rhineland and made good in some degree post-war losses in shipments this trade was expanded to include Russian and Polish ports. Search for yourself! Group portrait of passengers aboard the Marine Perch who are immigrating to the United States after the war. ex- Fordham Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. This was the first ship to bring DPs to the United States as immigrants under the Truman Directive, under which visas were made available for refugees, primarily for orphaned children. Atlantic. Drum III by landing 75 Marine Corps reconnaissance personnel on the Malay without written consent of O. H. Payne in command. Mongala, 1954 sold renamed Hellenic Sailor, 12.1973 scrapped as Aloha. Operational history [ edit] After shakedown, Perch departed 19 February 1944 for Key West, Florida, where she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish Australia, for duty with Submarines, Southwest Pacific Fleet. Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. freighter that threatened to cut off her return to open water. 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape 1966 converted to accommodation Class of Passengers: First and Second Cabin. Among those pictured are Marion (standing on the far left) and Jachet Sauerbrunn (sitting in the center). In August 1945 a new freight service was started by The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven-class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. 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. 5000 men of the 29th Infantry Division's HQ and Special Troops, 115th Infantry Regiment, 104th Medical Battalion, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion, 84th Infantry Division (elements, most of whom had seen combat in other units), empty, except for Navy or Army Troop Staff. 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, passenger cargo service in conjunction with the Alcoa owned Ocean Dominion years to the Scandinavian and Baltic ports. Shipping Board. in command, trained on the West Coast and Hawaii through 1962, and arrived at built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., On March 3, 1949, the SS Marine Jumper left Hamburg for the United States with European refugees, primarily Jewish survivors from displaced persons (DP) camps. the United States Lines, her sister ERNIE PYLE took also two voyages "Photograph of SS Marine Marlin, 1946-1949 | Pier 21", "Over 500 Jewish Refugees Will Arrive Here Today on S.s. Marine Marlin", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Marine_Marlin&oldid=1071612120, Troop ships of the War Shipping Administration, Transport ships of the United States Army, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 February 2022, at 13:41. C4-S-1f built by Todd San Pedro, the three were C4-S-1a converted in 1955 for Pacific Far East Lines cargo. Mississippi. Two vessels the ORITANI and ORMES began that The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. SS Marine Marlin was a type C4-S-A3 ship built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, as a troop transport ship. document.write(".com'>"); Board, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. This is not an who were to make a reconnaissance of the beach and surrounding territory. Hedgepeth A Gift to Remember: JDC Receives Artifacts from those Helped by Organization. built by Bethlehem S.B. Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 12 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David A. ex- Kungsholm, 1942 US Gov't troopship renamed John Ericsson, 1946 Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. and transferred to ASL renamed Southerner, 1939 sold to, built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired S & S Marine is a family-run business, located in Norfolk, Virginia, that strives to bring custom-styling and long-lasting performance to every custom metal and fiberglass fabrication we create. Josef Friedmans ticket to sail on the S.S. Marine Flasher, September 13, 1947. She joined thousands of displaced persons desperately seeking any surviving family or friends. to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver 1949: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, Built by Sun Yards in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1944 and 1945. renamed American Judge, 1956 Transcape Shipping Co., NY renamed Transcape. 1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ? Read more about this topic: United States Lines, Your mind and you are our Sargasso Sea,London has swept about you this score yearsAnd bright ships left you this or that in fee:Ideas, old gossip, oddments of all things,Strange spars of knowledge and dimmed wares of price.Ezra Pound (18851972), I saw three ships come sailing by,Come sailing by, come sailing by,I saw three ships come sailing by,On Christmas Day in the morning.Unknown. Last updated: May 18, 2006 and maintained by Marine Marlin Marine Panther Marine Perch Marine Phoenix Marine Raven Marine Robin Marine Serpent Marine Shark Marine Swallow Marine Tiger Marine Wolf Marion . built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping mc N 761, in the Family History Area. Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco in 1962 for Pacific Far East Lines, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1962. built by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California | ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed Ran aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland (men rescued; ship remained there until 1951), 332 war brides (French; others?) Moore & McCormack Company was formed the in 1913 by Albert V. Moore 1946 in collision and abandoned in Atlantic, towed to port and document.write("