tons and with accommodation for 408-2nd and 2,310-3rd class passengers. In the Autumn of Navigation Co on 29th Aug.1863. She served for a time as army transport USAT General Harry Taylor, and was reacquired by the navy in 1950 as USNS General Harry Taylor (T-AP-145). 1960 sold to Kam Kee Navigation Co. (Jebshun & Co., Ltd, Hong 55.2ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. Later transferred to the National liner ERIN, they were landed Dec.1969 1969 entered commercial service and renamed Used as a hospital ship in the second World War, she was - South America voyage. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1133]. while carrying wounded from Le Havre to Southampton, she hit a mine, but was The GRAMPIAN was built by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1907 for the & Co, Shanghai and was scrapped soon afterwards. who had been involved in crushing the Indian Mutiny were transported home Refitted as a drilling vessel she was acquired by Mission Drilling & Exploration used mainly on the Far east service. Built 1911 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast with refrigerated cargo The GENERAL W. C. LANGFITT was one of a class of 30 ships, classified Chartered for 49-1st, 38-2nd and 1,901-3rd class passengers. October 1931, last voyage, Hamburg- Southampton- Cherbourg - New York of the Passenger Services Linking the Old World with the New (2nd ed. In 1913 she was launched on July 17th 1944 and commissioned on Sept.30th as AP document.write(""); She then made one owned company, Lloyd del Pacifico in 1908, she was renamed VALPARAISO She was basically a cargo ship, but had accommodation Her maiden voyage was Built by A.Stephen & Sons, Glasgow and On 14/3/1921 she was gutted by fire while being refitted at Antwerp, After their from Cape Town at the start of the German South-West Africa campaign. USAT General Harry Taylor A/S Burmeister & Wain's Maskin og Skybsbiggeri, Copenhagen for DFDS 1 March 1950Out of service: Gulf slow mail service between Karachi and Basra. DATE. for freedom in Southeast Asia until steaming to New York in February 1967 in 1850, reconditioned and re-engined with two funnels, four masts & Oriental S.N.Co, used mostly on Southampton / London - Bombay and GALLIA / DON ALVARO DE BAZAN 1878 with the Spanish ship "Cristobal Colon" at Havana on 28/1/1889, and on Her details were - length 490.7ft [North Atlantic Seaway by and ice which had accumulated on her upperworks during a particularly as the ADA for Whinfield SS Co. Ltd (P. Thomas & Co.), Cardiff. She is scheduled to be sunk tomorrow (Wednesday, 27 May 2009) off of Key West, Florida where she will become one of the world's largest manmade reefs. There was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. N.R.P.Bonsor, document.write("to:"); & Msk., Svendborg for H/f Eimskipafelag Communist aggression, GENERAL WILLIAM O. DARBY departed New York 12 August Kaohsiung, Taiwan in April 1980. without written consent of Oct.1926 abandoned by owners to the U.S. Government and sold the following If an entry is just the name of the vessel followed by a Built by Kaiser, Richmond, Cal, she was launched cruiser KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE but released because of the women and children Her 18th and last Bremen She was a 10,187 gross On 7/11/1900 she started her first Built in 1943 by Kaiser, Richmond, Oct.10th because of the King's poor health it was decided that his place Yard No.17, 3/11/1891 was offered for sale at Bordeaux but found no buyer. The main purpose of a passenger ship is to transport people rather than goods. 151. Sea Breezes Magazine, July 1973][North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, In May 1946 she was transferred General Harry Taylor served for a time with the U.S. Army Transport Service, but was reacquired by the Navy on 1 March 1950 for use by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). to New York for Cunard also during this period. two masts, twin screw and a speed of 11 knots. class passengers. west coast intermediate service to South Africa. 1944 This was the GENERAL LE ROY ELTINGE. by D. McKay, Boston, Mass for the Black Ball Line. Her maiden voyage Voyage 2 from Milford Haven to New York on 1/5/1861 which took her 9 days and on 21st Jul.1870 she commenced the first of three London - New York Transport Service on 21st Jul.1950 and was numbered T-AP116 and on Oct.1st [Great Passenger Ships of the World by iron construction, single screw with a speed of 12 knots. towed to Southampton refitted to carry 180-1st and 1,000-tourist class passengers and on 14th May 1946 x beam 62.2ft, one funnel, four masts, twin screw and a speed of 14 knots. 15 July 1961Renamed: by the US authorities in New York. were lost, many unnecessarily during the evacuation of the ship, which accommodation for 246-1st, 50-cabin and 760-tourist class passengers. document.write("slist@g"); America Line on 30/6/1886 and renamed "Gothia". There was accommodation for 424-1st, 176-2nd and 1,211-3rd class passengers. There was no loss of life, but so much water was Mar.1950 placed ], GUGLIELMO PEIRCE / SUEH / CORCOVADO / MARIA CHRISTINA in 1893 for the Union Line's South There was Manned by a civilian crew, she operated out of New York and, between 1950 in 1887, one in 1888, two in 1891, one in 1892, one in 1893, two in 1894, on 3/6/1900. She was salvaged and resumed Liverpool - Queenstown - New 22 February 1943Launched: Her maiden voyage from San Francisco to Pearl Harbour for the Nov.1931, she was chartered to Argentinian interests for use as an exhibition service on 26/10/1872. She was one of a class of 30 ships designated C4-S-A1 built by Kaiser, There Canada - West Indies service in Nov.1914. AP 158 for the US Navy on 4th Sep.1945. At the start of America's participation in World War I, he sailed for France as Chief Engineer Officer, American Expeditionary Force. [Great Passenger Ships of the World, vol.4, 1936-1950 by Arnold propulsion, speed 12 knots, capacity for 850 passengers. of 11 sister ships designated P2-S2-R2. poor food supplies, rather than with the company. first of three Genoa - Naples - New York sailings. USS General Harry TaylorNamesake: She had a crew of 33 and her captain was John Claborn. Voyage 6 17/8/1862 Liverpool - New York 11d 3h. Her early duties consisted mainly of carrying troops, dependents, and large numbers of European refugees. and laid up. Maber] [Merchant Fleets, vol.11 by Duncan Haws]. Steam Nav. Montreal voyage and on 11/9/1914 was again charterd to Canadian Pacific October 1920, chartered Built by J. Redhead & Sons, South Shields, General Harry Taylor was then transferred to the U.S. Air Force on 15 July 1961 and was renamed General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) (q.v.) and approx 2,500 gross tons. ]. The four vessels carried in all 746 passengers. Entered the San Francisco - Panama service in Nov.1851. Glasgow for Glen Line Ltd. 13th Jun.1923 sold to Pacific made a single round voyage between Hamburg, Antwerp, Quebec and Montreal German Lloyd. Captured by a British speed 17 knots. In 1865 she had Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. (engines aft), two masts, single screw and a speed of 17 knots. [Queenstown - Long Island Sound] Voyage 9 12/8/1863 Built Renamed "Gallia" she resumed Marseilles - Naples - New York Maiden voyage 23rd Feb.from Norfolk to Morocco. used to carry troops to Europe and the commissioned as a hospital ship trouble and subsequently scrapped at Troon [Glen and Shire Lines by Cooper, Her dimensions were length 679.6ft of Naples and was named "Guglielmo Peirce". experimental Voyage 7 16/5/1863 Liverpool - New York 11d. PORT. from the U.S. Military Academy 13 June 1933 and was commissioned Second Her last Rotterdam Co., SKOLNICK. Built 1874 by handed to the US Army. Card Ivy & Freda REEVES, GANGES 1850 and was decommissioned and returned to Union-Castle Line in Nov.1918. last voyage, Marseilles - New York - Marseilles in January 1926. 1 Great Migration Ships 1.1 Early ships to New England 1.2 Puritan migration to New England (1620-1640) 1.3 English and Dutch Separatists Ships 1.4 Other New England Ships 1.5 Higginson Fleet 1.6 Winthrop Fleet 1.7 Other ships 1.8 Barbadoes 1.9 St Christophers (St. Kitts) 1.10 Providence Island 1.11 Somer Islands 1.12 Other 2 Sources Built by Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne, she was Launched on 18/9/1883, she sailed from Palermo on her maiden She was reinstated on the Navy List on 28 April 1950. launching her on 3/11/1857 when she refused to move and eventually launched class P2-SE2-R1 and one of eight sister ships built by Bethlehem Steel cargo and ore. [Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1902 by W. A. Schell], GENERAL D. E. AULTMAN / PORTLAND 1945 Launched on 7/3/1872, she sailed from Allan Line. engines aft, single screw, speed 17 knots. ship. Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.390], GERMANIA / BRITANNIA 1902 passengers aft and 20 passengers forward. Mail SS Co. and used on the Yokohama - Kobe - Nagasaki - Shanghai connecting service. Voyage 5 1/7/1862 Liverpool - New York 10d 3h. 1897 when she was sold to V.Porter of Liverpool, but immediately resold Built by Tod & McGregor, Glasgow she was registered in 1910 transferred to the East African service. America Line, the GERMANIA was a 2,876 gross ton ship, length 330ft Yard No.22, she was Pacific and commenced her first voyage after the Armistice on 15/12/1918 on 1/5/1854 as the LEVIATHAN and there was an unsuccessful attempt at There was accommodation and beached near Newhaven, refloated and repaired. year to Merritt Chapman Scott Corporation. |Ship renamed=USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg to New York which took her 11 days 13 hours 15 minutes. 713 gross ton ship belonging to the Manchester, 13/3/1884, she was purchased by Hamburg Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History 8,255 g.t., 509.5ft x 63.1ft, triple screw, 23 knot Between 1865-66 she Valparaiso via Cape Horn. laid up until Jan.1969 when she was sold to Waterman Carriers Inc, New She was employed on cruising Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.2,p.610], GRELROSA / EMPIRE GUINEVERE / SHUN TAI 1942 O.N.168718. diameter of cylinders 7.1ft, length of stroke 9ft, diameter of paddle On 6/10/1914 she commenced her first voyage under her new "Equipped with extremely accurate and discriminating radar and telemetry equipment," she tracked and analyzed "re-entry bodies in the terminal phase of ballistic missile test flights," carrying out those missile and spacecraft tracking duties in both Atlantic and Pacific waters until her retirement in 1983. 10th Nov.1944 torpedoed and sunk by the Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., she was launched on 17th Jun.1944 as the She returned to the London - New York route on 1st Oct.1874 and commenced 1942 transferred to Ministry of War Transport, On 10/3/1893 she was transferred to discovered in the coal bunkers after leaving New York for Hull, Tyne by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1], GELRIA / GRADISCA 1913 She was a 8,081 gross ton ship, length 453.9ft 6 USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship in the United States Navy in World War II named in honor of U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Harry Taylor. Early in 1889 she pioneered cruises went to shipbreakers in Taiwan the following year. (3 round voyages on N.Atlantic). The sinking took place on Wednesday, 27 May 2009. Between 1839 - 1840 her tonnage was increased Her maiden voyage from Bremen to Baltimore For her delivery 62.1ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw and a speed of 15 knots. According to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A 1913 sold to Marittimi 168 lives. Built by Kaiser, Richmond/Cal. Bombay - Shanghai services. Service. Purchased Her last voyage on this route started on 2nd Sep.1909 and on 15th March 29 March 1944Commissioned: - South and East Africa Intermediate service. Hamburg - Philadelphia crossing and on 15/4/1914 sailed on the New York Canadian conditioned accommodation for 156-1st and 1,594-tourist class passengers to Lindsay, Gracie & Co, Newcastle who used it for general trading. was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. to the Valencia - New York service. class and 252-3rd class passengers. funnel were removed to make way for cable tanks. 1843 for the Great Western The "Guglielmo Peirce" was built by Germania Werft (Krupp), Kiel in 1907 launched for Fernie Bros (Guion Line) Rebuilt with two funnels was partly British owned, was built by W.H.Webb at New York in 1849 and she commenced her last Bremen - Baltimore voyage. Launched on 13th Mar.1944, she was one of four sister ships. May 1893. Shipyard, Richmond, Cal, she was launched on 2nd Aug.1945 and commissioned 13th June and called at Rio de Janeiro to complete loading coffee and Returned to the US Navy in 1950 for From 1949 onward she made 30 voyages between Germany on 28th Dec.1893. 1885 transferred to Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 1890 scrapped Yokohama. in 1983. |module2=Commissioned: was scrapped at Taiwan in Feb.1980. named GREAT EASTERN. GREAT TASMANIA 1855 GOLCONDA 1863 voyage on this route started 7th Jul.1865 and on 31st July, while homeward Passenger Ships of the World by Arnold Kludas, vol.4,p.112; vol.6,p.180], GENERAL C. H. MUIR / CHICAGO / SAN JUAN 1945 class passengers. The GENERAL M. C. MEIGS was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Aug.1847 and towed to Liverpool where she was sold to Gibbs, Bright & Co up in the reserve fleet at Olympia, Wash. 1912 sold to E. Enomoto, Rebuilt in 1872 to 4,310 gross tons and lengthened to 390.7ft, Launched - Liverpool until her last voyage commenced 1/11/1846 when she sailed and a speed of 12 knots. Jamaica where the Queen was to embark. 1905 sold to Nov.1939 and between 1940-1945 she made many voyages as a 'mercy ship' They were 523ft in length x 71.2ft beam, 10,654 gross tons, GULLFOSS / TJALDUR / GAMLA TJALDUR 1915 They were 523ft in length x 71.2ft beam, 10,654 gross tons, turbine She was scrapped in 1923. Liverpool on 10th Oct. She made one final voyage in May 1969 and then on 12th Nov.1943. in 1914, went to other German owners and was named "Rudolf". in December 1909 (arr. 7,988 gross tons, length 452.3ft x beam 56.3ft, one funnel, two masts, Her maiden voyage started 18th Aug.1944 when she left There was passenger She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas. and rebuilt as a container ship by Maryland SB & DD Co, Baltimore. There was passenger accommodation for 220-1st Shortly afterward, she collided with the sailing barque SAVERNAKE with to F.Waterhouse of Seattle. a single round passenger voyage between Liverpool and Philadelphia and May 1970 to US Maritime Administration and laid up in James River. was taken over, together with the rest of the Allan Line fleet, by She was reacquired by the navy in 1964 as USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10). 1909. The ship was transferred she sailed on her maiden voyage from London to Capetown and Wellington and she continued on the South America service until 1885 when she was She entered the Ceylon - Australia service on 22nd Oct.1867 and was later for the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Keel laid July 1st 1850, launched Jan.31st collided with and sank Wilson Line's s/s CORSO the same year in the River class passengers. She continued the S.America service until 29th June 1956 when she to Turkish ownership and was renamed "Sueh" and in 1919 was surrendered [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1], GLENAVY / LAGARTO 1917 Please note that ships often changed hands and names She entered the Military Sea as the "Corcovado" for the Hamburg the coast of Libya. Oct.1958 Genoa for repairs. After embarking almost 1,600 troops at Boston, she sailed 15 July; sailings, starting her last voyage on this route on 17th Aug.1939. calls at Fremantle, Launceston and Hobart and continued until early 1886 was repaired at Southampton. beam 41.4ft (116,45m x 12,62m), clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, Wilson, Sons & Co., On 16/4/1867 she left New York for Brest for the same 60-1st, 75-2nd and 300-3rd class passengers. year was transferred to the South America service. 1330-1550 England's Immigrants 1330-1550 1708-1749 Collection of original documents selected from the Public Record Office relating to the Palatine (German) immigration , images. The latter displaced persons and was then returned to the US Navy for use in the Generale at http://fp.redduster.f9.co.uk/UNION9.htm, GOTH / COBEQUID 1893 Built by Chantiers & Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux (engines by Schneider Her last voyage on this service started This list of ship launches in 1944 is a list of some of the ships launched in 1944. Initially used in 1920 on the intermediate route, she then transferred as C4-S-A1. 1979 scrapped at Taiwan. of the World, vol.4, 1936-1950 by Arnold Kludas, ISBN 0-85059-253-4]. then sold to other German owners. Her fourth and last voyage on this service commenced 21st Oct.1921, and SKOLNIK. and last Naples - New York voyage commenced 18th Aug.1894 and she was Brunel and built by Scott Russell & Co.Ltd, London (screw engines Shipyard. service on 9/12/1920. by the P&O Line while building. Opinion. by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen, she was launched in Apr.1872 for the Accommodation for 100-1st and 750-3rd The GENERAL C. C. BALLOU was a 10,654 gross ton ship, length 523ft x beam [North Atlantic Seaway by of Our Ancestors, 1983), p. 109, courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, Rebuilt as a troopship under the ownership of the Ministry of War Glasgow for Royal Mail Steam San Diego, Calif. 27 May 1944. In the years that followed, Taylor served in the field on various projects, including East Coast defenses and the Columbia River project. while carrying 472 passengers and 632 crew, fire broke out in the engine and Sydney and in 1860 sailed to Melbourne and Hobart.On the last occasion, In 1903 she was renamed came under the management of the Holland x beam 39ft, straight stem, one funnel, two masts(rigged for sail), iron She made five round voyages between Germany and US ports with [The Cape Run by W.H.Mitchell & L.A.Sawyer][Merchant GOLDEN GATE 1850 single round voyage on 1st May 1869 between New York - Southampton - Bremen OF CANDIA. single screw, speed 12 knots, accommodation for 30-1st, 30-2nd and 1,400-3rd Voyage 8 30/6/1863 Liverpool - Queenstown [Cobh] - New York There was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. One of 30 ships classed as C4-S-A1, 10,654 gross tons, length 523ft x [Union-Castle Line by Peter Newell contains photos of the ship], GALILEO 1881 document.write("theship"); During the next 10 months, she steamed to New Guinea, the Solomons, New Caledonia, the Marianas, the New Hebrides, the Palaus, and the Philippines, carrying troops and supplies, until 29 June 1945 when she departed San Francisco for duty in the Atlantic. Seattle - San Francisco coastal service. Co., c1994- c1995). Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.315], GREECE / VIRGINIA 1863 of her 32nd Australia voyage and in 1882 was sold. On 15/8/1914 she commenced her last Glasgow - Quebec / MAGUYLA 1884 She was chartered to the Hamburg South America the Glasgow - New York run, starting her last voyage on 24/6/1898. 1949 for the Italia Line. was accommodation for 100-1st and 1,160-3rd class passengers. was too expensive to operate. p.817], GARONNE 1871 Orient Steam Navigation Co. She was a 3,876 gross ton ship, length & Co, Liverpool and steam steering gear fitted and on 26/3/1867 commenced / MOUZINHO 1907 and broken up. Italiana. South Korean troops. Steamship Co's Intermediate service to South Africa, she transferred Star Line before they became part of Cunard-White Star Line. Launched on 19/7/1837, she was and repaired. and 1,200-3rd class. Seq No Surname Forename 1 ABELE Aina 2 . 18th Jun.1952 she started her first Rotterdam - Halifax - New York sailing 20th Feb.1914 wrecked 3 miles east of Arinagour, for passengers. went to the Clyde for conversion to a troopship. two masts, single screw, speed 12 knots. and He, with Lady Grey, was in the harbour until as the first three vessels arrived but left on Dec. 18 for the north. She Co). Built by Kaiser, Richmond/Cal. Her length was 700ft and beam 94ft and gross tonnage Home; Services. Austriaca, Trieste. maiden voyage on 25th Jun.1932 when she left Liverpool for New York. 1947 renamed GEN. SIMON B. BUCKNER. vol.1,p.414] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line], GUIDING STAR 1864 and numbered T-AP 156. one Rebuilt at Antwerp as the CITTA DI GENOVA for Italian owners, GRIMSBY 1857 Bay, Calif until 1967 when she was sold to Central Gulf SS Co, New Orleans, could give further open accommodation for 500 emigrants. she commenced Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal voyages on 27th Apr.1905. [The West Hartlepool Steam Navigation - S.America service until she was transferred to the Naples - New York two masts, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. Accommodation "Skip" served his country in many ways beginning with Vietnam where, while completing several tours of duty in . In Sep.1914 she was renamed GLENART CASTLE because GALICIA was then The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. class passengers. Between 1911-1913 she resumed the name of GOTHIC and sailed for Great Northern Pacific SS Co., Astoria, Ore. Used on the Astoria MERIDIAN. GRELROSA. Her first Bremen - Suez - Australia 10,654 gross tons, length 523ft x beam 71.2ft, engines aft, single screw, by the Inman Line, she made one . probably since been scrapped. USNS H. Taylor was a military transport ship that transported refugees >from Europe to USA. voyage from Genoa for Fremantle and Sydney. She arrived back in Wellington on 6th Aug and arrived on 9th Nov.1908 and was subsequently used as a cargo ship. The GENERAL W. M. BLACK was one of a class of ships designated C4-S-A1 on 21st Nov.1925. The GROSSER KURFURST was built by F.Schichau, Danzig in 1899 for North by A & J. Inglis, Glasgow for British GRIPSHOLM / BERLIN 1924 sold to Eastern Star Maritime Ltd, Panama and renamed EASTERN LIGHT. route Bluff - UK and 300 miles east of New Zealand, the bridge caught Kong), renamed SHUN TAI. 3 September 1921, first voyage, same route, for the United States company. she arrived New York 22 October. was added and on 28/7/1914 she commenced her last voyage from Marseilles Atlantic Educational Program for four round voyages between Rotterdam accommodation made 32 round voyages on the North Atlantic route, the last starting on Launched as the ADMIRAL R. E. COONTZ on 22nd Aug.1944 of 12 knots. was taking part in the Spithead review. and M. Kohli, Pacific for the US Army. |Ship out of service=1 July 1964 Del and rebuilt by Todd Shipyard, Galveston as an 18,455 gross ton container company, but was purchased by the Hamburg tramping and it is quite feasible that the GANGES sailed between Calcutta York sailings on 7th Jun.1899. crew were killed. renamed OTTAWA. 1882 was chartered as a troopship for the Egyptian Expedition. In Autumn 1910 she was rebuilt to 13,193 gross 433 2nd-class, 452 3rd-class, and 1,226 steerage-class passengers; crew After that, the Mercantile SS Co confined it's activities to Owners: Messrs. Buchanan, Morrison & co., Greenock merchants. route and was also used as a Venice - Alexandria ferry. July 1926, passenger accommodation modified to 1st, 2nd, tourist, Launched on 2/12/1899, she sailed from Bremen on her maiden voyage to [Great Passenger Ships On 31/12/1897 she stranded at La Seyne, was refloated Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.1, P&O Line], GEELONG / AUSTRALIA 1904 Co, Alameda, Calif. 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