Despite these important efforts, the primary duty of the Rose remained transporting troops and their families between America and Europe. Page made 6 March 2006 The dependents lined up behind the lifeboats. Visitors at the 5th International Exhibition and Conference for Horticultural and Floricultural Production and Processing Technology in Vietnam. The sailors said that it was the worst they had ever seen. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. We debarked by landing craft at Vung Tau after about 35 days. One source states the Army had 30 junior mine planters by 1919. She then took part in the occupation of Japan between August 1945 and March 1946 when she made five voyages from the U. S. west coast to the western Pacific, carrying occupation troops and relief personnel for veterans returning home. Passengers got involved in the story and had great fun trading issues back and forth to be able to read each installment. Army owned vessels of the core fleet are quite clear, even though some of those switched between Army and Navy during the war. The ex-Coast Artillery ships involved in mine planting were military crewed. It certainly was an exciting adventure for an 8 yr. old boy. please feel free to contribute that information as well. The exhibition also features many activities such as seminars, the third fruit and vegetable export forum, Grower Talks, business matching, international flower and Viet Nam fruit showcase The Netherlands is the partner country with 33 of its enterprises taking part. Simon B. Buckner and USNS General Simon B. Buckner the Curator to share or discuss or with any questions! An Army band was there to greet us and when the soldiers were disembarking they played the song "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now". That is why I enlisted. ( more) Welcome Aboard! I was given some pills and a supply of paper bags to take with me as I traveled the ship. She was redesignated T-AP-113 in October 1949. Good memories!! ten more trips from New York to Bremerhaven and Southampton. I don't remember any rough crossings as described by others, nothing like the seas I had seen on weather patrol off Iceland and Greenland in the Coast Guard, where heavy seas came over the bow.". ", Shipboard, USS Gen. Maurice Rose, October 1953 (courtesy of Dick Bergman). However, they were born too early and did not survive. Guys were walking around with paper bags. February 1947 and renamed her USAT General Maurice Rose. People loved it, and I got a lot of compliments for someone elses idea. That's how bad it was. My military memories are some of my most cherished human experiences. [35], Army F-ships (100-dwt) were little freighters built on the lines of a Dutch wooden shoe and had a capacity of about 100 tons with a maximum speed of 8 knots. For example, the 1918 registry, Merchant Vessels of the United States, under its Quartermaster vessels section lists some 33 small passenger and freight steamers, many former commercial vessels, ranging from the 72.1ft (22.0m) Peterson[131] to the 185ft (56.4m) El Aguila. We sailed from New Jersey on December 20, 1951 and arrived in Bremerhaven Germany on 2 January 1952. All served in the Southwest Pacific Area. [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. In July and August the transport carried troops The ships were fitted with machine tools, cranes, and all the equipment necessary for a machine shop, including welding, radiator, tank, wood, patterns, blue print, electrical, fabric and dope, paint, air-conditioned instrument and camera shops, radio, battery, propeller, tires and fuel cells, armament and turrets, plating, radar, carburetor, and turbo-super-charger. in Germany from 1945 to 1989. In 1951 the ship continued to sail from California to Yokohama and Guam in support of the UN war effort in Korea until she left San Francisco for Galveston, Texas, 29 June. Cunard Transportation Services Cabin Fever Armed Forces Family History Troops Maurices Fleet New York Skyline [96], Prior to World War II the Army operated a number of passenger and freight vessels for local transport between installations located on water. 11-03-07 - Added information on 26 crossings. The ship also served as a troopship in the occupation of Japan, leaving San Francisco 5 January 1946 she made four voyages carrying troops to the Pacific stopping at Yokohama, Shanghai, Tsingtao, and other ports in support of US efforts to stabilize the China situation and to occupy Japan. The crossing was so rough that the passengers renamed the ship on the spot as the USNT Up-Chuck. [22], See "The Forgotten Voyage of the USARS Duluth: Recalling a Coast Guard-Manned Vessel That Fell Through the Cracks of World War II History"[23] for one of the few descriptions of these vessels in service. Among those in the 1918 register were Major L'Enfant, a steamer that served on the Potomac and burned in Baltimore on 3 December 1919[131][132][133] and General Meigs, a Quartermaster Corps passenger and freight steamer built in 1892 by John H. Dialogue & Son, Camden New Jersey, and serving in the early 20th century with a name given to much larger ships later. I want artists to know what and where the upcoming exhibitions are, said Brian Ring. amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "justinmuseum-20"; Patterson, Army JAG. During World War I they were often used to transport troops from training camps to embarkation piers, particularly at the New York Port of Embarkation. We were, according to naval personnel, about to divert to the S.O.S. [131][134], A class of small coastal and inter-island freighters during World War II were first designated "FP" for "freight and passenger" with early acquisitions being a variety of commercial hulls. Future visions for HCMC's largest channel. The tug Sirius is assisting. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman AP-126 then transited to New York, where in May 1946 she was decommissioned and transferred to the Army. A pregnant woman went into labor off the coast of Newfoundland, and she was taken aboard the Maurice Rose because they had a medical facility on board. During one such voyage, the ship carried much of the Third Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, which boarded in mid-December 1966 and arrived at Vung Tau late on December 31 to debark in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 1967 for train transport inland. Joe Merill, was one such man, "I took this ship from Brooklyn to Hamburg in November. I am a rancher and still work today. Harbor tugs were Small Tugs (ST). ), Thanks for letting me tell my story,and to all who sailed on her god bless you all. amzn_assoc_asins = "1483426955"; The far-ranging transport departed France with troops 12 June, and arrived back in Norfolk 20 June. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen das brandneue Lego 41027 einfhren zu drfen! He launched his art blog for artistic purposes, not for commercial gain. Upon her return to New York, She arrived in San Pedro 6 October 1944. She named the boy Maurice and the girl Rose. After A large number of highly varied commercial tugs were taken into Army service above those constructed to Army designs and Army tugs of prewar design dating to the early 1900s. Note: "Admiral' and "General" transports were P2 transport design variants, not an indicator of service affiliation. If you are interested in the histories of merchant ships that served during WWII (as well as during other wars) in any capacity or that were lost due to wartime activities, please watch for our sister site "Liners and Merchant Ships At War" that is currently under construction. World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". Web Site Copyright 2007 Shayne E. Wallesch & Wendy J. Hochnadel. But for any American Soldier who never took that ride through the English Channel, and stood on the deck while the ship was being navigated through the Weser River to Bremen, I'm sorry to say, it was indeed your loss. I doubt that an American could go anywhere in the world today, in 2007, and get that kind of welcome now. Roy Stanley Geiger, born 25 January 1885 in Middleburg, Fla., enlisted in the Marine Corps 2 November 1907 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant 5 February 1909. amzn_assoc_region = "US"; The same wasn't true for friends of mine who came across soon afterwards on the USNT Upchurch. John J. Keegan also sailed the Channel on the Rose. I think it was the Rose, I was about 15 (9th grade). We were on the USS Rose on trip over to Germany in 1958. E-mail Also in 1959, Ralph Baker "traveled on the U.S.N.S. Soon after, Merle Rouillard had another rough journey on what may have been the Rose, when he "came back to the States, in February of 66 I think, from Bremerhaven to N.Y. [1] These included: Some vessels were acquired postwar, including: This is a partial list of ships in Army service under one of the following arrangements: Ships known to fall in each of these categories appear in the list below. General H. W. Butner began a regular schedule from Brooklyn, New York, to Southampton and Bremerhaven soon afterward, supporting American military commitments in Europe. ", The soldier went on to say, "The ship was rolling way over. USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123) Approaching her berth at Columbus Quay, Bremerhaven, West Germany. USAREUR Charts - USNS Buckner Troopship. He always talked about how rough it was. As we pulled out of NY harbor and passed the Statue of Liberty I felt a real sense of patriotism. "I was on this ship on our way to Viet Nam in Dec. of 1966. The 20 dry cargo barges originally intended for bauxite were taken by the Army and 17 were used in the southwest Pacific for storehouses. Troop ship buckner going to germany 1961. Attentively, this year, artists from the military art troupes of Military Regions 1, 2, and 7, and more have been chosen for the Army of Culture team. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". We watched them go down the gangplank with their heavy dufflebags. I wore it the whole time we were on the ship, and then some. She was redesignated T-AP-113 in October 1949. In previous years, the Army of Culture team obtained remarkable achievements. 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. CSM (Maintenance) ships, in addition to acting as CS ships, were also equipped for radio repair operations to supply floating maintenance. Approximately 20 MSTS (nucleus and controlled) ships called at Bremerhaven and other ports served by MSTSO Bremerhaven each month. Web Site Copyright 2007 Shayne E. Wallesch & Wendy J. Hochnadel. The three-day exhibition, set to take place until Friday, is being held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in District 7. I recall the service was conducted by Chaplin Fink. As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. [1] Those under other arrangements continued operating as SS NAME. The Army did name a number of its non P2 type ships, many pre war, after generals. It made me, after all these years, a little sad to see the first words, 'scrapped in 2000. WSA 6 Aug 42, sub BB same date to War Dept until 9 Oct 45. General Maurice Rose from Bremerhaven, Germany to New York, returning from a 31 month tour in southern France. The mimeographed paper was hard to read. The storm we experienced was as bad as the 1955 storm (related below). The Banner ran a news digest from the radio room every day, and had a lot of canned content used on every nine day voyage. amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; I do not remember going back on deck for the rest of the trip until we reached Bremerhaven, but it was January and probably no one was allowed on deck. I think it was the Rose, I was about 15 (9th grade). Participating businesses will have the opportunity to meet and discuss directly with potential customers as well asenhance promotion and export activities for this promising market. It took us seventeen days to cross and Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C. Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99'). 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. of the 9th Infantry Division., was one of those aboard. I had commissary duties, so I had access to 7-up and soda crackers! "I sailed in her to and from Germany when I was in the Army. The ship was converted for its new role at a cost of $4.5 million. My older sister said she would sit on the floor of our cabin and as the ship would roll, she would slide around on the floor. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. ", Mr. Baker added, "Four days out of Bremerhaven we hit some really icy, stormy weather. . [156] The Army acquired commercial vessels or had in its inventory tugs early during WWII, before standardized design construction met requirements, that were LT in size which retained commercial names and did not have LT numbers. After exiting the canal I was part of an honor guard for a funeral for a deceased MSTS Master who had desired to have his ashes spread in the Atlantic. There were men scrambling all over, divers, cable running all over the deck, they were trying to hoist the shaft up and stop the flooding, a kitchen guy came on deck to throw the trash out and the wind caught it and it flew up on deck and stuck to the greasy cables, what a mess. I remember it so well. in March with troops and supplies for the Southwest Pacific, then This listing is a "work in progress" and additions will be made as they become known to us. He was not too happy about that due to the fact that he was so thrilled to be sailing on a first class ship -- finally. Never reactivated, General Maurice Rose was transferred to the permanent custody of the Maritime Administration in July 1971 and moved to that agency's James River Reserve Fleet, in Virginia. Digital photographs[11] of a few of these vessels in Army service are provided at the Naval History and Heritage Command. How are you supposed to clean in that? USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123). The sixth, James B. Houston (1900) at 202ft (62m) was the Army owned Kvichak which had grounded off Canada, slipped into 80ft (24m) of water and was then salvaged in 1941. concerning USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123), USAT General I was a young airman being deployed to Germany. Powers. The bow itself was at least twenty stories tall! Two years ago I wrote about The Buckner Banner. General H. W. Butner was decommissioned 28 January 1960 at Bayonne. Thus she completed a circuit of the earth, though, in the meantime, she had steamed a distance equal to six times its diameter while supporting wartime operations. The USNS Rose is one of them. Troop Ship I went to Vietnam on along with my outfit. I rode the USNS Simone Bolivar Buckner to Germany and home two years later. Dieser Artikel wurde entwickelt, um den Bedrfnissen unserer Kunden entsprechend zu werden und bietet eine Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen. ". reinforce cooperation relations, Project promotes sustainable community development in Thua Thien Hue, National Assembly eager for experience sharing, exchange with Laos: leader, Deputy PM meets Vietnamese expats in Switzerland, February CPI up 0.45% as petrol, housing prices increase, Vietnam factory output up in Feb despite drop in smartphone production, Kimono-Ao Dai Fashion Show to be held in Hanoi, UK, Denmark, and Australia Report Highest Daily Covid-19 Cases, Windows 11s Default Command Line Catches up to Mac and Linux. (Photo: AFP/Philippine Coast Guard) Hanoi (VNA) - A Philippine fuel tanker partially sank in the country's waters on February 28, authorities said, as they tried to contain a diesel spill stretching several kilometres. The sailors said she was taking water through her stacks, she rolled over so far. UPDATE September 2019: WW2 Troopships is currently undergoing an entire site re-design! [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. That Sherlock Holmes novel was a big hit. WW2 Troopships is currently undergoing an entire site re-design! [18], Six ships, allocated by the War Shipping Administration, were converted to repair and spare parts ships. We flew from Vung Tau in a Thai C 123 to Saigon. sylvia wingard Marvin Slutzky 7y Our port of call was Bremerhaven and off we went in the North Atlantic. We are steeped in Sherlock Holmes. ", Repairing a screw propeller of USNS General Maurice Rose, from USN Sealift Command site, Margit J. Monk was told a very sad Rose story by her Uncle, SFC Cyrille G. Desrosiers, of Greenville, NH, which also illustrates hidden capabilities of the ship. The Banner was printed on a worn-out mimeograph machine, and the result was lots of gaps and unreadable copy in the paper. Within 5-10 minutes after reporting to the officer of the day the incident the soldier was found walking on B deck. Army use as tug, 428 tons, 147' length, built Neafie & Levy 1897 as "Plymouth" to USCG as "Iris" 18991934, sold 21 June 1934 as "Plymouth", later "Big Chief" 1938, service with both the Army and Navy during World War II, "B. O. Colonna" 1956, scrapped 1973, United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Mine Planters & Associated Ships 1904-1909, "U.S. Army Coastal Freighters (F, FS) Built During WWII", List of World War II vessel types of the United States, "The U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation in World War II", "USAT Fred C. Ainsworth (Transport, 1943-1950)", "Chapter 4: "Help on the Way". I have a cute picture of my grandson wearing the sailor hat that we bought on the ship. Those are found below under their Army names. ", Similar sentiment was shared by self proclaimed "US Army brat" Edward E. Smith who "rode the ship from New York to Germany in February 1962 and the North Atlantic and the English Channel was terrible. He was returning to the states with his war bride my mother. Accordingly, after a careful selection, 20 outstanding artists from seven agencies and units in the whole military will join a month-long training course (March 1 - 30). My job was to come up with some original content. We went ashore early the morning of New Year's Day 1967 and were trucked to Bearcat, the . On the way back in 1955 there were some terrible storms. These were operated by the Quartermaster Corps. Trainees will improve their skills in playing instruments, vocal performance and dancing. She sailed for Boston from California early in 1947 for conversion to a combination dependent and troop transport, emerging 28 June and returning to San Francisco. The food was excellent! The passengers on the ship were a lot of GI's headed to their first real duty station in Germany, stacked four deep in bunks in the cargo holds, and a large number of dependents, family members of career Army personnel. ", Not all journeys went as well. Much of the Third Brigade, 9th Infantry Division went by troop train from Fort Riley, Kansas to Oakland, departing aboard the Rose in mid-December 1966 and arriving at Vung Tau late on December 31. I remember the crossing was mostly uneventful except for few days of giant swells which caused the ship to roll so severely that things flew off the table. All images are copyright their respective owners. When I boarded the Rose, as she was called, at the port in Germany it was my first time ever being near the ocean or a ship. I recall sitting at anchor at the Eastern entrance of the Panama Canal all day in sweltering heat. Posted in Memoirs, My Story, Stories, The Army, Troop Ships tagged with Army, Buckner, Memoirs . (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). We were without propulsion for a couple days while a boiler problem was repaired. Stay tuned and please keep submitting info via email. For example, Smithsonian Institution library records clearly show some of these Army ships as CS Dellwood and CS Silverado. Following the abortive Hungarian revolution of 1957, the General Rose made three voyages from Bremerhaven carrying Hungarian refugees to New York. Transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) under Navy captain and crew in October 1949, she departed for Norfolk via the Panama Canal and Bermuda, arriving 10 January 1950. They were U.S. Army tugs, but not carried in the same central listing as the U.S. built tugs. Media in category "Troop transports of the United States Navy". All three terms are found in official usage. I got queasy but not totally wiped out like many. Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. There was a large space on the deck level where we all hung out during day. Close to those were the ships that were bareboat chartered by the Army, meaning that only the hull itself was chartered and Army was responsible for crewing and all other operational aspects. [1] Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army-owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters. 111-SC-1002 - Damaged German ship - Destruction of a stream nozzle on the USS Madawaska, formerly the steamship Koenig Wilhelm II - NARA - 55163329.jpg 9,182 6,304; 19 MB. John M. Will, USN, of Perth Amboy, N. J. has been named MSTS representative for Europe, and is directing the organization of the service on the Continent and in Great Britain. The story I just finished is set in London and Brigham Youngs Utah. World War II era tugs came in two general classifications, though those were not rigid and variances may particularly be seen in commercial vessels taken in early during the war. National Archives at Washington, D.C. But on the way back, we went through a storm, a propeller shaft broke and the propeller went to the bottom and some of the bottom of the ship flooded. ", Another dependent, Trent Young, remembers "going with my father and the rest my family to Germany in 1958 aboard her. ", Steve Lyons sailed on the Rose the next year. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. I have lots of memorabilia of my dad's days in the Army, but I just can't find anything about our voyage home. Each ship was also provided with two motor launches and two DUKWs or "ducks," amphibious trucks for carrying parts too heavy for the helicopters. From there she returned to Melbourne with troops and sailed for California via Nouma and Efate, New Hebrides. moved definitively to the West Coast in August 1966, supporting During the war these little ships plied back and forth between Navy PT boat bases, Crash Rescue Boat bases, and Engineer Special Brigade bases in the Pacific for the purpose of transporting personnel, hauling supplies and cargo, or occasionally for towing fuel barges and water craft, to bases along the coasts or to nearby islands. The hold where the enlisted men was awash in vomit. The mixed smell of diesel and breakfast was about more than I could take. These, as with all the smaller Army ships, were simply designated "U.S. Army name (number)", and not designated U.S. Army Transport (USAT). US Navy amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; Part 2. (McKeller Req1/MARAD VSC). Ainsworth. After upkeep at Seattle, The conventional commercial and nautical term for such ships was "CS (name)" for "Cable Ship." [44][45][46], The Army had a history of submarine cable work by the time of World War II operations, dating back to the 1899-1900 period. It was one of my greatest childhood memories. I liked all the nice guys that I worked with in Viet Nam. I boarded the ship at NY Harbor and 10 days later stepped on ground again in Bremen, Germany. General W. H. Gordon - See "General Walter H. Gordon", This information, specifications and resulting ship histories are gathered and compiled from from various sources that many times conflict. That evening it got very rough and the ship was rolling and rocking. Somewhere in my years following that trip on Rose I lost my little book on her and the papers I had detailing when she had been built, what her duty had been, etc, today, on the internet I looked her up. He is probably better known today than in the Victorian era because of movies and television. when another ship reported being closer than we and they had diverted to the aid of the sinking ship. The coast guard said it was monitoring a spill of diesel fuel, which had been powering the vessel, but had not found in the sea any industrial fuel oil from the ship 's cargo. Supplemental Manifests of Alien Passengers and Crew Members Who Arrived on Vessels at New York, New York, Who Were Inspected for Admission, and Related Index, compiled 1887-1952. Most of the cable was saved. Vietnam has a strong ambition in terms of energy and low-carbon transition, and I am honoured and proud of the partnership we have built with Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) over 20 years, he said, while confirming AFDs commitment to provide the expertise and financing that Vietnam needs under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). She then operated in the Caribbean until 11 April, when she departed for San Diego, California. 14 to 24 December 1945 15 to 20 February 1946 13 to 20 April 1946 Decommissioned, 14 May 1946, at New York Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service in May 1946 Commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose, 1 August 1946 Reacquired by the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) I remember the scene up on deck, we (pet owners) were the only ones allowed up top because we HAD to care for our animals. In 2000 the General Maurice Rose was broken up for scrap and is no more. From a recent article that appeared in the SERVICE FAMILY JOURNAL: USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123) In drydock at the North German Lloyd shipyard at Bremerhaven after suffering ice damage to her propeller structure in the Weser River the previous winter. In the following months she carried troops and dependents to the Mediterranean and back, then departed for the Pacific again 19 February 1952. I don't think we rolled over far enough to take on water through the stacks, as you depict in your story, but for 2 days or so, GI's were vomiting everywhere, and we too were banned from going to the deck. Below is a listing of ships that are believed to have transported troops during WWII. Her ports of call on this long voyage were Durban, South Africa; Bombay; Melbourne, Australia; and San Pedro, Los Angeles, where she arrived 1 July. If you have any And the cooks, they serve us hot dogs and sauerkraut! I guess that has always been the Army way. We were allowed ashore at Long Beach for a few hours and then sailed to Okinawa. Microfilm Publication A3461, 21 rolls. California to Vietnam, then returned to the East Coast and made Capt. Pages 1 & 2, Information Booklet, 1956. That was our call for breakfast. He has worked on several projects with Vietnamese artists Kim Ngoc, Vu Ngoc Tan, and has silently contributed to artistic cultural activities across Hanoi . Each was equipped with a 40 by 72 feet (12m 22m) steel deck to support helicopter operations. arriving at San Pedro, California, in early May Admiral E. As Dennis Gruhlke relates, "I sailed on the Rose from Norfolk, VA in September, 1966 as a member of the 702nd MI Detachment (CI). Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. We have a brochure and photos of the ship, which certainly impressed us a people who had never seen anything other than the ships on the River Danube. ", Mr. Baker continued, "We came into the harbor on Thursday evening, very late. 1945 with a largely Coast Guard crew. I probably would not have even reported the incident had I been able to find him but I feared he had become seasick and went topside and got too close to the edge and fell overboard. 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