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H3. U.S. Ships - (mainly from 1943 onwards)

                AP - US Navy transport; APA- US Navy attack transport
                AK - US Navy cargo ship
                USAT - US Army Transportation Service
               WSAT - War Shipping Administration Transport (figure in
brackets after WSAT is the number of troops the
ship was authorised to carry).

               http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/092218001.jpg

                David C Shanks (USAT) - Photo in Arnold Kludas
        10556t Georg W Goethals class "Great Passenger Ships
transport with a C3-1N-P&C hull of the World", Vol. 4,
1943 (Apr) completed at Pascagoula, 1936-1950, p. 92
MS and delivered to US Army NavSource Online: Service
1943 (Jun) to !945 (Jul) supported Ship Photo Archives,
                   Army forces in the South West 7 photos on line (all post-
Pacific war)
                    1946 converted to a combination (http://www.navsource .org/
of troops and dependents carrier archives/o9/22/22180.htm)
                    1950 transferred to US Navy's
Military Sea Transportation Service
                   (MSTS) with designation T-AP-180)
   Participated in Korean campaign
                    1959 laid up in National Defence
   Reserve Fleet
   1960 sold for non transportation
use

   Photo from Roland W Charles' "Troopships of World War II"

Evangeline (Eastern SS Line) -twscs    nmm photo aq
               5002gt 1927 Philadelphia, PA. (8 Dec 1941, Hamilton
                1942(Jan) on charter to US Army Bermuda with neutrality
1943 (Jul) awarded Battle Star*    markings)
in Sicilian occupation No. N34293
1944 (Jan) departed New York     nmm photo uw
for Southwest Pacific -after calling    (distant unsharp)
at Bora Bora, Milne Bay and No.P10223
Noumea, went to Honolulu for
repairs. Then to San Francisco in
April for extensive repairs. Went
to Seattle in late June, and from
there (via Honolulu) to Espiritu
Santo, Milne Bay, Oro Bay,
Finschhaven, Townsville, Brisbane,
and other ports. Returned to
Honolulu on Christmas Day 1944.
1945 (Jan-Apr) came under Navy
control in San Francisco
Apr. again under Army control
and sailed for Honolulu and
Southwest Pacific
1946 (Feb) returned to owners

   Photo from Roland W Charles' "Troopships of World War II"

Frederick Lykes (ex Sea Hound) nmm photo
(Lykes Bros. SS Co) - (copy of a half-tone
                    7773gt 1940 Kearny, NJ illustration)
1943 (Jul) chartered by US       No. P22769
Army for conversion to a
troopship. Initially in service
between the US and the UK
1944 (Aug) after repairs at
Galveston, sailed for Finschhafen,
Lae and Langemak.
(Sep) returned to US West Coast
for repairs then sailed to Honolulu,
Eniiwetok and Guam
(Dec) returned to San Francisco
1945 (Feb) leaving for Noumea,
Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal,
Hollandia, Leyte Townsville and
Biak, and returned to San Francisco.
(Jun) sailed to the European theatre
1946 (Feb) returned to owners

http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/302620

Henry T Allen (ex Wenatchee, awm photo ( aerial vew)
President Jefferson 1922) ID No. 302620
    15,000gt 1921 Camden, NJ
1940 purchased by US Army
r/n Henry T Allen
                    1941 (Dec) acquired by US
                    Navy
                    1942 (Apr) commissioned as
AP-30 made one troop carrying
voyage to Honolulu
                    (Jun) began training in
amphibious landings
(Nov) flagship for transports
in the attack force at Mehedia
Port Lyautnearey
1943, back in Pacific transporting
troops to Samoa (Jan) and Noumea
  and Espiritu Santo (Feb) -
                    designated an attack transport
(APA-15)
1943 (Mar)-1944 (Mar) operated
                    between New Guinea and Australian
ports carrying US and Australian
                    troops in support of the Allied
                    offensive in New Guinea and the
Solomons

Photo from Roland W Charles' "Troopships of World War II"

Mexico (ex-Colombia) - 5236gt 1932
Newport News, VA (New York and
Cuba Mail Steamship Co.)
War Shipping Administration troopship
from April 1942 until 1946
1942 (May) - 1944 (Jul) made 13 voyages
to the Middle East,Carrtbean,West Africa,
the UK, Honolulu and one to the Southwest
Pacific:
1944 (Jan) voyage from New Orleans to
Bora Bora and Milne Bay
1944 (Jul) sailed Seattle for the Southwest
Pacific and remained for 10 months under
local control. Points visited included Morotai, Lae, Oro Bay,
Finschhafen, Woendi, Hollandia, Langemak
Aitape, Biak, Wakde, Noemfor, Leyte,
Milne Bay, Manus, Manila and Eniwetok.

LIBERTY SHIPS - EC2-S-C1 Type
- N.B.. Year of completion and gross tonnage
from Lloyd's Register 1952-53. Number in
brackets beside name is the hull number.

A generic Type EC2-S-C1 Liberty Ship. Photo from author's collection

Charles Lummis (No. 1649) WSAT No image found
AP USAT - scs 7176gt 1943
Terminal Island CA
1944 (Nov) awarded a Battle Star
in Leyte landing

Isaac Coles (No. 0084) WSAT (504) nmm photo (Aug. 1947,
USAT - scs 7176gt 1942 Terminal Capetown harbour in
Island, CA Lykes Bros colours
                    1943 (Nov) awarded a Battle Star*
for Covoy KMS-31
1944 (Aug-Sep) awarded a second
Battle Star* in invasion of southern
France

            James Fenimore Cooper (0198) No image found
USAT - Portland OR
1943 (Apr) awarded a Battle Star*
for Convoy HX233 - damaged in
a collision in the N. Atlantic in
April, 1943

James Wilson (0183) USAT -       awm photo (Townaville,
                    scs 7176gt 1942 Portland OR at wharf)
1943 commissioned as USN    ID No. 302641
   cargo ship r/n Sterope (AK-96)

                Jane Addams (0635) WSAT AP No image found
                    USAT - scs 7176gt 1942 Terminal
Island, CA.
                    1943 (Nov) awarded a Battle Star in
Gilbert Islands operation

                John Steele (0289) USAT -    No image found
                    scs 7176gt 1942 Terminal Island, CA.
                    1944 (Jun) awarded a Battle Star*
                    in invasion of Normandy

                Key Pittman (0512) AK-128 - No image found
scs 7181gt 1942 Richmond, CA
1943 commissioned as USN cargo
ship r/n Leonis (AK-128)

                Thomas Corwin (0531) USAT - No image found
                    scs7176gt 1943 Richmond, CA.

                * Battle Stars - were awarded to the US Navy Armed Guard crews
(gun crews) on US Mercant Marine ships for participation in "Operations
or "Engagements". An "Operation" was defined as a "series of connected
military actions occupying a specific area and time and may involve many
clashes with the enemy." An "Engagement" was defined as"an action with
  the enemy within a restricted time and area, and of sufficient intensity and
significance to justify recognition." (http://www.usmm.org/battlestar.html)

Sources:
1 Roland W Charles' ".Troopships of World War II" (The Army
Transport Association, Washington, D.C. 1947
2. Hermon Gill's "The Royal Australian Navy 1942-1945, Series 2 (Navy),
Vol.II (Australian War Memorial , Canberra 1968)
3. Peter Plowman's "Across the Sea to War" (Rosenberg, Dural, N.S.W
2003)
4. Liberty Ships built by the US Maritime Commission in World War II
http://www.usmm.org/libertyships.html
5. Liberty Ships Built During World War II Listed by Shipyard
http://www.usmm.org/libyards.html
6. Website of theNaval Historical Center, Wahington, DC
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/
7. NavSource Online:Service Ship PhotoArchive
http://www.navsource.org/archives/

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