Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_H._W._Butner_(AP-113)&oldid=1064851761, Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States, Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States, World War II auxiliary ships of the United States, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 19 to 20.6 knots (35.2 to 38.2km/h) (sources vary), This page was last edited on 10 January 2022, at 14:41. Her namesake, Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman (1851-1940), was with Dewey in the Spanish American war and commanded US forces with the English under Beatty in WWI. They were operated by Transportation Corps with a variety of crewing schemes. My older sister said she would sit on the floor of our cabin and as the ship would roll, she would slide around on the floor. USS General H. W. Butner (AP-113), named for Henry W. Butner, was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War. February 1947 and renamed her USAT General Maurice Rose. Below decks were several hundred Army E-1s and E-2s who, as the story was told, had been released from Army stockades in exchange for volunteering to go to Vietnam. My regret was I did not know that or believe me I would have taken a last trip out to see her. She then returned to the United States, arriving Seattle 24 September. While my initials are WRB his was RWB. Never the less it was a great time in my 24 year Army career that often look back on. Maurice Rose spent most of her career on the route between New York and The other ship, first obtained for the purpose, was a commercial ship allocated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 11 August, on the way to Hong Kong for coaling, Hooker ran aground and became a total loss. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". Page made 6 March 2006 Click The same wasn't true for friends of mine who came across soon afterwards on the USNT Upchurch. [52] The Army Signal Corps used a number of cable ships for that work including Burnside, Romulus, Liscum, Dellwood and two vessels intimately associated with the Coast Artillery Corps controlled mine work at the coastal fortifications; Cyrus W. Field and Joseph Henry. "I road that great vessel from Brooklyn, NY to Bremerhaven, FRG in June 1963. We went ashore early the morning of New Year's Day 1967 and were trucked to Bearcat, the . In the next two years she operated in the Pacific between Guam and San Francisco, carrying dependents and servicemen to stations in the Far East. CSM (Maintenance) ships, in addition to acting as CS ships, were also equipped for radio repair operations to supply floating maintenance. The crossing was so rough that the passengers renamed the ship on the spot as the USNT Up-Chuck. General W. H. Gordon - See "General Walter H. Gordon", This information, specifications and resulting ship histories are gathered and compiled from from various sources that many times conflict. Future visions for HCMC's largest channel. It took us seventeen days to cross and VNS Photo The fifth International Exhibition and Conference for Horticultural and Floricultural Production and Processing Technology opened in HCM City on March 1, showcasing fresh flowers, fruits and vegetables and technologies used in their production and processing. An initial investigation showed the vessel drifted towards waters off Balingawan Point on Mindoro island due to rough sea conditions until it became half-submerged. A number of vessels were operated by the Army as small coastal freighters and passenger vessels without being formally given FP/FS numbers. ( more) Welcome Aboard! [7], Three of those vessels, Coast Farmer, Dona Nati and Anhui, out of a number sent, managed to run the Japanese blockade of the Philippines and deliver supplies.[8]. I have lots of memorabilia of my dad's days in the Army, but I just can't find anything about our voyage home. I was given some pills and a supply of paper bags to take with me as I traveled the ship. As with other cable work, some vessels were chartered. World events pulled the Rose away from the Atlantic soon after. Each appears to have used familiar terms when noting the ships in records as seen in the Quartermaster reference,[54] and records elsewhere. If you find an error or discrepancy, please email me at ww2_troopships@comcast.net or The paper is no longer for sale. One of the latter, Bill Douglas, "crossed the Atlantic aboard that ship, although not as a soldier. I must have been chosen as editor by some random process, as I had no experience. A second trip to Vietnam was made between September 1966 and January 1967. Another Air Force serviceman who went to Europe on the Rose was Dick Bergman, USAF, who "shipped out on the USNS General Maurice Rose bound for Bremerhaven Germany. I was a young airman being deployed to Germany. The Army has a fleet of approximately 500 watercraft, operated by units of the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. During the implementation, the SBV is prepared to refinance if participating banks have liquidity problems. According to the governor, Vietnams real estate industry requires a special loan package for the housing sector that helps address the market mismatch. 3 lighters used as refrigerated warehouses. Using new genetic analysis of prehistoric human remains . [54] That SpanishAmerican War prize was replaced by the larger Dellwood for work with Alaskan cables. Army use as tug, 428 tons, 147' length, built Neafie & Levy 1897 as "Plymouth" to USCG as "Iris" 18991934, sold 21 June 1934 as "Plymouth", later "Big Chief" 1938, service with both the Army and Navy during World War II, "B. O. Colonna" 1956, scrapped 1973, United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Mine Planters & Associated Ships 1904-1909, "U.S. Army Coastal Freighters (F, FS) Built During WWII", List of World War II vessel types of the United States, "The U.S. Army's San Francisco Port of Embarkation in World War II", "USAT Fred C. Ainsworth (Transport, 1943-1950)", "Chapter 4: "Help on the Way". ", "I also remember the voice of a black steward yelling, "Rise and shin, Six O'clock" in the morning and that the dining tables had a raised edge to keep the plates from falling off it. [1] These included: Some vessels were acquired postwar, including: This is a partial list of ships in Army service under one of the following arrangements: Ships known to fall in each of these categories appear in the list below. [25] A number of the tugs became Navy tugs after 1950. VSC shows total loss, then revoked. Some of these were substantial vessels, 300 feet long, with a 3,000-ton displacement and a crew complement of 60-plus men. I don't remember any rough crossings as described by others, nothing like the seas I had seen on weather patrol off Iceland and Greenland in the Coast Guard, where heavy seas came over the bow.". The hold where the enlisted men was awash in vomit. It was an experience I will never forget. Buckner served on the New York to Bremerhaven route between 1955 and 1966. Six Liberty ships were converted at Point Clear, Alabama, near Brookley Field, outside Mobile, Alabama. Struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946. I think it was the Rose, I was about 15 (9th grade). The head line is MacArthur policy. I went to the dispensary with my mother and there were quite a few of us lined up in the same condition. Dieser Artikel wurde entwickelt, um den Bedrfnissen unserer Kunden entsprechend zu werden und bietet eine Vielzahl von neuen Funktionen. The Admiral Rodman was on her shakedown cruise off California when the Japanese surrender ended World War II. Within the next few months, MSTS will take over the operation of Army transports. and during the next ten years completed over 130 Atlantic voyages The water was calm and I thought to my self this isn't going to be too bad. Others were long term allocations to Army by the War Shipping Administration so that they operated as Army transports and cargo vessels for much of the war. The ship had just been redecorated to improve comfort for military personnel and their families traveling to Germany. Yes, this was my first of many bouts with sea sickness. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in August 1990 and sold by the Maritime Administration in June 1997 for scrapping at Brownsville, Texas.". As bad as it was I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I was a 52 B30 Power plant operator and mechanic. Stay tuned and please keep submitting info via email. Following the abortive Hungarian revolution of 1957, the General Rose made three voyages from Bremerhaven carrying Hungarian refugees to New York. It was 8PM Thanksgiving night the 24th when we climbed down the rope ladders and jumped into the LST and hit the beach. She We were both Bakers, he an E4, I an E5. amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; Ownership passed back to the Navy, but the ship retained her Army name. This listing is a "work in progress" and additions will be made as they become known to us. [13] (The Army's watercraft program is managed by the United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. It was my honor to serve in the United States Army. ", Similar sentiment was shared by self proclaimed "US Army brat" Edward E. Smith who "rode the ship from New York to Germany in February 1962 and the North Atlantic and the English Channel was terrible. "I sailed in her to and from Germany when I was in the Army. 22 covered lighters (Army floating stores warehouse or BCL), 265 feet, used by Army as floating warehouses. One of my first literary adventures was as editor of The Buckner Banner, the ship's newspaper on the USNS Simon Bolivar Buckner, a troopship sailing from New York to Bremerhaven, Germany. Bareboat charter & involved in prewar construction of air ferry route bases, particularly Christmas Island. The Banner was printed on a worn-out mimeograph machine, and the result was lots of gaps and unreadable copy in the paper. Web Site Copyright 2007 Shayne E. Wallesch & Wendy J. Hochnadel. Grover: grounded twice in 1943. Guys were walking around with paper bags. This was bad for me, as I get worried in the bath tube, ha ha. 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