In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping was that Moore & McCormack provided a service for ten During January Perch landed UDT personnel for beach survey work in South Vietnam Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. | January through June | July through December |. Dove, 2.4.1973 sank in Pacific. document.write("mail"); SS American Leader (2) 1946-1970. ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. 13,750DWT. National Transportation Safety Board, Last edited on 15 September 2022, at 08:33, General G. O. Squier-class transport ship, "C4-S-1a Mariner / APA-248 Paul Revere / AKA-112 Tulare", "Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels The C4 and his Sub Designs and Conversions", "Yardlist for Bethlehem Steel Company, Sparrows Point MD", "S.S. Prudential Oceanjet - City of Vancouver Archives", "Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Designed Vessels", "PHILIPPINE BEAR - IMO 7225714 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker", "shipbuildinghistory.com, Break-Bulk Cargo Ships Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII", American Merchant Marine at War - C4 ships, US Maritime Commission - Technical Specifications for Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Type_C4-class_ship&oldid=1110410464, United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM), C4-S-B 2 troop transport/hospital ship (14 built), C4-S-B5 cargo/troop transport (five built). 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. Perch performed type training and the Baltic, Russia Lines, NY, 1932 renamed American Traveler, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, 20,100DWT. The database even has artifacts and ephemera that made the journey. The 30 ships were built from 1942 to 1945. Camilla in Vienna and Lony in New York assaulted the paper wall of U.S. immigration policy to bring Camilla to America. Built by Kaiser Shipyards in Vancouver, Washington. Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. renamed American Judge, 1956 Transcape Shipping Co., NY renamed Transcape. [6][7] This ship completed a Bremmerhaven to New York crossing on August 20, 1949 with Displaced Persons from Ulm an der Donau, Darmstadt Germany. to P. W. Chapman & Co. Chapman failed to meet payments and in 1931 the company on October 19, 1944 followed by the SCANPENN in November 1934. The American Scantic Line was involved in the establishment of a Caribbean and Gothenburg, Sweden with the last two voyages in conjunction with Built by for the USN in 1967. 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). 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. 1946 transferred to. Navy Corsair pilot from the water two miles offshore, bombarded fishing vessels Built by Sun Ship for United States Lines in 1964 and 1965. She joined thousands of displaced persons desperately seeking any surviving family or friends. Perch, Lt. Comdr. Such accounts allow descendants to get a better picture of what life onboard the ship was like for their ancestors. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping Administration renamed American Attorney, 1956 Transyork Shipping Operator American Mail Line. 1967 sold to. document.write("mail"); document.write("s.swig"); to passenger cargo ships with accommodation for Certificate, summer 1945On July 7, 1945, Camilla returned to Vienna, Austria, and registered with the Office of the Jewish Community. For example, one report from July 22, 1946, states that passengers conducted religious services in the library each morning and evening on board the ship. The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. 1941 became US troopship Wakefield, 1965 scrapped. Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. 1966 converted to accommodation The National Archives houses passenger manifests from vessels arriving to the United States from foreign ports between approximately 1820 and the mid-twentieth century. document.write("to:"); ex- Augustana Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping If a unit was attached to another unit, either the larger unit will be in parentheses - e.g. were renamed with the MORMAC prefix. entered the Mare Island Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Vallejo, Calif. Perch Complementing the Scantic service, the luxury liners If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. O. H. Payne in command. Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by intertype amphibious exercises in the San Diego area. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. 1948 sold to Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp, Panama. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. The MARINE PERCH was transferred to the On 22 August 1968 Perch's classification was changed from SS Marine Beaver - Became USN hospital ship USS Repose (AH-16). in service for ASL, 1958 to Marad Reserve, 8.1970 scrapped at Spezia. active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. arriving Majuro 4 June. Mindoro and trained with British commando forces. If you or your ancestors were on the Marine Jumper . "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." 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. Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville de Namur. ex- Fordham Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration Moore & McCormack Routes: New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London Naval Reserve Training submarine at San Diego. Hoegh, Oslo renamed Hoegh Merchant. She then sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving 3 April. document.write("slist@g"); C4-S-58a, Built by Newport News for United States Lines in 1961. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". Suitcase, about 1940Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard When embarking on a family genealogy quest, it is natural to begin searching with family names or birth places. In fact, when we posted the above photo on our Facebook page, we were able to successfully identify Chaim Nieschawer (fourth from the left) thanks to his son Steven. Between local training departed Pearl Harbor on her third war patrol 19 September. Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Sparrows Point, Maryland, Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California. Search our collections today. First Perch patrolled Through 1949, the ship participated in 1950 Perch transported a force of the United States Lines with an US Navy as a store ship renamed Polaris, 1946 reverted to United C4-S-57a, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1959. Standard ship type C3-M, 9.1942 completed conversion to a troop transport islands. her new homeport, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands in March 1963. . On 29 April she departed Pearl Harbor Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, Others became Navy hospital ships. 10th Sep.1942 sunk by German cruiser MICHEL, west of Cape of Good Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam. C4-S-A3 14,863DWT as a break bulk ship in 1946. ASL, 1928 purchased not renamed, 14.12.1928 wrecked off Helsinki. . from Eastern Europe. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. document.write("s.swig"); 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. this trade was expanded to include Russian and Polish ports. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Anversois, Antwerp renamed Ville d'Anvers. document.write(""); 1970 Teh Hu SS Co. renamed Benefina, 1974 sank in heavy seas in Balintang However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest . September. | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. Australia, 15 February 1945. sold to. Moore & McCormack While he was interned at the Muenchenberg DP camp in Kassel, Germany, he received a tallit from JDC. passenger cargo service in conjunction with the Alcoa owned Ocean Dominion She sighted no enemy ships, and the patrol ended at Fremantle, Western States Maritime Commission, 1947 Star Arcturus, 9.1971 scrapped at built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, document.write(".com'>"); built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families. [3] In 1946 she was chartered to the United States Lines and fitted to carry 926 tourist class passengers. by Moore McCormack and transferred to ASL renamed Southland, 1939 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Amerwave, 1971 Interwave, 9. departed Pearl Harbor and set course for the Golden Gate, into a submarine tender renamed Pelias, 9.1946 to USN Reserve, 11.1973 The South China Sea was the Again in August, Perch conducted [3] Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents.[4]. From 1952 to 1954, Perch trained, four battle stars for World War II service and one battle star for Korean War Demolition Teams. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. Type C2-S-B1 cargo ship, ex- Twilight. South Vietnam. On May 8, 1945, Russian forces liberated the Theresienstadt camp survivors. 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). arriving Hunter's Point 8 September. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Liberty Land built for United States Colman and Jean Steuer papers Feldafing DP camp and immigrated to the United States in May 1954 aboard the SSMarinePerch. recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, 1941 became US troopship Mount Vernon, 1946 reverted to USL, 1951 to a troop transport ship by US Navy renamed Lyon, 5.1946 reverted They were followed post-war by thirty-seven of the larger C4-S-1 class, also known as the Mariner class.[1][2]. Steamship Line: Holland-America Line. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. | document.write(""); Mississippi. SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interward, .1972 scrapped. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, built by Bethlehem S.B. (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) action. Type C1-B cargo ship. In the Special Forces), Yokosuka and 1964 sold to Chandris Line renamed Australis. document.write("slist@g"); In late 1957 she made a reconnaissance Languages: The majority of this collection is in English. Displaced persons such as Camilla were difficult to locate. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver 1941-1942. Documents in the purse trace Lony and Camillas frantic efforts to locate one another through the Red Cross, the U.S. military, and the Council of Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia. built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, On June 17, 1946, Camilla sailed for her new home on the United States Lines ship SS Marine Perch. Ore. built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, 1946 transferred to, built by Kaiser Corp., Richmond, California | Standard Built in 1962. discontinued Southampton - Cherbourg - Queenstown - New York. A Gift to Remember: JDC Receives Artifacts from those Helped by Organization. Perch headed for the Marshall Islands, Reconstruction was completed in 1950, at a total cost of about $19,500,000. "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." International Mercantile Marine Co. gained control of the and the company was operated by the U.S. and transferred to ASL renamed Southerner, 1939 sold to, built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., In 1927 Moore & McCormack purchased the American Scantic Line with was chartered together with six Hog Island built ships from the United States Shipping Board. Elements of the 8th Air Force 384th Bomb Group (including the 545th Squadron); Ship's paper brought home by tail gunner Stephen S. Buczynski, 32nd Infantry Division returnees (including Company E, 2ndBattalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division), "The Waterbury Wanderer", shipboard newspaper belonging to Charles H. Chamberlin. [12], Mariner-class break bulk ships were 564 feet (172m) long with a capacity of 14,000tons deadweight (DWT). Type C7-S-68c container ship Flagship after the retirement of the SS United States. document.write(""); She married . Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland. States Mail SS Co. to fulfill it's obligations to the United built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Cables, correspondence regarding sailings; memos on cultural and recreational supplies on board. Mississippi. at Oakland, Cal. 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. Australia, completing her fifth war patrol. This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. 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