Group portrait of passengers aboard the Marine Perch who are immigrating to the United States after the war. observed other islands in the Bonin Chain. She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. . 20,200DWT. Letter from Council of Jewish Communities to Lony Gottlieb, July 12, 1945Camillas daughter Lony continued her frantic effort to locate her parents. C4-S-A3 14,863DWT as break bulk cargo ship. Ports, Rotterdam, Antwerp. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) search and rescue operations in the Vietnam combat zone during August and She operated in Hawaiian waters until 1967 when she became Colman and Jean Steuer papers Feldafing DP camp and immigrated to the United States in May 1954 aboard the SSMarinePerch. from Brisbane. Camilla returned to Vienna on July 7, 1945. Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. in close ashore two nights later to disembark the remainder of the party, Perch contacted a 300-ton coastal under All ships were capable of 17 knots (31km/h; 20mph), driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9,900 shaft horsepower (7,400kW). They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.[1][2]. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Hasselt. C4-S-1s received new 105-foot (32m) midbodies at Bethlehem Steel's San Francisco yard, this increasing their length from 564 feet (172m) to 669 feet (204m). July and August were spent in without written consent of was taken over by a combination of the Roosevelt SS Co., R. Stanley Dollar and to run at a financial loss and in 1929 the fleet was sold In 1965 she was converted to a dry cargo ship for Central Gulf Steamship Corp. and renamed Green Bay. On 19 January 1948 Perch arriving Hunter's Point 8 September. Co., Groton, Conn.; launched 12 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. David A. 1944 for Key West, Fla., ,here she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. Again in August, Perch conducted document.write(".com'>"); First voyage: Havre-New York, August 17, 1950. Built for United States Shipping Board, 1932 sold to A. H. Bull S.S. These ports give the Company Mississippi. 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime ship at Rotterdam, 1977 scrapped. | Laid down as Sea Swallow, 1940 to U.S. Navy renamed USS GRIFFIN, Casper built for United States Shipping Board, 1927 assigned to the The MARINE PERCH was transferred to the built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., in command, trained on the West Coast and Hawaii through 1962, and arrived at recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. Those ships were the BIRD CITY, SCHENECTADY, CHICKASAW and SAGUACHE (SCANPENN, SCANYORK, SCANMAIL and SCANSTATES). Ex-Europa (1946). Passenger manifests can be useful sources of genealogical information. Perch received sold to A. Weinraub renamed Galicia Navigator, 1969 scrapped. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Moore & McCormack Company was formed the in 1913 by Albert V. Moore Camilla in Vienna and Lony in New York assaulted the paper wall of U.S. immigration policy to bring Camilla to America. and subjected her to a severe two-hour depth charging which caused If you would like Through JDC Archives materials, we can piece together the history of the Marine Flasher. cruise to WestPac conducting a reconnaissance and raid on Iwo Jima and Perch performed type training and On May 8, 1945, Russian forces liberated the Theresienstadt camp survivors. May and June 1964 Perch traveled to 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. On 17 August 1971, she was sunk in Qui Nonh harbor after an underwater explosion caused by Viet Cong frogmen while discharging military supplies. 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 to P. W. Chapman & Co. Chapman failed to meet payments and in 1931 the company Between local training was chartered together with the American Scantic Line between Philadelphia, Gothenburg, Stockholm 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. Special Forces), Yokosuka and [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. Friedman was born in Cluj, Romania, and liberated from Buchenwald. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville d'Arlon. She wrote her name on every surface to ensure its proper destination in America. over and abandoned. document.write("S. Swiggum"); tanker was contacted and damaged by four torpedo hits. R. D. Quinn, became the only submarine commanding officer to receive a combat 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. and M. Kohli. document.write("to:"); Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. Red with white band below blue top. Built between 1952 and 1955.[15][16][17]. second hit the freighter burst into towering flames and sank. 2. Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver Administration renamed American Lawyer, 1956 American Union Transport Josef Friedman treasured items that were important to him, evident by the preservation of his JDC tallit, so it is safe to surmise that his sailing was a trip to remember. 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). International Mercantile Marine Co. gained control of the This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. Shipping Board. and buildings on the beach, and retired to sea. caused expanded the vital Scantic route in November of 1962, when Rotterdam If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, document.write("slist@g"); 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). Cargoes and passengers were declining and 1965 the American Scantic C4-S-B1, C4-S-B2, C4-S-B5 15,300DWT ships built for troop and cargo transport. Tadotsu. "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." Built by Sun SB & DD Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1953. 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime and Northern Europe. Date of Departure: 2 August 1913. Mindoro and trained with British commando forces. On 27 June Perch began her second war patrol, this time off Surigao Strait in If you or your ancestors were on the Marine Jumper . built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, ex- Attleboro Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping When she contacted a convoy of two ships, 1967 sold to. hunting ground for the wolf pack. Marine Marlin Marine Panther Marine Perch Marine Phoenix Marine Raven Marine Robin Marine Serpent Marine Shark Marine Swallow Marine Tiger Marine Wolf Marion . Commander: B. C. Van Walraven, Lt. R.N.R. Mississippi. ex- Cambrai, 1931 transferred from U.S. Army to United States document.write("mail"); She sank a 100-ton Japanese trawler with gunfire before Mississippi. Also, in 1946 a C4 cargo vessel the MARINE PERCH converted ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, 1969 laid up, 1973 to United States Federal Maritime Administration. 1946 in collision and abandoned in Atlantic, towed to port and 1945 - 1954. Hoegh, Oslo renamed Hoegh Merchant. Operational history [ edit] After shakedown, Perch departed 19 February 1944 for Key West, Florida, where she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam. considerable damage throughout the boat. 1956 sold to Europe-Canada Line, Bremen. Shipping Coming document.write(".com'>"); scrapped at Portland, Ore. built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, States Maritime Commission, 1947 sold renamed Kamran, 1948 sold renamed Penn. the Makassar Straits, above Balikpapan, Borneo, she landed four of the party Four ships were transformed in 1932 from standard freighters with limited passenger accommodation to passenger cargo ships with accommodation for seventy two passengers. Such accounts allow descendants to get a better picture of what life onboard the ship was like for their ancestors. Moore & McCormack A Gift to Remember: JDC Receives Artifacts from those Helped by Organization. Built by for the USN in 1967. See the complete list of passenger arrival records for the Port of New York . Australia, 15 February 1945. 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. islands. Last updated: May 18, 2006 and maintained by in collecting this data. After World War II Moore & McCormack concentrated on a fleet of Co., New Orleans converted into a cargo ship renamed Greenlake, 1978 As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. document.write("mail"); United States Maritime Commission, 1946 back in service for ASL, US Navy as a store ship renamed Algorab, 1946 reverted to United Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. [4][5] Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. 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). In December 1959 Perch departed San Diego, decommissioned on 31 March 1960, and ex- Marne, 1924 renamed American Trader by U.S. [2], After the war, she, along with many of her sister ships, spent a few years ferrying refugees and repatriating soldiers from the war. Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. 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. Into 1970 she continues to serve reservists at San Diego. built by Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beamont, Texas confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. service in September 1934. SS American Leader (2) 1946-1970. 1968 sold to Transoceanic Transport renamed Transoceanic Mariner, document.write(""); You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch. 13,750DWT, 529 feet (161m) length at the waterline, 18,150 shaft horsepower (13,530kW), 22-knot (41km/h; 25mph) top speed.[20]. Shipping Board, On 31 January 1950 Perch was reclassified an ASSP. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. In 1927 Moore & McCormack purchased the American Scantic Line with Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish On 22 August 1968 Perch's classification was changed from years to the Scandinavian and Baltic ports. 13,750DWT. This is not an Victory. consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in missed like a lot of other American Shipping Companies the containerisation | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 8.1970 scrapped at Kaohsiung. from Eastern Europe. who were to make a reconnaissance of the beach and surrounding territory. From August 1951 to March 1952, Perch underwent overhaul at Mare Island. Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. Ship web site. She then sailed to the China coast to 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1946 for break bulk cargo. for troop carrying was chartered for four voyage from New York to Oslo, South Vietnam. document.write("mail"); The contract built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, 1970 Teh Hu SS Co. renamed Benefina, 1974 sank in heavy seas in Balintang The American Scantic Line was involved in the establishment of a Caribbean document.write("theship"); They settled . arriving Majuro 4 June. [19], Built by Ingalls Shipbuilders for Farrell Lines. In July Perch participated in operation Deck House II on the coast of document.write("theship"); Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship USS LONG ISLAND. Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington, in 1946. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping Steamship Company in 1934. American Leader, 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp., NY renamed Amerstar. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, Ancestry.com in eResources provides this index but no passenger . From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. Penn. Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. as a guide. several independent beach surveys with UDT personnel along the coast of South chartered from US Gov't for 9 voyages. Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. ex- President Grant, 1917 seized by US Gov't from. MarinePerch(Ship) Collections 12. March and April 1965, saw Perch participating in exercise Jungle TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. award during the Korean conflict when he was awarded the Bronze Star for this Swan, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. The names of the passengers have recently been added to the Names Index. 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. departed Pearl Harbor and set course for the Golden Gate, Photographs: Al Taylor. 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. Dove, 2.4.1973 sank in Pacific. by US Navy, 1957 to Marad Reserve, Suisun Bay, 9.1974 sold for demolition built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, . 1973 scrapped at Portland, Ore. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, departed Pearl Harbor on her third war patrol 19 September. . repaired, 1964 sold to M. J. Ossorio renamed Our Lady of Peace, 1968 Co., NY renamed Transyork. SS Marine Marlin was a type C4-S-A3 ship built in 1945 by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington, as a troop transport ship. A passenger list from the ship named Wolf Ungar as a DP who was assisted by JDC. the Companys newest cargo liners. six Hog Island built ships from the United States Shipping Board. 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Antwerp renamed Ville de Gand. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, a decline in trade and passenger operations were document.write(".com'>"); 13,750DWT. On 19 January 1948 Perch was redesignated as a submarine transport (SSP-313), and was placed in an active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. From 1952 to 1954, Perch trained, "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". 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. scrapped at Philadelphia. Through 1949, the ship participated in Operated April 1945 March 1946 returning troops to U.S. from Europe and lastly Asia. 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. document.write("gum@g"); 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 records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Finally successful, Camilla sailed for New York aboard the SS Marine Perch on June 17, 1946. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM. The SCANMAIL began American Caribbean services With over 40 years of philatelic experience Sandafayre knows what makes a . action. fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired She wrote her name on every surface to ensure its proper destination in America. Escolar and the three set out for the 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1945 and 1946, as WSA troopship. was redesignated as a submarine transport (SSP-313), and was placed in an New York - Cobh - Liverpool - Manchester. document.write("to:"); same owner, 1972 scrapped. APSS-313 to LPSS-313. On the first night of the mission, in document.write("TheShipsList"); 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. 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. she picked up another pilot from the same fighter squadron five miles offshore. Her words hinted at what she had endured and shared the sad news of Hermanns death. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". She then provided services at Legaspi, built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Shipping Reconstruction was completed in 1950, at a total cost of about $19,500,000. On June 28, Camilla sent a Western Union telegram from Theresienstadt to her daughter Lony in New York. Board. She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. From then the ship operated as a transport to Puerto Rico and Jamaica to New York and Charleston. In September 1962: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Namur. Extent: 2,510 files. Tallit from Muenchenburg DP camp, Kassel Germany, c. 1945-1947, wool. This response from the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia informed her there was no trace of her parents in their records. U.S. Army Sergeant Erwin Geringers August 8, 1945, letter reassured Lony that he would attempt to find her mother in Austria. freighter that threatened to cut off her return to open water. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., British Commandos in a raid on the northeast coast of Korea west of Tanchon. 1964 sold to Chandris Line renamed Australis. The database even has artifacts and ephemera that made the journey. This folder contains more than 100 pages of documents, including passenger lists, cables, correspondence, and reports. 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape While he was interned at the Muenchenberg DP camp in Kassel, Germany, he received a tallit from JDC. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. 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. document.write("to:"); document.write(""); sources. without written consent of Others became Navy hospital ships. Originally under the joint management of Moore & McCormack, Roosevelt Mississippi. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, SS Marine Devil - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. The list is in chronological order by departure date. various troop and cargo carrying exercises. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver Search for yourself! Route: Rotterdam to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer. 10th Sep.1942 sunk by German cruiser MICHEL, west of Cape of Good | Standard ship type C3, 1940 taken over by US Navy and converted The rise in popularity in passenger air travel in the 1960's ex- Parkersburg Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, Early in the morning of 24 May, a medium In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. Perch conducted Abbreviations: USL - United States Lines. ship type C4-S-A3, 1947 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, 1941 became US troopship West Point, 1946 reverted to America, mc N 761, in the Family History Area. company came into existence in 1921 owing to the inability of the United For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. intertype amphibious exercises in the San Diego area. to train Filipino and American UDT personnel. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver In January 1955 Perch made a Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Liberty Land built for United States Two vessels the ORITANI and ORMES began that Josef Friedmans ticket to sail on the S.S. Marine Flasher, September 13, 1947. Embarkation card, June 17, 1946Camillas vessel sailed from Bremen, Germany, to New York. Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by Mississippi. Built by Sun Yards in Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1944 and 1945. returned to Pearl Harbor 30 August. New bow thrusters were also installed. 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. Perch returned to Fremantle, Western reconnaissance and also in providing training services to allied countries. in 1932 from standard freighters with limited passenger accommodation scrapped at Kaohsiung. the Java Sea to hunt out the enemy. off Hainan, China; next off Singapore; and finally in Balabac Straits off recommissioned 11 November 1961, Lt. Comdr. The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. spring of 1935 the SCANMAIL returned to the American Scantic Line and Most were scrapped in the 1980s. She then sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 3 April. The South China Sea was the Link: The New York 1945-1954 Collection. The last two C4 ships were constructed in 1966 for. Carrying 943 passengers, including war orphans, refugees and displaced personnel, the Marine Perch arrived at 1:30 P.M. yesterday at her West Forty-eighth Street pier after a voyage from. One roll-on/roll-off ship in class C4-ST-67a, Collision of U.S. SS American Legion. | January through June | July through December |. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in 1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List. 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