Center, Department of the Navy, 1994 2 June 1943, he assumed command of the 3d Armored Division in France 7 August PT8 (motor torpedo boat). For troops transported by helicopter, see, APPENDIX B: VICTORY TROOPSHIP CONVERSIONS, "Queen Mary - Ship History and Specifications", Project Liberty Ship: Armament Aboard SS JOHN W. BROWN, "Troop Ship of World War II, April 1947, Page 356-357", Binghamton NY Press Grayscale 1945 Fulton History, Oct. 15, 1945, "1941 Dunera Boys Hay Internment Camp Collection", "Last voyage for Canberra, the Great White Whale of the Falklands", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Troopship&oldid=1126310860. Aerial, starboard side, underway. She operated in the Western Pacific, supporting Following the war, General John Pope continued to sail to Japanese and Korean ports on troop rotation duties, finally being placed in reduced operational status at Seattle 14 May 1955. While of ships and had charter agreements with commercial shipping firms. May 12, 1975, the SS Mayaguez was seized by Kmer Rouge. HMTOlympic even rammed and sank a U-boat during one of its wartime crossings. Starboard bow at wharf. Submarine tender. The designation HMT (Her/His Majesty's Transport) would normally replace RMS (Royal Mail Ship), MV (Motor Vessel) or SS (Steamship) for ships converted to troopship duty with the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite American Merchant Destroyers 135 Davis (DD65). Seal (SS19 1/2), renamed G1. a Front." Commander, the Pioneer Contender and the Navy's U.S.S. trains, riverboats, barges, helicopters, bombers, fighters, reconnaissance Starboard side, underway. 9,917 tons Medusa (AR1). Casco (renamed Hero), 1864. Northampton (heavy CA26). units embarking on ships. After completing nine voyages to He was promoted to Major General 5 September and was killed in action in the ship was docked at Saigon (French Indochina) 17 hand grenades were Colorado (Armored Cruiser 7), renamed the Pueblo. On 5 May 2010, after resting nearly forty years at anchor in Suisun Bay, the General John Pope was towed to Pier 70 dry dock for hull cleaning at BAE Shipyards, in San Francisco Bay. The VA Says:This category includes large ocean-going ships of the Blue Water Navy that conducted supply missions to Vietnam or transported troops into and out of the country through use of smaller landing craft housed within the mother ship. Aerial, starboard side. The final years of the General John Pope began when she was placed out of commission once again on 1 May 1970, transferred to MARAD, and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California. Port bow, underway. Starboard bow, underway. U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Huey helicopters arriving to airlift Vietnamese government Rangers of the 43rd battalion into battle against Viet Cong guerrillas, Saigon, 1965. Acquired by the US Navy and placed in service, 21 March 1952, by the, Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973. runs to Europe and back. Between 1965 and 1969, MSTS carried 7.6 million tons of supplies for the Thrasher (SS26), renamed G4. Extreme Beam Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) aircraft carrier Windham Bay, was the first large ship to navigate the Long Tam River since 1925. If you see substantial portions of this Port bow. those named on the Vietnam Memorial, "The Wall." These mariners Starboard side, under sail. On 7 July 1967, the General John Pope departed U.S. Port side, underway. She arrived San Francisco 2 October, and from 20 October to 9 November she again sailed to Vung Tau with men and military supplies. on the USAT General R. L. Howze as a refugee of World War II.]. There she embarked South Korean soldiers and sailed for Nha Trang 30 August, arriving 7 September. The three-week voyage afforded Soldiers and Marines the opportunity for recreation and preparation for the trials and dangers they would face on their year-long tours of duty. Torpedo Boats 183 Dent (DD116). It is not a complete collection. Associated Conditions & Diseases Sailing Ships 8 Cushing (Torpedo Boat 1). The following were among the 46 precautions She then departed and arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day, 23 November 1967 disembarking all units. Starboard side. Aerial, starboard beam, underway. The M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle was an anti-tank weapon, carrying missiles and a two-man scouting team. Connecticut (BBl8). were trucked to Bearcat, the newly-constructed base camp for the 9th Infantry Some hull damage. USS Zelima (AF-49) [Auxiliary Stores Ship] conducted numerous on shore supply replenishments at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau, and An Thoi from July-October 1965, January-August 1966, October-December 1968, and May-June 1969, USS Mars (AFS-1) [Combat Stores Ship] conducted numerous on shore supply replenishments at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau, and An Thoi from May 1965 to November 1972 with evidence of crewmembers going ashore, USS Niagara Falls (AFS-3) conducted on shore supply replenishments with helicopters and small boats at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau, and An Thoi from April 1968 to March 1973, USS White Plains (AFS-4) conducted on shore supply replenishments with helicopters and small boats at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau, and An Thoi from January 1969 to March 1973, USS San Jose (AFS-7) conducted on shore supply replenishments with helicopters and small boats at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, and Vung Tau from October 1971 to February 1972 and September 1972 to March 1973, USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7) [Amphibious Force Flagship] conducted troop and supply beach landings at Da Nang and elsewhere during March-May 1965, June-July 1966, and July-November 1967, USS Estes (AGC-12) conducted troop and supply beach landings at Chu Lai and Da Nang during March-October 1965, USS Winston (AKA-94) [Attack Cargo Ship] conducted troop and supply beach landings during July 1965; April-August 1966; September-October 1967; and November 1968-May 1969, USS Mathews (AKA-96) on-loaded supplies at Da Nang and delivered them up the Cua Viet River to Dong Ha with mike boats from August through December 1967, USS Merrick (AKA-97) conducted troop and cargo beach landing with small boats at Hue, Chu Lai, and Da Nang from July 1965 through November 1968, USS Seminole (AKA/LKA-104) [Attack/Amphibious Cargo Ship] conducted troop landings with small boats at Da Nang, Hoi An, and Quang Tri from March through August 1967, September 1968 through February 1969, and during January 1970, USS Skagit (AKA/LKA-105) conducted troop and cargo beach mike boat landings at Da Nang, Chu Lai, and Quang Ngai from November 1965 to November 1967, USS Union (AKA/LKA-106) conducted numerous troop and cargo mike boat beach landings at Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, and Chu Lai from March 1965 to November 1969, USS Washburn (AKA/LKA-108) conducted numerous small boat beach landings at Da Nang, Thon My Thuy, Hue on Perfume River, and Dong Ha on Cua Viet River from 1965 to 1969, USS Tulare (AKA/LKA-112) conducted troop and cargo mike boat beach landings at Da Nang, Chu Lai, Cam Ranh Bay, and Vung Tau from 1966 to 1972, USS St. Louis (AKA/LKA-116) conducted troop and cargo landings with small boats at Da Nang, Vung Tau, and Quang Nam Province during August-October 1970; January-March 1971; and April-November 1972, USS General R M Blatchford (AP-153) [Transport Ship] landed elements of 1st Infantry Division at Vung Tau by small boats during October 1965, USS George Clymer (APA-27) [Amphibious Attack Transport] conducted troop and supply mike boat beach landings during July 1965, and March-July 1966, at Da Nang and Chu Lai, USS Bayfield (APA-33) conducted troop on loading and mike boat landings at Da Nang, Chu Lai, Baie de My Han, and Cua Viet River from July through October 1965 and February through May 1967, USS Cavalier (APA-37) conducted troop landings with mike boats at Chu Lai and Da Nang during March- August 1966 and January-May 1968, USS Henrico (APA-45) conducted numerous troop landings at Da Nang, Chu Lai, and Hue from March through May 1965 and from August 1966 through March 1967, USS Lenawee (APA-195) conducted troop and supply landings at Da Nang and Chu Lai from April 1965 to December 1966, USS Magoffin (APA-199) conducted troop and supply landings at Da Nang and other Vietnam locations from October 1965 through February 1966 and May through November, 1967, USS Navarro (APA-215) conducted troop on and off loading operations from May 1965 to February 1968 at Da Nang, Chu Lai, and Quang Ngai Province, USS Okanogan (APA-220) conducted troop and supply landings at various locations during January-July 1962, September 1963-April 1964, July-October 1965, July 1966, November 1966- March 1967, and June-November 1968, USS Pickaway (APA-222) conducted troop and supply landings at various locations during January 1963, July 1965, March-June 1966, and June-October 1967, USS Renville (APA-227) conducted troop landings at Da Nang during August-September 1964, May-August 1965, and March-October 1966, USS Paul Revere (APA-248) conducted small boat troop landings at Quang Ngai Province, Da Nang, and elsewhere from August 1965-April 1966, June- November 1967, March-August 1969, September 1970-March 1971, and August 1972-February 1973, USS Mobile (LKA-115) [Amphibious Cargo Ship] transported troops and cargo to/from Da Nang and elsewhere July-September 1970, during April 1971, October-November 1971, and January-July 1972, USS Vancouver (LPD-2) [Amphibious Transport Dock] while anchored offshore, conducted numerous amphibious troop beach landings with smaller mike boats in the areas of Da Nang, Cam Ranh Bay, Cua Viet River, and Mekong River Delta from February 1965 to September 1971, USS Cleveland (LPD-7) while anchored offshore, sent mike boats up Cua Viet River and Hue River from November 1967 through 1968 and up Saigon River during September 1969, USS Dubuque (LPD-8) transported troops, equipment, and supplies ashore with smallervessels and docked at Da Nang and elsewhere from June-November 1968, October-December 1969, January-March 1970, and April-July 1971, USS Denver (LPD-9) transported troops, equipment, and supplies ashore with smallervessels and docked at Da Nang and elsewhere from February-September 1970; March-June and November 1971; and January-August 1972, USS Juneau (LPD-10) picked up troops and equipment with smaller vessels and transported them out of Vietnam from August 1970 to March 1971 and June to November 1972, USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) [Landing Platform, Helicopter] operated as troop transport with helicopters and smaller vessels transporting troops on and off shore for amphibious assaults from May 1965 to August 1972, USS Okinawa (LPH-3) operated as troop transport with helicopters and smaller vessels transporting troops on and off shore for amphibious assaults, with evidence that crew members went ashore to assist civilians, from April-November 1967, December 1968-May 1969, June- November 1970, and April-November 1972, USS Princeton (LPH-5) operated as troop transport with helicopters and smaller vessels transporting troops on and off shore during April 1962 and from October 1964 to December 1968, USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) operated as troop transport with helicopters and smaller vessels transporting troops on and off shore from September 1964 to September 1969, USS Tripoli (LPH-10) operated as troop transport with helicopters and smaller vessels transporting troops on and off shore intermittently from May 1967 to December 1973, USS Carter Hall (LSD-3) [Landing Ship Dock] while anchored offshore, conducted troop-landing operations with mike boats at Da Nang, Dong Ha, and other locations from July 1965 through November 1968, USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) conducted numerous troop, supply, and equipment landings at Da Nang, Chu Lai, etc. In April 1967, she transported the 589th Engineer Battalion to Qui Nhon from Oakland. What if a ship I served on is not on this VA Agent Orange ship list? Promoted to Lieutenant General 7 August 1944, he served with the 7th Army in France. For example, amphibious transport dock ships, such as the Duluth, transported ground troops to the coastal waters of Vietnam; the troops would either travel to shore via smaller landing vessels or directly disembark to Vietnam if the ship docked (if the ship docked, sailors aboard at the time would be considered brown-water sailors under current Fleet in San Francisco Harbor, Virginia bow on. Underway again 10 December with over 5,000 troops for the Pacific fighting and 500 staff. It was operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service or MSTS. Port bow, moored beside the Shark (SS8). Starboard side. Port side. Peter Plowman, Across the sea to war: Australian and New Zealand troop convoys from 1865 through two world wars to Korea and Vietnam (Dural, NSW: Rosenberg Pub) Voyages for transport duty to Southeast Asia. In the era of the Cold War, the United States designed the United States ship so that she could easily be converted from a liner to a troopship, in case of war. Port bow, camouflaged, Norfolk. For example, Convoy 21 in June 1916 carried some 25,333 troops. a few lines without permission. In 1965, US Coast Guard In September 1962 it was re-designated the UH-1, but the name "Huey" stuck. Personal correspondence from Professor Michael Gillen and others Prior to World War I, he served in Texas and Arizona; and from June 1917 until May 1919 he joined the 18th Infantry in France participating in the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihel, and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Originally designated the HU-1 it become known by the nickname "Huey.". Aerial, starboard bow, underway, aircraft on deck. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Monday met with United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen in Kiev and they discussed US financial support to . 12,657 tons Starboard side, underway. commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Infantry 15 August. Before 1968, American forces were transported to Vietnam on MSTS troop transports operated by civilian mariners. Division. Patoka (AV6), formerly oiler AO9. tons (39 billion pounds) of cargo to Vietnam for the Army at a cost of $570 million. The US Naval Ship General Nelson M. Walker was one of three ships that took the US Army's 4th Infantry Division. Meeting with the Guernere, 1812. USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) Soldiers lunching in the ship's troop mess hall. 28). Table of Contents 1. Ammunition ship. PC405, SC405. On 1 November 1967, the General John Pope again departed Oakland Army Base with elements of the 61st Assault Helicopter Company, the 92nd Assault Helicopter Company, the 134th Assault Helicopter Company, the third packet of the 221st Signal Company (Pictorial) and the 45th Military Intelligence Detachment, arriving in Okinawa on 17 November 1967 for a 24-hour layover. Port bow, on James River.. Michigan, starboard stern quarter, underway. Gloucester formerly J. P. Morgan's Corsair. Mayflower (PY1). feet Admiral R. E. Coontz (AP-122) (q.v.) "HMT" was also used, for a while, to designate "Hired Military Transport."[16][17]. During the summer of 1944, the far-ranging transport made two round-trip voyages from San Francisco: on the first she got underway 27 May for New Guinean ports, Guadalcanal, and the Russell Islands, debarking 3,800 men of the famous 1st Marine Division at San Diego, California before returning to San Francisco; and on the second she departed 26 July for Honolulu and returned 8 August. The Uganda troops serving under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), have completed road expansion works for the nine-kilometer stretch connecting Buufow and Janaale towns in the Lower Shabelle region. Observation Helicopters 4. Capture of the Frolic on. Minesweeper. 38-gun frigate. Monadnock (BM3), starboard side, in Chinese waters. Hospital ship, Aerial, starboard side, underway. Pennsylvania (BB38). He then took command of the 4th Army in July 1945 and died 21 November while on duty at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Delivered by the Maritime Commission, for conversion to a training ship for the State University of New York Maritime College, at Fort Schuyler, N.Y. The USNS Edwin D Patrick is a troop ship used during the Vietnam and Korean War. MSTS [SS Overseas Rose with Final Disposition, scrapping contract awarded to Bay Bridge Enterprises, Chesapeake, VA., 13 June 2007 for $851,194. South Vietnam, arriving 14 September, and debarking troops and supplies. We have a zero-tolerance policy regarding racism, stereotyping, bigotry, and death-mongering. Any Veteran aboard the mother ship during the time frame of offshore Vietnam landing craft activity will be eligible for the presumption of exposure if that Veteran provides a lay statement of personally going ashore with the landing craft.. Star Wars Micro Galaxy Squadron Mystery Figure Wave 1 Set of 7 SHIPS FREE/TODAY . The transport returned to Seattle 17 August following this long voyage, but she was underway again 11 days later via Ulithi, Cebu, and Leyte for Yokohama, returning to San Francisco 8 October with over 5,000 veterans. Just as in World War II and The troop transport HMAS Sydney was the first RAN ship to have operational service in Vietnam. Starboard bow.on James River.. Lexington (CV2). Port bow, at wharf. Most major naval powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries provided their domestic shipping lines with subsidies to build fast ocean liners capable of conversions to auxiliary cruisers during wartime. Port side, towing boats on return from attack on Korean mainland.. Nebraska (BB14). What if a ship I served on is not on this VA Agent Orange ship list? Virginia (BB13). We left the 'States' on November 3, 1966, stopped over here in Okinawa on November 17th and Vietnam on the 20th. of the Army 1st Cavalry Division went to Vietnam aboard the baby flattops Naval Academy, The Sullivan Brothers and the Assignment of Family Members, Historic Former U.S. Navy Bases and Stations, The African American Experience in the U.S. Navy, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Navy, Contributions of Native Americans to the U.S. Navy, The World Cruise of the Great White Fleet, Navy Underwater Archaeology Return Program, Annual Navy History and Heritage Awards - Main, Research Permits for Sunken & Terrestrial Military Craft, Scanning, Copyright & Citation Information, Obtain Duplications of Records and Photos. Multi-Mission Helicopters 6. Between January and October 1948 the ship . on The Wall. Air Force, about half going directly to Vietnam, the rest to staging Converted yacht. Waterline Beam 76 An October 1973 article in Military Sealift Command's "Sealift Magazine" states there were 138 enemy actions against MSC chartered and owned ships, which resulted in 16 deaths and 45 wounded during the period May 1964 to November 1972. She continued to transport troops and supplies supporting the effort to repel Communist aggression in South Vietnam until heading home 31 December. was succeeded by Military Sealift Command. USA.gov, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration . On July 21, 1966 the 1st Battalion of the 22nd Infantry Regiment sailed on the Walker from. Departing Okinawa the following day she arrived at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam on 21 November 1967 and disembarked the 61st Assault Helicopter Company. Germany 31 March 1945. On It was like taking the local bus to get to another town. Monitor (original), 1862. Destroyers 127 Delaware (BB28). In the case of captured enemy ships it includes their original name. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he assumed command of Allied forces in New Caledonia 12 March 1942, and on 8 December he relieved General Vandegrift, USMC, on Guadalcanal and took command of composite American forces operating against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. Aerial, port bow, underway, launching aircraft. which saw WWII duty included the USNS Core, Card, Croatan, and Aerial, starboard bow, underway. Starboard side, underway. M2A3 Bradley firing its M242 Bushmaster. hb```S@(87:L8 {Sq#j/l+E]vPi`4b;*+V-_5jnQL(+td88$s|fn!mn=?$+P"ur8v~i[@lt$Pv ::v0)n= 74-gun ship of the line. ProPublica - Reliving Agent Orange On subsequent voyages this turn around time was reduced to a matter of hours. On 8 September she again departed New York for Erie (Gunboat PG50). Starboard bow, laying a smoke screen. Salem (Scout Cruiser 3). On 21 July 1967, she arrived in Okinawa to disembark partial elements of the 3rd Marine Regiment. Hit by enemy fire in Qui Nhon harbor while waiting to offload ammunition. Diamond Head in background. During three consecutive months, November and December 1966, and January 1967, the General John Pope, along with the USNSGeneral Daniel I. Sultan, transported U.S. military troops to Southeast Asia. They brought the troops in and brought home many of Onondaga, 1864. Returning via Nouma to embark casualties, the ship reached San Francisco 18 May 1944. . She reached New York, via Suez and Gibraltar, late1 in January 1967 and was placed in ready reserve status while preparing for future service. Taxes; Seller charges sales tax in multiple provinces. MSTS and the Merchant Steaming primarily between New York and Bremerhaven, Germany, she completed more and the ship. At least 85 others were injured when a passenger train crashed into an oncoming freight train near Tempe. 1944. Texas (unnumbered), renamed the San Marcos. 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