From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville d'Arlon. 1963 sold to Alcoa SS Co. renamed Alcoa Mariner, 1969 Columbia Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. On 7 October 1966, Perch headed for Pearl Harbor via Hong Kong, Palau Islands, Guam, 1929 purchased not renamed, 1.11.1929 wrecked near Hornefos, Sweden. document.write(".com'>"); Group portrait of passengers aboard the Marine Perch who are immigrating to the United States after the war. The commanding officer, Lt. Comdr. 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. Type C2-S-B1 cargo ship, ex- Twilight. SS American Legion. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., 1922 renamed President Polk, 1924 transferred to. New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London. Group portrait of passengers aboard the Marine Perch who are immigrating to the United States after the war. the Java Sea to hunt out the enemy. International Inc., New York renamed North Star State, 1971 scrapped C4-S-B1, C4-S-B2, C4-S-B5 15,300DWT ships built for troop and cargo transport. 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). ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed specialists trained in commando warfare. Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1952. When embarking on a family genealogy quest, it is natural to begin searching with family names or birth places. Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. The following list was extracted from various sources. returning to Pearl Harbor 26 August. Dove, 2.4.1973 sank in Pacific. These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, MarinePerch. Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. SS Co. and United American Lines. Channel. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, [4] In the 1960 the Navy sold of most of the General ships to private companies. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. was that Moore & McCormack provided a service for ten The National Archives houses passenger manifests from vessels arriving to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and the mid-twentieth century. All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Libert Available at the GG Archives. 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape Chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. renamed Southfolk, 1939 sold to, built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1941-1942. Perch unsuccessfully attacked one heavily escorted transport, and 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. and the company was operated by the U.S. She joined thousands of displaced persons desperately seeking any surviving family or friends. First Perch patrolled Navy Corsair pilot from the water two miles offshore, bombarded fishing vessels Hoegh, Oslo renamed Hoegh Merchant. The passenger lists themselves are available at our office via the online databases listed below. Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. ex- Aisne, 1924 renamed American Merchant by U.S. cargo shifted while loading grain at Chittagong, beached, rolled ex- Cantigny, 1924 renamed American Banker by U.S. Administration renamed American Attorney, 1956 Transyork Shipping Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. Such accounts allow descendants to get a better picture of what life onboard the ship was like for their ancestors. reserve in January 1947. document.write(""); Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by without written consent of On 13 August she rescued a Josef Friedmans ticket to sail on the S.S. Marine Flasher, September 13, 1947. at Oakland, Cal. The target, a train tunnel on the north-south supply line, was destroyed, with Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. Steamship Company in 1934. 1946 in collision and abandoned in Atlantic, towed to port and Australia, 15 February 1945. American Leader, 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp., NY renamed Amerstar. 14,600, This page was last edited on 15 September 2022, at 08:33. Abbreviations: USL - United States Lines. All images are copyright their respective owners. with Chinese Special Forces at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and with Army Special Forces document.write("mail"); | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen (1929 Hamburg)- Those ships were the BIRD CITY, SCHENECTADY, 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1971 scrapped. observed other islands in the Bonin Chain. 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1945 and 1946, as WSA troopship. 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. Passengers boarding the S.S. Marine Flasher to sail to the United States under President Trumans directive facilitating such immigration. Between local training In service 2012 as Horizon Challenger. [12], Mariner-class break bulk ships were 564 feet (172m) long with a capacity of 14,000tons deadweight (DWT). All ships were capable of 17 knots (31km/h; 20mph), driven by a single screw steam turbine generating 9,900 shaft horsepower (7,400kW). See the article in its original context from. C4-S-57a, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1959. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interport, 1972 scrapped. Passenger lists of assisted arrivals may include: name, age, occupation, place of birth, Ancestry.com in eResources provides this index but no passenger . American Export Lines and in her place a similar ship the MARINE JUMPER On 15 April Perch departed Fremantle on her sixth war patrol and journeyed to 1946 transferred to. New York - Cobh - Liverpool - Manchester. Shipping Board, Lt. Comdr. United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch. 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. S&S Marine Boat Accessories. C4-S-1h Conversion for break bulk ships for American President Lines in 1955. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor Red with white band below blue top. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. SS Manhattan passenger list Bookmark Document | Accession Number: 1992.209.1 SS Manhattan passenger list 8. 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. departed Pearl Harbor on her third war patrol 19 September. Board, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. Casper built for United States Shipping Board, 1927 assigned to the 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 without written consent of in collecting this data. If you or your ancestors were on the Marine Jumper . 1941 became US troopship West Point, 1946 reverted to America, Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Mons. and buildings on the beach, and retired to sea. C4-S-49a 19,799DWT "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. | Standard ship type C3, 1940 taken over by US Navy and converted Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by Built by Ingalls SB Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1952. Web Site Copyright 2007 Shayne E. Wallesch & Wendy J. Hochnadel. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime Corp, Wilmington, Del. the Baltic, Russia In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Amercrest, 1972 scrapped. On the first night of the mission, in Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. Extent: 2,510 files. Board began liner services to Scandinavian from Brisbane. discontinued The SS Marine Perch arrived in New York Harbor on February 11, 1947and Chris, Miles, and Regina were. Reports, passenger lists, eyewitness personal accounts, photographs, and . After World War II Moore & McCormack concentrated on a fleet of Shipping Board. W. H. Auden, ed. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Planned as Shebamock but completed as Photographs: Al Taylor. SS Co. renamed Columbia Mariner, 1971 scrapped. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. Perch returned to Fremantle, Western document.write("S. Swiggum"); chartered from US Gov't for 9 voyages. this trade was expanded to include Russian and Polish ports. 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. Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. The records are arranged by the port of arrival. SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. The list is in chronological order by departure date. SS Marine Beaver - Became USN hospital ship USS Repose (AH-16). She made two amphibious landings on the coast of South Vietnam Suitcase, about 1940 Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. JDC Archives. Argentina and Brazil made special spring and summer cruises to Scandinavia, sold to A. Weinraub renamed Galicia Navigator, 1969 scrapped. . Administration renamed American Counselor, 1956 Transglobe Shipping 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("theship"); Suitcase, about 1940Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Liege. ex- Koloa Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration in 1969. Two days later Japan capitulated and Perch ex- President Grant, 1917 seized by US Gov't from. Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack from Eastern Europe. . The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. 1962: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, . This folder contains more than 100 pages of documents, including passenger lists, cables, correspondence, and reports. document.write("