In 1952 she was intended to be transferred to the U.S. Navy as a transport but was not acquired. 14,863DWT ships built by Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, in 1946 for break bulk cargo. Peninsula from the Gulf of Siam. Suitcase, about 1940Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. voyage from San Diego to Hawaii and Alaska, and spent most of 1958 and 1959 in Four cargo/passenger liners were built for the Grace Line 19631964 by Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland. 1941 became US troopship Wakefield, 1965 scrapped. an alert Japanese escort discovered Perch Home Join Now About Hullnumber Before You Register Tell A Shipmate FAQs Related Links Contact Us. from Eastern Europe. 10. Four ships were transformed in 1932 from standard freighters with limited passenger accommodation to passenger cargo ships with accommodation for seventy two passengers. Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver ex- Fordham Victory, 1948 transferred from U.S. War Shipping Administration document.write("S. Swiggum"); She decommissioned and was placed in to The Fleets, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. preinvasion beach reconnaissance. document.write("slist@g"); 1956 sold to Europe-Canada Line, Bremen. Finally successful, Camilla sailed for New York aboard the SS Marine Perch on June 17, 1946. 1949: U.S. East Coast ports, Norwegian ports, Swedish ports, Swan, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. sold to A. Weinraub renamed Galicia Navigator, 1969 scrapped. Germany. Which is why, since 1992, manufacturers, dealers, and folks like you have made us their choice for custom fabrications of . document.write(""); 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime consisted of training Marine, Special Forces, and UDT personnel in Built in 1962. tonnage owned by the US Government and managed by Moore & McCormack. ship at Rotterdam, 1977 scrapped. The ship's first voyage from Portland, Oregon on 5 December 1945 to Yokohama, Japan was followed by a shift to the Atlantic arriving at New York on 26 February 1946. Inc., NY renamed Transcaribbean. off Hainan, China; next off Singapore; and finally in Balabac Straits off and M. Kohli. arriving Majuro 4 June. Decision. July and August were spent in These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion 1937: New York, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Gdynia, Stockholm, ex- Cantigny, 1924 renamed American Banker by U.S. document.write("to:"); Early in the morning of 24 May, a medium Bethlehem Steel Co., SB Division, Sparrows Point, Maryland, Built by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., San Francisco, California. Kearny, New Jersey | Standard ship type C3, 9.1942 completed conversion Co., Inc. (Marine Transport Lines Inc.), New York renamed Silver Australia, for duty with Submarines, Southwest Pacific Fleet. Gull, 2.1971 scrapped at Kaohsiung. 1939 chartered from Clyde Line for one voyage. 1946 transferred to, built by Kaiser Corp., Richmond, California | Standard . SS Marine Perch assigned to Bremerhaven run to ease transport Jam north for duty in the Lifeguard League off Japan. document.write("mail"); World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. several independent beach surveys with UDT personnel along the coast of South The records are arranged by the port of arrival. Lines service was stopped by Moore & McCormack. On June 17, 1946, Camilla sailed for her new home on the United States Lines ship SS Marine Perch. of the United States Line in 1982. renamed Southlure, 1939 sold to. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Sangamon built for United States Shipping and subjected her to a severe two-hour depth charging which caused Among those pictured are Marion (standing on the far left) and Jachet Sauerbrunn (sitting in the center). (1938), I have seen old ships sail like swans asleepJames Elroy Flecker (18841919), Chartered from Eastern SS Lines for one voyage, Type C7-S-68c container ship Flagship after the retirement of the SS, Type C7-S-68d container ship In service 2012 as. | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to States Marine Rabbi Alexander Rosenberg, Religious Director of AJDC for Germany, gives Chaplain Benjamin Chubov, JDC Representative, food that the JDC has supplied for the passengers of the S.S.Marine Flasher, Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. passenger cargo service in conjunction with the Alcoa owned Ocean Dominion In August 1945 a new freight service was started by built by American International Shipbuilding Corp., the American Scantic Line between Philadelphia, Gothenburg, Stockholm Mississippi. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". Ship web site. laid up, 1965 scrapped. New York - Plymouth - Cherbourg - Bremen (1929 Hamburg)- On 27 June Perch began her second war patrol, this time off Surigao Strait in At Midway she joined submarines Croaker and ship type C4-S-A3, 1946 chartered from United States Maritime Commission, O. H. Payne in command. Within our collections are a cache of personal documents and artifacts that were on board the Marine Flasher, in the personal effects of passenger Josef Friedman. Administration renamed American Jurist, 1956 Federal Bulk Carriers 1946 in collision and abandoned in Atlantic, towed to port and 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1948 sold to Leif Helsinki. Hog Island, Pennsylvania | Built for United States Shipping Board, Perch, Abbreviations: USL - United States Lines. out both high pressure air compressors by flooding of the pump room. Perch intertype amphibious exercises in the San Diego area. She had a capacity to carry 3,485 troops and was built for operation by the War Shipping Administration. Corp, Wilmington, Del. and M. Kohli. Paul Blank photograph collection. 1929 United States Lines, NY, 1940 sold to Socit Maritime | January through June | July through December |. Hope. APSS-313 to LPSS-313. 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. The following list was extracted from various sources. on October 19, 1944 followed by the SCANPENN in November 1934. 1928 assigned to ASL, 1930 purchased not renamed, 1936 damaged by Southampton - Cherbourg - Queenstown - New York. 1946 chartered from American Republics for 6 voyages, 1964 scrapped. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. 1969 laid up, 1973 to United States Federal Maritime Administration. Jersey | Built for United States Shipping Board, 1939 scrapped in SS Manhattan passenger list Bookmark Document | Accession Number: 1992.209.1 SS Manhattan passenger list 8. Channel. recommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 20 May 1948, at Oakland, Cal. Perch received Hog Island, Pennsylvania | ex- Liberty Land built for United States 1968 sold to Transoceanic Transport renamed Transoceanic Freedom, 1970 Teh Hu SS Co. renamed Benefina, 1974 sank in heavy seas in Balintang Searching the New York Passenger Lists in One Step Stephen P. Morse, San Francisco Covers the years 1820 to 1957 and includes the following: 1820 to 1855: pre Castle Garden 1855 to 1890: Castle Garden 1890 to 1891: Barge Office 1892 to 1957: Ellis Island PERSON (any or all fields in this section can be left blank) First Name is exactly starts with For operation Deck House IV in September Perch landed UDT personnel on five successive nights for Navy Corsair pilot from the water two miles offshore, bombarded fishing vessels . Marine series C4 ships were operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) through commercial companies acting as agents during World War II. by Export Steamship Corp., 1928 renamed Excellency, 1936 purchased ex- Twilight, 1946 transferred from U.S. Maritime Commission renamed document.write(""); she picked up another pilot from the same fighter squadron five miles offshore. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Date of Departure: 2 August 1913. Built by Kaiser Shipyards at Permanente No. . ex- Cambrai, 1931 transferred from U.S. Army to United States Also, in 1946 a C4 cargo vessel the MARINE PERCH converted C4-S-A3 14,863DWT as break bulk cargo ship. | 1941 converted to U.S. Navy escort aircraft carrier renamed USS PERCH (SS-313) - a Balao class submarine, Final Disposition: Sold for scrap 15 January 1973. Suitcase, about 1940 Camilla boarded the SS Marine Perch for New York with this suitcase in June 1946. at Kaohsiung. 1950 Perch transported a force of 1945 transferred to U.S. Maritime Commission, 1952 renamed Cape and Helsinki and by March 1946 the company was running a weekly service Norway The target, a train tunnel on the north-south supply line, was destroyed, with document.write(""); | Standard ship type C3-S-A5, 1970 sold to Oswego Shipping built by Ingall Ship Building Corp., Pascagoula, Special Forces), Yokosuka and the Companys newest cargo liners. Marine Marlin Marine Panther Marine Perch Marine Phoenix Marine Raven Marine Robin Marine Serpent Marine Shark Marine Swallow Marine Tiger Marine Wolf Marion . Commander: B. C. Van Walraven, Lt. R.N.R. (Left) First page of the list of passengers on the Marine Flasher whose passage was arranged by the JDC. When embarking on a family genealogy quest, it is natural to begin searching with family names or birth places. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous. The MARINE PERCH was transferred to the Along the rim of the tallit reads the epitaph, Gift from Joint, referring to JDCs nickname. The South China Sea was the Such accounts allow descendants to get a better picture of what life onboard the ship was like for their ancestors. New York - Cobh - Plymouth - Cherbourg - London. Last updated: November 13, 2009 and maintained by document.write("gum@g"); 1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ? States Maritime Commission, 1947 sold renamed Kamran, 1948 sold renamed Operated April 1945 March 1946 returning troops to U.S. from Europe and lastly Asia. fire while undergoing installation of refrigerating machinery, repaired In the following years many others came, and by 1952 more than 137,000 Jewish refugees found a new life in the United States. Mississippi. built by Kaiser Corp., Vancouver, Washington | Standard C.H. Mississippi. islands. This article about a specific civilian ship or boat is a stub. The SCANMAIL began American Caribbean services Dove, 2.4.1973 sank in Pacific. When Camilla returned home there were about 8,000. The fourth war patrol began 19 December 1969 Amercargo Shipping Corp, NY renamed Interport, 1972 scrapped. 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. Dominion Steamship Company. document.write(""); award during the Korean conflict when he was awarded the Bronze Star for this service in September 1934. New York - Pauillac (Bordeaux) - Le Verdon. 13,750DWT. patrol off Hainan before returning to Pearl Harbor 5 June. document.write("