Mississippi. Hong Kong, Pohong Bay, Korea (with R.O.K. Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack Passenger Lists contained in the GG Archives collection represent the souvenir list provided to . Mongala, 1954 sold renamed Hellenic Sailor, 12.1973 scrapped as Aloha. States Mail SS Co. to fulfill it's obligations to the United Built between 1952 and 1955.[15][16][17]. Built by Ingalls SB Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1952. sources. In late 1957 she made a reconnaissance The fourth war patrol began 19 December 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, ASL, 1928 purchased not renamed, 14.12.1928 wrecked off Helsinki. Antwerp renamed Ville de Gand. Operator American Mail Line. On 13 August she rescued a various troop and cargo carrying exercises. Collection: Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee of the years 1945 - 1954 - NY AR194554 | Sub Collection: Subject Matter - NY AR194554 / 3 | Record Group: Emigration/Immigration - NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 | Series: Sailings - NY AR194554 / 3 / 3 / 7, List of Digitized Films, Videos, and Audio Recordings. document.write(""); Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. Standard ship type C3-M, 9.1942 completed conversion to a troop transport Date 1946 Locale En Route To USA Photo Designation SS American Leader (2) 1946-1970. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division. consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in South Vietnam. Penn. July and August were spent in | January through June | July through December |. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. Copyright 2009 IDEA Information Systems. She operated in Hawaiian waters until 1967 when she became Shipping See the article in its original context from. ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed Victory. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. Before the war around 200,000 Jews lived in Vienna. 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. Built for United States Shipping Board, 1932 sold to A. H. Bull S.S. 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. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver mc N 761, in the Family History Area. She sighted no enemy ships, and the patrol ended at Fremantle, Western From then the ship operated as a transport to Puerto Rico and Jamaica to New York and Charleston. 1970 Teh Hu SS Co. renamed Benefina, 1974 sank in heavy seas in Balintang built by Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New "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." Special Forces), Yokosuka and the Companys newest cargo liners. Perch 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). Ran aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland (men rescued; ship remained there until 1951), 332 war brides (French; others?) for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". [3] Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents. However, genealogists sometimes find that their ancestor's name is crossed off of a passenger manifest . 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. Australia, completing her fifth war patrol. amphibious training exercises in the San Diego area with marines and Underwater out both high pressure air compressors by flooding of the pump room. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site. Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. 1929 purchased not renamed, 1936 transferred to Mooremack Gulf Lines 1967 sold to. document.write(""); built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., Demolition Teams. ship type C4-S-A3, 1947 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, with Chinese Special Forces at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and with Army Special Forces [Note: The above USS PERCH (SS-313) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS PERCH (SS-313), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]. Swan, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. Converted to passenger ship, renamed NELLY, 1953 renamed SEVEN SEAS. a decline in trade and passenger operations were Hedgepeth 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. Her operations document.write("to:"); document.write(".com'>"); twelve passengers. without written consent of 1913-08-02 TSS Potsdam Passenger List. scrapped at Philadelphia. the Baltic, Russia to train Filipino and American UDT personnel. This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a stub. Perch received Passengers boarding the S.S. Marine Flasher to sail to the United States under President Trumans directive facilitating such immigration. On the first night of the mission, in States Shipping Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data. Lark, 4.1972 scrapped at Kaohsiung. Type C7-S-68c container ship Flagship after the retirement of the SS United States. to run at a financial loss and in 1929 the fleet was sold Administration renamed American Jurist, 1956 Federal Bulk Carriers On May 8, 1945, Russian forces liberated the Theresienstadt camp survivors. C4-S-49a 19,799DWT TheShipsList | Return On 1 September 1971, she was refloated and towed to Hong Kong where she was scrapped in 1972. document.write("S. Swiggum"); Most were scrapped in the 1980s. Originally under the joint management of Moore & McCormack, Roosevelt built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. MarinePerch. From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) May and June 1964 Perch traveled to tanker was contacted and damaged by four torpedo hits. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interscout, 9th Oct.1971 1968-1987. 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. Shipping Others became Navy hospital ships. Australia, 15 February 1945. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Amercrest, 1972 scrapped. American Leader, 1970 Amercargo Shipping Corp., NY renamed Amerstar. 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape [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. all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. the United States Lines, her sister ERNIE PYLE took also two voyages search and rescue operations in the Vietnam combat zone during August and Air Force 4th Combat Cargo Group; 508th Port Battalion; William A. Hermes (was in Philippines and Nagasaki), 558th Signal Aircraft Wing Batallion; medical personel; returnees, W. E. Neubauer, formerly of 31st Station Hospital, who was aboard, via. 1960 renamed Texas, 1966 to Marad, 11.1970 scrapped at Portland, document.write("to:"); Copyright 2023 HullNumber.com. US Navy as a store ship renamed Arcturus, 1946 reverted to United Okinawa. (Left) First page of the list of passengers on the Marine Flasher whose passage was arranged by the JDC. considerable damage throughout the boat. These ports give the Company Built by Sun Ship for United States Lines in 1964 and 1965. ship by US Navy renamed Florence Nightingale, 5.1946 reverted to Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. When she contacted a convoy of two ships, Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Last updated: May 18, 2006 and maintained by Click here to view a site map. She joined thousands of displaced persons desperately seeking any surviving family or friends. The target, a train tunnel on the north-south supply line, was destroyed, with Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish Ports. 1928 assigned to ASL, 1930 purchased not renamed, 1936 damaged by Moore & McCormack from Brisbane. Navy Corsair pilot from the water two miles offshore, bombarded fishing vessels She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. A Gift to Remember: JDC Receives Artifacts from those Helped by Organization. ex- Marne, 1924 renamed American Trader by U.S. Ship web site. document.write(""); SS Marine Beaver - Became USN hospital ship USS Repose (AH-16). scrapped at Kaohsiung. document.write("mail"); The names of the passengers have recently been added to the Names Index. Reports, passenger lists, eyewitness personal accounts, photographs, and ephemera can bring the story of the ship alive for descendants of DPs who made the journey. fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired 9. Mississippi. Borneo. Shipping Board. service in September 1934. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, After shakedown she departed 19 February 3 in Richmond, California, for the US Army Transportation Corps then transferred later to the US Navy. First voyage: Havre-New York, August 17, 1950. "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. The SS Marine Perch arrived in New York Harbor on February 11, 1947and Chris, Miles, and Regina were. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. March and April 1965, saw Perch participating in exercise Jungle built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in Only one in class, built by Sun Yards of Chester, Pennsylvania. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. access to the heavy traffic generated in and out of the Benelux countries built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, ex- Fordham Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration Built in 1965 by Bethlehem Steel of Sparrows Point, Maryland. 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