were quite different from those pictured above. to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A Ive been contacted by twelve passengers who were on the ship at the same time as me and my family. On February5, 2014, Taylor was scheduled to enter the Black Sea along with Mount Whitney in support of the Sochi Olympics. On 5 April 1949, USAT General C. C. Ballou departed Naples with 859 displaced persons from Europe for resettlement in Australia arriving 29 April 1949 at Melbourne. [1] Benjamin F. Isherwood, later Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the American Civil War, served on General Taylor in 184647. Her early duties consisted mainly of carrying troops, dependents, and large numbers of European refugees. the first time in my life I had oranges, bananas, nickel Cokes in bottles Another long story that could be a book by itself. Take care, Hermann H. Hermann H. Im Gerda Konyen. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by If you remember from my previous email I was four when we landed in NY on April 12, 1952. Steam was supplied by an iron flue boiler at an average working pressure of 20 psi. The General W.M. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International 28 August 1942 | 30 September 1943, Anchor Log [1], In September 2010, Taylor was buzzed by a Russian Tu-95 bomber. While holding onto the rope with one hand he was dangling on the ocean side of the railing. I dont think it helped. I remember the soldiers giving me salted peanuts to combat seasickness. General Taylor had a length of 105 feet (32 m), a beam of 17 feet 6inches (5.33 m), a draft of 6 feet 6 inches and a hold depth of 8 feet 6inches (2.59 m). Gerhard Maroscher "DP's on Way in 6 Months," New York Times, July 10, 1948 They also came to the US on the USNS Ballou from Bremerhaven to New York City in Dec 1950. Following World War II USS General Henry W. Butner was assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949, redesignated USS General Henry W. Butner (T-AP-113) USS General Henry W. Butner performed Occupation duty and China Service for the following periods: [1], In July 1844, General Taylor was used to convey abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Key West to the Pensacola Navy Yard, where he was handed over to local authorities and charged with slave stealing. Subsequently, from April 1946 until 1949 USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) sailed from West Coast ports and shuttled troops and supplies to and from Japan, China, Guam, and Hawaii. USS Taylor Anchor Log 1942-1955 7 June 1942 to 20 August 1955. Commissioned October 13 1943 - Decommissioned 1949. Our names are listed on lines 7, 8, 9, and 10. Information usually available includes name of enlistee, occupation specialty . - 2002. Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership. I am in a positive-shock state-of-mindyou are the first person I have connected with that was on that voyage to AmericaI am so very grateful that we connectedwe will speak again soon. Maybe we saw each other? Good luck. during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage As a sunken ship, she is the largest artificial reef in the world, next to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. This letter brought a rush of memories, since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. Seq No Surname Forename 1 ABELE Aina 2 . ", My parents heard the streets in I keep thinking another voyage like that would really help me lose weight. USS TAYLOR The Ship World War II Korea Cold War Vietnam Oral History Donate. Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. I remember the huge waves. My family were refugees from Poland and had been in a DP camp outside of Munich for 4 years. Do you recall some of the other descriptions of our trip across the angry North Atlantic that I describe in my book? My sister-in-laws family (Konyens from Zendresch, Romania) also were on this same ship on the same date (sailed from Bremerhaven on 3-31-1952, arrived in NYC on 4-12-1952.) reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. [6], Taylor was decommissioned on May 8, 2015, and subsequently transferred to Taiwan,[7][8] where the ship was commissioned by the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Ming-chuan (, PFG-1112) on November8, 2018. [citation needed]. Museum is open from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm 365 days a year. Many got sea-sick. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American The Ship Cold War R. L. Howze. of greeting reached a crescendo. USS Merrimack: T-AO-37: USS Kankakee: T-AO-39: USS Mattaponi: T-AO-41: USS Monongahela . The sleeping quarters smelled terribly. left via Italy or Shanghai. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. [3], General Taylor was purchased at New York by the War Department in 1840 and was used as a transport and supply ship during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The ISTG Compass began to guide researchers in September 1999, and is an invaluable research site for genealogists. I was eight and remember it well. In 1940 we resettled to Austria, then part of the Deutsches Reich after the Anschluss in 1939. Hello Gerhard, Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Portraits are generally organized alphabetically by surname within each division or department. Sold April 10 1987 for scrap. USNS Gen. Harry Taylor: T-AP 145: USNS Gen W. F. Hase: T-AP 146 . I reside in Bucks Co, PA. men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. My Baba who is 93 remembers it like it was yesterday! One of them came on the same trip as me and my family, departing March 31, 1952. Prior to her Navy service, she operated as a transport and supply vessel during the Second Seminole War . Ship USS General Blatchford 1949-1950 Passenger Lists Can anyone help with finding the passenger lists for the USS General Blatchford arriving in Sydney Australia in 1949-1950. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Kbert-77 Additional comment actions There is this websiteand it has the General Blatchford. How do I find the manifest? Then after two round-trip voyages to India and back to New York with returning soldiers and sailors, the ship sailed 13 January 1946 for a voyage that was to take her around the world visiting Calcutta, Manila, and other ports before mooring at San Francisco 8 March with over 3,000 troops. There was Attorney Up to 2015, Taylor was homeported at Naval Station Mayport, and was part of Destroyer Squadron 14. I was wondering how you were able to locate the manifest for your voyage. [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before.[1]. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2016 and may NOT be Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston 6 January 1955 to 29 March 1956, Anchor Log This resulted in Operation Magic Carpet. Seeing our names on the inbound (to NY) passenger manifest is quite exciting. Army Transport Service and its successor, Military Sea Transportation Service, 1947USAT General Stuart Heintzelman 28 November, 1948USAT General Stewart 14 February USAT General Black 27 AprilSS Maetsuycker 27 JuneSS Svalbard 30 JuneSS Wooster Victory 6 SeptemberSS Charlton Sovereign 29 SeptemberProtea 29 SeptemberSS Kanimbla 11 OctoberSS Napoli 15 OctoberSS Svalbard 29 OctoberSS Wooster Victory 17 NovemberSS Toscana 21 DecemberProtea 22 December, 1949SS Svalbard 15 JanuarySS Napoli 19 JanuarySS Partizanka 4 FebruarySS Volendam 4 FebruarySS Ugolino Vivaldi 9 FebruarySS Nea Hellas 23 FebruarySS Wooster Victory 15 MarchProtea 18 MarchCastel Bianco 20 MarchUSAT General Omar Bundy 20 MarchSS Partizanka 29 MarchSS Toscana 8 AprilUSAT General Stewart 13 AprilSS Dundalk Bay 16 AprilSS Svalbard 20 AprilSS Amarapoora 21 AprilUSAT General Ballou 29 AprilSS Mozaffari 21 MaySS Ugolino Vivaldi 24 MaySS Wooster Victory 24 MayCastel Bianco 17 MaySS Oxfordshire 25 MaySS Luciano Manara 29 MaySS Skaugum 31 MayProtea 6 JuneFairsea 8 JuneSS Surriento 16 JuneUSAT General Langfitt 17 JuneAnna Salen 22 JuneSS Goya 23 JuneUSAT General Black 25 JuneSS Svalbard 27 JuneUSAT General Omar Bundy 8 JulySS Toscana 25 JulySS Amarapoora 28 JulySS Skaugum 28 JulySS Wooster Victory 1 AugustSS Castel Bianco 3 AugustSS Napoli 10 AugustSS Oxfordshire 11 AugustFairsea 19 AugustSS Sebastiano Caboto 22 AugustSS Anna Salen 24 AugustSS Surriento 6 SeptemberSS Dundalk Bay 14 SeptemberSS Ugolino Vivaldi 19 SeptemberUSAT General Langfitt 22 SeptemberSS Skaugum 28 SeptemberSS Wooster Victory 5 OctoberSS Svalbard 8 OctoberUSAT General Greely 12 OctoberCanberra 16 OctoberFairsea 19 OctoberAmarapoora 20 OctoberCastel Bianco 24 OctoberSS Anna Salen 25 OctoberSS Toscana 7 NovemberUSAT General Blatchford 11 NovemberUSAT General Haan 15 NovemberSS Dundalk Bay 21 NovemberSS Oxfordshire 22 NovemberSS Ugolino Vivaldi 22 NovemberSS Surriento 26 NovemberUSAT General Hersey 6 DecemberUSAT General Black 13 DecemberUSAT General Howse 17 DecemberSS Castel Bianco 29 DecemberFairsea 31 December, 1950SS Skaugum 6 JanuarySS Volendam 19 JanuarySS Toscana 20 JanuarySS Sebastiano Caboto 23 JanuarySS Sydney 7 FebruarySS Surriento 10 FebruaryUSAT General C. Langfitt 14 FebruarySS Ugolino Vivaldi 23 FebruarySS Cyrenia 2 MarchSS Fairsea 2 MarchSS Oxfordshire 6 MarchSS Dundalk Bay 29 MarchSS Nicol Bay 29 MarchSS Sebastiano Caboto 16 AprilSS Surriento 28 AprilSS Sibajak 15 MaySS Toscana 16 MaySS Castel Bianco 17 MaySS Napoli 28 MaySS Ugolino Vivaldi 8 JuneSS Nelly 12 JuneSS Oxfordshire 16 JuneSS Surriento 12 JulySS Skaugum 14 JulySS Sebastiano Caboto 16 JulySS Sibajak 17 AugustSS Skaugum 29 SeptemberSS Ugolino Vivaldi 29 SeptemberSS Surriento 4 OctoberSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 13 OctoberSS Toscana 14 OctoberSS Sebastiano Caboto 24 OctoberUSAT General M.L. I have looked online to find more information for years. 11 December 1951 to 26 March 1954, Personnel Diary easiest part of an overseas assignment, spongebob musical tour 2022, lake oahe water level forecast, Hull dimensions remained the same trip as me and my family, March. An iron flue boiler at an average working pressure of 20 psi vessel during Second! 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