For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. The trip had taken 8 days and we were excited to see my father and get our feet on dry steady land. 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. It was my honor to serve in the United States Army. of the 9th Infantry Division., was one of those aboard. John Lee shared that his "father and mother were on that rough seas trip on the Maurice Rose. amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; ", Following an overhaul, the transport was laid up in ready reserve at the Caven Point (New Jersey) Army Depot in New York harbor. It made me, after all these years, a little sad to see the first words, 'scrapped in 2000. During the implementation, the SBV is prepared to refinance if participating banks have liquidity problems. According to the governor, Vietnams real estate industry requires a special loan package for the housing sector that helps address the market mismatch. The Mormons had a lot of bad press in Doyles era, what with polygamy and Brighams Theocracy. US Navy Copyright 2023 Talk Vietnam. we moved out of the English channel some time in the night. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897. Europeans, probably from every nearby nation that forms the banks of the Channel and the Weser River, were out in full force the day we sailed through there, and they all made us feel very welcome to their part of the world, while with their actions you could see that they were certainly grateful to the Americans whose prior generations had sacrificed themselves for them and their countries. The dependents lined up behind the lifeboats. But we made it. Our port of call was Bremerhaven and off we went in the North Atlantic. At the event, the GDPs head organs also launched an emulation movement in celebration of the 75 years since President Ho Chi Minh issued an appeal for patriotic emulation on June 11, 1948. I think it was the Rose, I was about 15 (9th grade). Bought by WSA on 17 July 1942, sub BB same date to War Dept until 17 February 1945. 11-03-07 - Added information on 26 crossings. 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. I was given some pills and a supply of paper bags to take with me as I traveled the ship. John J. Keegan also sailed the Channel on the Rose. interned civilians for repatriation to the United States. There have been some interruptions in my literary career, such as as the need to make a living, but the Army gave me a start. We were allowed ashore at Long Beach for a few hours and then sailed to Okinawa. (T-AP-123). concerning USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123), USAT General In July and August the transport carried troops Despite these important efforts, the primary duty of the Rose remained transporting troops and their families between America and Europe. They come alive for us now, here in a land of Anglophiles. This information, specifications and resulting ship histories are gathered and compiled from from various sources that many times conflict. If you find an error or discrepancy, please email me at ww2_troopships@comcast.net or They and other smaller Army craft were simply designated as Army with "U.S. Army" over the number.[136]. 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 have a lot of slides and pictures of my trip to Viet Nam. 1945 with a largely Coast Guard crew. Ten P2-SE2-R1 ships were ordered by the Maritime Commission in World War II. The AFD has been operating in Vietnam since 1994 and has financed almost 100 projects for a total of 2.3 billion ($2.44 billion) in various sectors, including energy, transport, infrastructure, and agriculture. ", The Rose met rough seas again just a few months later, as told by Chester Wright. In February 1955 she departed San Francisco for New York, Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. She named the boy Maurice and the girl Rose. [92][95], Smaller vessels known as, "junior mine planters", or "pup planters", were occasionally employed as mine planters, but for the most part they served as freight and passenger boats for river and harbor duty. Your help is always GREATLY appreciated! This was part of Doyles appeal. I sailed on the Rose in late October of 1953. On the way back in 1955 there were some terrible storms. While my initials are WRB his was RWB. The Army assumed formal ownership of the ship in There was a large space on the deck level where we all hung out during day. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. Another vessel rescued the 20 crew members on board. U.S. operations in Southeast Asia until March 1970, when she was the Pacific in support of the Korean ", Mr. Baker continued, "We came into the harbor on Thursday evening, very late. features, including armament, removed. We transited the canal overnight and sailed up to the Long Beach Naval Station. During World War II, five seagoing hopper dredges already in civil service, were fitted with 3-inch deck guns and 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns. The company is equipped with an especially converted ship or barge, fully equipped with machine, electric, engine, wood-working, rigging and paint shops. [57] The remaining ships were probably mixed crews. The Army soon renamed the ship General Simon B. Buckner She returned to the Navy in March 1950 when most of the The storms in the North Atlantic were bad that year. 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. RG 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C. During World War II he commanded American troops in Alaska, with headquarters at Fort Richardson, Anchorage. The Army has a fleet of approximately 500 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. WSA 6 Aug 42, sub BB same date to War Dept until 9 Oct 45. [142] Exempted from WSA control were combatants, vessels owned by Army or Navy and coastal and inland vessels. From there she returned to Melbourne with troops and sailed for California via Nouma and Efate, New Hebrides. An aerial view of the oil spill in waters off Naujan in the province of Oriental Mindoro. This was a hand drawn and penned mimeographed affair similar to an old school newspaper that ships sometimes made. The story I just finished is set in London and Brigham Youngs Utah. Ring came to Vietnam in 1996. The paper is no longer for sale. He indeed had become seasick and went topside but he was safe. I remember on several occasions we went down at such and angle, the propellers would come out of the water, and turn and that ship would just rock so hard. Each morning a man would come through the halls with a xylophone and while playing it would shout out "Rise and Shine 7 o'clock!" USNS General Maurice Rose Troop Ship - This is the ship that my family took in November of 1964 to Germany. Sue Foss "was a few months old when my mother, dad, an Army officer, and brother sailed back from Bremerhaven to the States in late 1947. The Banner was a major defense against boredom. Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. We watched them go down the gangplank with their heavy dufflebags. Many of the Army vessels were transferred to Navy with the transport types becoming components of the new Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS, now MSC) under the Navy. She "I was a merchant marine sailor back around 1951 and sailed twice on the Rose from New York to South Hampton England and Bremerhaven, Germany. Two years ago I wrote about The Buckner Banner. I was a 52 B30 Power plant operator and mechanic. 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. I learned quickly that the North Atlantic was not going to be a fun trip. E-mail The passengers on the ship were a lot of GIs 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. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". World events pulled the Rose away from the Atlantic soon after. It was 8PM Thanksgiving night the 24th when we climbed down the rope ladders and jumped into the LST and hit the beach. [1][7] Houston, which had first served in the Aleutians, was declared surplus while at Mariveles, Philippines and turned over to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in February 1946, reverted to U. S. Army Forces, Western Pacific (AFWESPAC) in April 1946, but was not used as a repair ship after being declared surplus. 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. 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. ", Shipboard, USS Gen. Maurice Rose, October 1953 (courtesy of Dick Bergman). 2nd Bn 18th Inf Co. F. This was the second group departure from Germany (presumably in said operation). She was run by the merchant marine. Name format was "U.S. Army" over "H.A.# NAME" as indicated by a builder's model. What Is the Log4j Flaw, and How Does it Affect You? Some, such as "Design 277" (Vessel, Passenger-Cargo, Diesel, Wood, 114') were wooden hull while the "classic" "Design 381" (Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 177') was a miniature steel cargo vessel with two hatches and central booms. I had pretty well settled down from anxiety and fear before all this happened, then for the next several hours it was stressful. I had commissary duties, so I had access to 7-up and soda crackers! Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C. The whole ship was sick !! War. Those cargo holds full of troops had waves of vomit sloshing back and forth as the ship rolled and pitched. arriving at San Pedro, California, in early May Admiral E. The embarked Army repair units, where noted below, are from Masterson":[7]. We were without propulsion for a couple days while a boiler problem was repaired. General H. W. Butner arrived San Diego 24 April, and on 10 May made another Pacific cruise which lasted until her return to the West Coast 12 June. My father was a captain and he had five children at the time. I do not know what kept us from sinking. amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. from Marseilles, France to the Philippines. I recall our landing craft front gate would not go completely down and we had to jump off onto the beach. [16][17], The ships were designated as Aircraft Repair Units, Floating (ARUs) and operated by the Army Transport Service, all of whose officers and men were merchant mariners. My father was stationed in Germany and we were joining him for a two year stay. fill out our online crossing submission form. Many of these men have vivid memories of the passage, and the rough seas the ship often encountered. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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 recall the rough waters. B. Buckner was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in They were also fitted with landing platforms to accommodate four R-4 helicopters, creating the first seagoing helicopter-equipped ships, and provided medical evacuation of combat casualties in both the Philippines and Okinawa. The Daily Herald formerly for sale here, printed USS Gen. Maurice Rose, Feb. 1950. I'd had gotten sick in the car but this was even worse. As Dennis Gruhlke relates, "I sailed on the Rose from Norfolk, VA in September, 1966 as a member of the 702nd MI Detachment (CI). [1] The first ship supplied by the Quartermaster Corps to the Signal Corps for cable work was the U. S. Army Transport Burnside. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_H._W._Butner_(AP-113)&oldid=1064851761, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States, Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States, World War II auxiliary ships of the United States, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 19 to 20.6 knots (35.2 to 38.2km/h) (sources vary), This page was last edited on 10 January 2022, at 14:41. Bremerhaven, West Germany, supporting U. S. military forces in Europe. VSC shows total loss, then revoked. and operated her with a civilian crew as part of its water transportation 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. She departed San Francisco I am a rancher and still work today. This fleet and the Army's Ports of Embarkation[2][3][4] operated throughout the war's massive logistics in support of the worldwide operations. February 26, 2023 by e.vnexpress.net. 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. "I was on board an 'MSTS ROSE' in July or August 1962. [51] The transport Hooker was fitted as a cable ship for Philippine service arriving in Manila from New York 26 June 1899. As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. Each ship was assigned a complement of 344 soldiers who were trained for marine operations. Two personnel were trained as divers. That's how bad it was. That freedom continues to thrive today thanks to the efforts of her builders, her crews, and the passengers she carried. "My uncle who served in the US Army had traveled on this ship at least twice to and from assignment between the States and Germany. One of the latter, Bill Douglas, "crossed the Atlantic aboard that ship, although not as a soldier. Then it had to be cleaned up. Greeley 1942", "Gov't Steamer Major L'Enfant on the Potomac River approaching Camp Humphreys, Belvoir, VA May 1918 NARA111-SC-009889-ac", "World War II Coast Guard-Manned U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship Histories", "War Shipping Administration Established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Executive Order No. [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. The same wasn't true for friends of mine who came across soon afterwards on the USNT Upchurch. Powers. When I awoke Friday morning the Rose was shuddering and pitching and I sat up wondering what was happening. It was rather uneventful until about the fifth day, (about the middle of the trip). 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. 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. The experience of Vietnam, EVN, and its public banks will be useful in preparing for a new financial pact to be announced by the President of France in Paris in June, he added. 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. She leaves behind, however, thousands of memories and a legacy of having supported the defense of Freedom around the globe through four decades. Trainees will improve their skills in playing instruments, vocal performance and dancing. We came back to states on Upshur in 1963, so unfortunately we were never shipmates. 3 min read. General H. W. Butner began a regular schedule from Brooklyn, New York, to Southampton and Bremerhaven soon afterward, supporting American military commitments in Europe. Soldiers settling into a troop compartment for a seven day voyage to Germany for duty. It is expected to be completed in 2025. Five, from 350ft (110m) to 390ft (120m) in length, were built on the Great Lakes from 1901 to 1913. The numbers below[1] give an idea of the scope of that Army maritime operation: Limiting the number to only the named and numbered vessels, discounting the various simple barges and amphibious assault craft, the remaining number is 14,044 vessels. Wir freuen uns, Ihnen das brandneue Lego 41027 einfhren zu drfen! Click here to view a site map. California to Vietnam, then returned to the East Coast and made Essentially all maritime commercial cargo and passenger type vessels were under strict control of WSA under Executive Order No. Design 216 (Boat, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 99'). This page features, and provides links to, selected views For some reason I have thought about the Rose often in the many years that has followed. All the ships were managed and crewed by Army Engineers organized into Engineer Port Repair Ship Crew units, named for Army Engineers killed in action during WW II and heavily modified from their original design. 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Returned to MARCOM, transferred to the US Army and renamed, 1946-50. Some Army vessels, still crewed by Army civilians just transferred, were suddenly sailing before fully taking on the new service's administrative functions and colors.[12]. The more confusing ships are those that were short-term or time or voyage chartered ships.[1]. How are you supposed to clean in that? After the 1950 hand over these were merchant mariners, a civilian body that had manned our convoys during WWII and died in the tens of thousands to submarine and air attack. Click After serving with marine detachments in Wisconsin (BB-9) and Delaware (BB-28), he proceed in August 1912 to Nicaragua, where he participated in the bombardment assault, and . The paper is looking pretty old like me today. Her namesake, Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman (1851-1940), was with Dewey in the Spanish American war and commanded US forces with the English under Beatty in WWI. "I road that great vessel from Brooklyn, NY to Bremerhaven, FRG in June 1963. It was one of my greatest childhood memories. Quick trip to the head every now and then and we were good to go. 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 . 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. It was a wonderful reunion with my father who we hadn't seen for 9 months. 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. Reacquired by the Navy 3 March 1950 and Placed in Service. When we got out of sight of land I was a little apprehensive. In addition to these there were a variety of small towing craft, numbering in thousands, termed motor towing launches (MTL), sometimes overlapping the STs in length, and marine tractors of 40'and less length, some with the colorful name of "Sea Mules" with dimensions of 40 x 13 x 8 and two Chrysler gasoline engines. I still have an old news paper, with news of the day with location and distance to port, printed on 20 April 1951. Design 225 (Boat, Supply, Ice-Breaker, Diesel, Steel, 102'), Three design number 225 vessels were built by Equitable Equipment Company in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1942, they most likely operated in Alaska or in Greenland waters. How soon some forget! "I was on this ship on our way to Viet Nam in Dec. of 1966. WW2troopships.com & WWIItroopships.com The water was calm and I thought to my self this isn't going to be too bad. General Maurice Rose from Bremerhaven, Germany to New York, returning from a 31 month tour in southern France. He made the events of the Victorian era come alive for his readers then. Patterson, Army JAG. Strangely I have never read Arthur Conan Doyles works until now. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. and during the next ten years completed over 130 Atlantic voyages I really do not remember much but I remember leaving New York harbor and seeing the Statue of Liberty and then we had to go below deck. USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113) - Wikipedia USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113) USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113), named for Henry W. Butner, was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War. Below decks were several hundred Army E-1s and E-2s who, as the story was told, had been released from Army stockades in exchange for volunteering to go to Vietnam. Those are found below under their Army names. It was rough both ways, but having never been in a ship, I don't think we really knew how bad it was. That was our call for breakfast. Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. I must have been chosen as editor by some random process, as I had no experience. We flew from Vung Tau in a Thai C 123 to Saigon. As an E5 non com I, along with several other men of equal or higher rank , since there was so few officers on board, were permitted to bunk in cabins on the aft of the Rose. This is a mobile maintenance and repair unit capable of traveling from installation to installation in a theater to perform third and minor fourth echelon maintenance and repairs to small boats, harbor craft, floating equipment, and in some cases repairs to larger vessels. USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113), named for Henry W. Butner, was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War. ), Per the Navy Historical Center website, the USS Admiral Hugh Rodman, a 9,676-ton (light displacement) transport, was built by the Maritime Commission to its P2-SE2-R1 design as an Admiral W. S. Benson-class troop transport and was commissioned in July 1945. Power by Wordpress. Harbor tugs were Small Tugs (ST). Laid up during the following two decades, USNS General Simon 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. Pages 1 & 2, Information Booklet, 1956. Of the 24 steam cargo concrete vessels, 17 were converted by the Army into floating storehouses, 5 were used by the Army as training ships and 2 found an honorable end when sunk to form part of the breakwater protecting the American landing in Normandy at Omaha beach.A. It was 1963, and the U.S. Army was shipping me to Europe. My regret was I did not know that or believe me I would have taken a last trip out to see her. 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. [43], SWPA CP Fleet, Army CS ships provided communications relays and acted as command posts (CP) for forward elements ashore. [7], Three of those vessels, Coast Farmer, Dona Nati and Anhui, out of a number sent, managed to run the Japanese blockade of the Philippines and deliver supplies.[8]. I went to the dispensary with my mother and there were quite a few of us lined up in the same condition. We were going through the English Channel and along the White Cliffs of Dover. CSQ (Quarters) ships acted as floating dormitories. [14]) These craft are identified by the following hull code and type; The US Army Corps of Engineers has a total of 11 dredge vessels, divided into hopper and non-hopper dredges. 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