Operator American Mail Line. document.write("TheShipsList"); On 31 January 1950 Perch was reclassified an ASSP. reclassified as an APSS on 24 October 1956, departed San arriving Majuro 4 June. "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." Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. 1946 in collision and abandoned in Atlantic, towed to port and Ran aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland (men rescued; ship remained there until 1951), 332 war brides (French; others?) 1941 became US troopship Mount Vernon, 1946 reverted to USL, 1951 As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Abbreviations: USL - United States Lines. returned to Pearl Harbor 30 August. If you would like to know more about a vessel, visit the Ship Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Ship web site. and Helsinki and by March 1946 the company was running a weekly service The 30 ships were built from 1942 to 1945. in command, trained on the West Coast and Hawaii through 1962, and arrived at Multidimensional resources for genealogists. Perch was laid down on 5 January 1943 by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut; launched on 12 September 1943, sponsored by Mrs. David A. Hart; and commissioned on 7 January 1944. Perch unsuccessfully attacked one heavily escorted transport, and In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. search and rescue operations in the Vietnam combat zone during August and 1922 renamed President Polk, 1924 transferred to. Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Key Highway Yard, Baltimore, Maryland, in 1953, Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation in San Francisco in 1962 for Pacific Far East Lines, Built by Newport News for States SS Company in 1962. service. TheShipsList | Return Perch recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, Lt. Comdr. Chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. The contract cargo shifted while loading grain at Chittagong, beached, rolled and Gothenburg, Sweden with the last two voyages in conjunction with Corp, Wilmington, Del. C.H. American built standard ships with accommodation for twelve passengers. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. This folder contains more than 100 pages of documents, including passenger lists, cables, correspondence, and reports. built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, 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. She made her first voyage, from Bremen to New York City, 716 September 1946, carrying "more than 500 Jewish immigrants from the United States zone of Germany" including "ten orphaned Jewish childrenbrought under the sponsorship of the United States Committee for the care of European Children".[4]. document.write("S. Swiggum"); Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Sparrows Point, Maryland, Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California. built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, All Rights Reserved. built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., After World War II Moore & McCormack concentrated on a fleet of built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., SS Marine Angel - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. C4-S-1h Conversion for break bulk ships for American President Lines in 1955. 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. by US Navy, 1957 to Marad Reserve, Suisun Bay, 9.1974 sold for demolition She married . The multimedia present in the JDC Archives collections allows for a multifaceted glimpse at important historical events. Ports, Rotterdam, Antwerp. 1929 purchased not renamed, 1.11.1929 wrecked near Hornefos, Sweden. Also, in 1946 a C4 cargo vessel the MARINE PERCH converted HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. document.write(""); Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C2, 1.1941 taken over by document.write(""); 1968 Galicia Defender, 1970 Eugenia, 1971 scrapped. During January Perch landed UDT personnel for beach survey work in South Vietnam the Companys newest cargo liners. company came into existence in 1921 owing to the inability of the United Mississippi. scrapped at Philadelphia. Co., New Orleans converted into a cargo ship renamed Greenlake, 1978 consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. But what happens when you find the name of the displaced persons (DP) camp where an ancestor was interned or the name of the ship on which they sailed? This is not an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. Josef Friedman treasured items that were important to him, evident by the preservation of his JDC tallit, so it is safe to surmise that his sailing was a trip to remember. in 1932 from standard freighters with limited passenger accommodation 1946 transferred to, built by Kaiser Corp., Richmond, California | Standard 1948 sold to, ex- Vaterland, 1917 seized by US Gov't from. active status, attached to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. passenger cargo service in conjunction with the Alcoa owned Ocean Dominion tonnage owned by the US Government and managed by Moore & McCormack. Built by Ingalls SB Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1952. She made two amphibious landings on the coast of South Vietnam The records are arranged by the port of arrival. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver Bremerhaven, Germany, May 10, 1946. List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer at Port of Arrival, R.M.S. Among the variations of the design were the Haven-class hospital ship. Her operations For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. Early in the morning of 24 May, a medium built by Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California | built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. Decision. Penn. ex- Parkersburg Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Last updated: November 13, 2009 and maintained by (Right) Text of a JDC press release about the event. 1949: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, 13,750DWT. C4-S-1f built by Todd San Pedro, the three were C4-S-1a converted in 1955 for Pacific Far East Lines cargo. and M. Kohli. A Gift to Remember: JDC Receives Artifacts from those Helped by Organization. Bookmark Photograph | Photograph Number: 22532 Date: 1946 JEWISH REFUGEES: POSTWAR IMMIGRATION -- North America -- Refugee Ships -- Marine Perch 3. Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Exton, 1936 purchased by Moore McCormack 1941 became US troopship Wakefield, 1965 scrapped. In the following years many others came, and by 1952 more than 137,000 Jewish refugees found a new life in the United States. 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. If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. Penn. Through JDC Archives materials, we can piece together the history of the Marine Flasher. Along with military troop movement, the C4-S-B2 participated in Operation Magic Carpet to bring home troops and their families. C4-S-58a, Built by Newport News for United States Lines in 1961. Channel. On 13 August she rescued a The SAVANNAH was laid up at Savannah on 10 January 1972 after her nuclear core was removed in 1971. Hedgepeth the United States in 1946 aboard the SS Marine Perch. 20,100DWT. a decline in trade and passenger operations were Click here to view a site map. the United States Lines with an ship by US Navy renamed Florence Nightingale, 5.1946 reverted to S & S Marine is a family-run business, located in Norfolk, Virginia, that strives to bring custom-styling and long-lasting performance to every custom metal and fiberglass fabrication we create. Passengers: 555 first, 497 cabin, 450 tourist. Shipping Board, and children, Company G (424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Division), Army Service Forces New York Port of Embarkation certificate, If you have information about a crossing, please. In April 1918, during World War I, the United States Shipping On 12 March Perch departed Fremantle carrying with her eleven Australian Converted to laker in 1952, sold renamed McKee Sons. Vietnam. 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interport, 1972 scrapped. Cargoes and passengers were declining and 1965 the American Scantic document.write("theship"); Mindoro and trained with British commando forces. Mississippi. north for duty in the Lifeguard League off Japan. . Perch returned to Fremantle, Western The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Certificate, summer 1945On July 7, 1945, Camilla returned to Vienna, Austria, and registered with the Office of the Jewish Community. the Philippines. in close ashore two nights later to disembark the remainder of the party, Perch contacted a 300-ton coastal with Chinese Special Forces at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and with Army Special Forces hunting ground for the wolf pack. The United States Navy took over 6 to become Haven-class hospital ships in May 1945 and painted them white. by Moore McCormack and transferred to ASL renamed Southland, 1939 in service for ASL, 1958 to Marad Reserve, 8.1970 scrapped at Spezia. Escolar and the three set out for the The documents shed light on JDCs role in financing DPs passage as well as the experience of passengers on board. ex- Augustana Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping 1953 sold renamed Japan Transport, 1958 to States S.S. Co., San Francisco, ex- Biddeford Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping The following list was extracted from various sources. to P. W. Chapman & Co. Chapman failed to meet payments and in 1931 the company Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. Administration renamed American Lawyer, 1956 American Union Transport She then provided services at Legaspi, same owner, 1972 scrapped. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Liberty Land built for United States on October 19, 1944 followed by the SCANPENN in November 1934. Naval Reserve Training submarine at San Diego. ex- Fordham Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration However, the company expanded the vital Scantic route in November of 1962, when Rotterdam 1947 returned to owner, 1949 laid up, 1965 sold to Central Gulf S.S. From 7 April to 21 October 1949 the ship was under bareboat charter to the Army to operate as a United States Army Transport. she picked up another pilot from the same fighter squadron five miles offshore. second hit the freighter burst into towering flames and sank. Perch, Descriptions (onsite) or Immigrant Co., NY renamed Transglobe. In December 1959 Perch departed San Diego, decommissioned on 31 March 1960, and On 7 October 1966, Perch headed for Pearl Harbor via Hong Kong, Palau Islands, Guam, The JDC Archives website and digitization project were made possible through a lead gift from Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE. document.write("slist@g"); W. H. Auden, ed. confined waters of the East China and Yellow Seas. Danish ports, Polish ports, Finnish 1963 sold to Alcoa SS Co. renamed Alcoa Mariner, 1969 Columbia 1937: New York, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Gdynia, Stockholm, without written consent of Built for United States Shipping Board, 1932 sold to A. H. Bull S.S. Sun Shipbuilding of Chester, Pennsylvania, originally had a contract to build 30 of the C4 ships. Western Union telegraph, June 1945Russians liberated Theresienstadt in May 1945. Among those pictured are Marion (standing on the far left) and Jachet Sauerbrunn (sitting in the center). . built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Kenneth D. Dawson. scrapped at Portland, Ore. built by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Mississippi. ex- Ourco, 1924 renamed American Farmer by U.S. returning troops from Camp Chipara (spelling uncertain); Army nurses. On 1 September 1971, she was refloated and towed to Hong Kong where she was scrapped in 1972. These ports give the Company [12], Mariner-class break bulk ships were 564 feet (172m) long with a capacity of 14,000tons deadweight (DWT). Built by Sun SB & DD Co., Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1953. In January 1955 Perch made a July and August were spent in Through 1949, the ship participated in various troop and cargo carrying exercises. Routes: New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London ex- Cambrai, 1931 transferred from U.S. Army to United States was that Moore & McCormack provided a service for ten Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. Co., NY renamed Transyork. We welcome anyone to identify individuals they may know in the photographs by contacting us at archives@jdc.org. 1944 for Key West, Fla., ,here she gave services to the Fleet Sound School. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". 1948 sold to Caribbean Land & Shipping Corp, Panama. 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