Harry Taylor, born on 26 June 1862 in Tilton, N.H., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1884, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineerson 15 June. In October 1949 she was transferred to MSTS and in 1950 continued her West Coast-Orient travels. "By today's standards the 's from Bremerhaven to New York. She arrived Marseilles after the Japanese surrender, and sailed with returning veterans 23 August bound for Hampton Roads. [3], General Taylor was purchased at New York by the War Department in 1840 and was used as a transport and supply ship during the Second Seminole War in Florida. Steam was supplied by an iron flue boiler at an average working pressure of 20 psi. Many passengers were seasick. Although at 6 years of age I was too young to form strong opinions about the cuisine, I distinctly remember eating the first orange of my life aboard the USAT General R. L. Howze. [4] "A senior Turkish port official said the ship's propeller scraped the surface as it was mooring at Samsun. 's to sift long and rough. They exchanged destination addresses believe they went to South Carolina. It is possible that through Ellis Island Foundation it might be cheaper or free. General C. C. Ballou, (AP-157) was launched 7 March 1945 under Maritime Commission contract (MC #714) by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, California; sponsored by Mrs. Harry J. Bernat; acquired by the Navy 20 May 1945; and commissioned 30 June 1945. Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles They usually include portraits of the sailors, officers, and other personnel aboard the ship, accompanied by the individuals surname and naval rate. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Beginning in 1952, the ship began transporting troops from the West Coast to Korea to serve in the Korean War. [2] She completed another voyage to Sydney on 23 March 1950 with 1266 more refugees. Our names are listed on lines 7, 8, 9, and 10. General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. "As the ship approached the In fact, a group of banks and financiers right here in Key West bought the USS General Taylor and it was docked for a time at the East Quay Pier of the Key West Harbor. In September 1849, General Taylor was despatched to Round Island, Mississippi, to help monitor a party of 500 or more "adventurers" gathered there, whose leaders were rumored to be planning an attack on Cuba. Women were assigned to help in the kitchen; had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. Gerhard Maroscher, fellow passenger on the USS General Ballou, departing Bremerhaven, March 31, 1952. I once saw an about 14 year old boy nearly fall into the angry ocean. Following World War II USS General Henry W. Butner was assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949, redesignated USS General Henry W. Butner (T-AP-113) USS General Henry W. Butner performed Occupation duty and China Service for the following periods: I think it was in the neighborhood of $50 for a year membership. My mothers and my cots were very close to the bow. This database is an indexed collection of the draft cards from the Fourth Registration. Meals were taken at standing-height I still have the postcard photo of the ship. This database contains U.S. Navy muster rolls and associated reports of changes for U.S. Navy enlisted personnel who served on U.S. Navy ships or in other naval activities between 31 January 1938 and 31 December 1949. Save big with our Hometown pass membership! After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International On 20 November 1949 USAT General R. L. Howze left Naples with 1,105 displaced persons from Europe and arrived in Melbourne on 17 December 1949. Vietnam In fact, a group of banks and financiers right here in Key West bought the USS General Taylor and it was docked for a time at the East Quay Pier of the Key West Harbor. I dont think it helped. In that year, too, two round trip voyages from New Orleans and . The sleeping quarters smelled terribly. Hello Gerhard, by 4 days. In August 2008, Taylor entered the Black Sea conducting a pre-planned routine visit to the region to interact and exercise with NATO partners Romania and Bulgaria. The manifest shows we werent German citizens, instead we were Roumanian displaced persons. She was reinstated on the Navy List on 28 April 1950. Do you have an interest in contacting the other passengers? 3 Yard, Richmond CA", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_C._C._Ballou_(AP-157)&oldid=1093104450, Transport ships of the United States Army, Korean War auxiliary ships of the United States, Cold War 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, This page was last edited on 14 June 2022, at 15:37. According For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others We departed Bremerhaven, Germany May 31, 1952. Hello Gerda, So nice and unexpected to hear from a fellow traveler so much time and so many stories.Yes, I have the book and it inspired me to write down many remembrances from the war years. The transport decommissioned at Hoboken, New Jersey, 17 May, was returned to the Maritime Commission, and eventually served as a transport for Army Transportation Service. My parents and I- I was 8 at the time came to the US just a little later, arriving in NY on June 10, 1952, also on the Gen. Ballou. [citation needed], General Taylor was employed as a dispatch vessel at the Navy Yard until April 1852, when, needing extensive repairs, she was sold at public auction at Pensacola for $3,000. Oldenbarnevelt 3 NovemberSS Surriento 10 NovemberSS Neptunia 13 NovemberSS Groote Beer 20 NovemberSS Sydney 30 NovemberSS Australia 4 DecemberSS Waterman 10 DecemberSS Castel Felice 24 December, 1956SS Sibajak 10 JanuarySS Toscanelli 19 JanuarySS Roma 21 JanuarySS Surriento 29 JanuarySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 13 FebruarySS Australia 19 FebruarySS Castel Felice 24 FebruarySS Zuiderkruis 3 MarchSS Sydney 16 MarchSS Fairsea 18 MarchSS Oceania 18 MarchSS Sibajak 10 AprilSS Surriento 10 AprilSS Neptunia 16 AprilSS Australia 7 MaySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 8 MaySS Toscanelli 18 MaySS Sydney 25 MaySS Surriento 26 JuneSS Neptunia 1 JulySS Australia 30 JulySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 11 AugustSS Sydney 18 AugustSS Oceania 25 AugustSS Surriento 22 SeptemberSS Australia 14 OctoberSS Sydney 25 OctoberSS Neptunia 8 December, 1957SS Australia 9 JanuarySS Sydney 20 JanuarySS Neptunia 3 MarchSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 17 MarchSS Oceania 27 AprilSS Zuiderkruis 1 JuneSS Waterman 7 SeptemberSS Begona 23 SeptemberSS Australia 25 NovemberSS Oceania 15 December, 1958SS Australia 10 FebruarySS Sydney 30 MarchSS Iberia 5 AprilSS Toscana 10 AprilSS Neptunia 21 JulySS Australia 18 AugustSS Sydney 8 SeptemberSS Neptunia 6 OctoberSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 27 OctoberSS Australia 3 NovemberSS Zuiderkruis 13 NovemberSS Oceania 24 November, 1959SS Australia 6 AprilSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 30 AprilSS Neptunia 25 MaySS Australia 27 JuneSS Roma 10 JulySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 24 JulySS Oceania 11 AugustSS Sydney 24 AugustSS Neptunia 17 SeptemberSS Roma 19 SeptemberSS Australia 28 SeptemberSS Oceania 26 OctoberSS Sydney 1 NovemberSS Neptunia 23 NovemberSS Roma 26 NovemberSS Australia 11 December, 1960SS Sydney 8 JanuarySS Oceania 11 JanuarySS Roma 2 FebruarySS Neptunia 8 FebruarySS Australia 29 FebruarySS Sydney 16 MarchSS Oceania 28 MarchSS Neptunia 27 AprilSS Australia 20 MaySS Sydney 24 MaySS Oceania 13 JuneSS Roma 20 JuneSS Neptunia 11 JulySS Castel Felice 12 JulySS Monte Udala 23 JulySS Sydney 1 AugustSS Australia 3 AugustSS Aurelia 6 AugustSS Oceania 30 AugustSS Roma 10 SeptemberSS Zuiderkruis 12 SeptemberSS Neptunia 26 SeptemberSS Sydney 9 OctoberSS Australia 17 OctoberSS Toscana 17 OctoberSS Waterman 16 NovemberSS Roma 18 NovemberSS Neptunia 12 DecemberSS Sydney 21 December, 1961SS Australia 2 JanuarySS Conte Grande 6 JanuarySS Zuiderkruis 23 JanuarySS Roma 30 JanuarySS Sydney 27 FebruarySS Neptunia 16 MarchSS Australia 20 MarchSS Oceania 17 AprilSS Sydney 14 JuneSS Oceania 3 JulySS Neptunia 31 JulySS Australia 21 AugustSS Roma 24 AugustSS Oceania 18 SeptemberSS Sydney 21 SeptemberSS Neptunia 16 OctoberSS Australia 6 NovemberSS Groote Beer 17 NovemberSS Oceania 4 DecemberSS Sydney 8 December, 1962SS Neptunia 1 JanuarySS Australia 22 JanuarySS Sydney 15 FebruarySS Oceania 20 FebruarySS Zuiderkruis 24 FebruarySS Neptunia 19 MarchSS Roma 19 MarchSS Australia 9 AprilSS Sydney 25 AprilSS Neptunia 5 JuneSS Australia 25 JuneSS Sydney 3 JulySS Oceania 25 JulySS Aurelia 10 AugustSS Neptunia 20 AugustSS Australia 11 SeptemberSS Oceania 8 OctoberSS Roma 16 OctoberSS Flavia 31 OctoberSS Groote Beer 7 NovemberSS Aurelia 11 NovemberSS Australia 26 NovemberSS Oceania 24 DecemberSS Roma 26 December, 1963SS Neptunia 21 JanuarySS Sydney 31 JanuarySS Australia 10 FebruarySS Waterman 13 FebruarySS Roma 6 MarchSS Oceania 10 MarchSS Neptunia 6 AprilSS Sydney 9 AprilSS Galileo Galilei 3 MaySS Roma 13 MaySS Sydney 18 JuneSS Neptunia 20 JuneSS Galileo Galilei 12 JulySS Roma 22 JulySS Aurelia 11 AugustSS Galileo Galilei 20 SeptemberSS Sydney 3 NovemberSS Marconi 5 December, 1964SS Sydney 11 JanuarySS Galileo Galilei 30 JanuarySS Marconi 27 FebruarySS Galileo Galilei 2 AprilSS Marconi 7 MaySS Galileo Galilei 11 JuneSS Marconi 9 JulySS Galileo Galilei 13 AugustSS Marconi 10 SeptemberSS Galileo Galilei 15 OctoberSS Aurelia 23 OctoberSS Galileo Galilei 15 December, 1965SS Marconi 21 JanuarySS Galileo Galilei 19 FebruarySS Marconi 18 March. left via Italy or Shanghai. 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I never had any grandparents to ask as they were deceased (tragically in most cases) before I was born. Everyone seemed to be sick because of the pounding waves. If you have an interest in that, please email me at info@themaroscherstory. This can make copies of some books, especially older volumes, extremely rare. We learned to avoid being downwind This database contains U.S. Navy muster rolls and associated reports of changes for U.S. Navy enlisted personnel who served on U.S. Navy ships or in other naval activities between 31 January 1938 and 31 December 1949. Though there were 193 family groups aboard, there were no facilities for quartering You were too young to remember the voyage. Anneliese I remember the burial at sea also. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). After reading some of the other comments I just wanted to add some also. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by Seemingly without effort, I quickly learned English in the middle of hot humid Georgia. General C. C. Ballou completed her voyage by transiting the Panama Canal, arriving New York via San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 May. I will send you the money for the book and will order several more will also speak to our library about ordering Thank You. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. After her Seminole War service, she played a cameo role in the notorious trial and sentencing of abolitionist Jonathan Walker. I wanted to ask if there was a way to get a manifest our family was Konyen, my phone number is xxxxxxxxxx. You may not use more This letter brought a rush of memories, since I too came to the United States as a Displaced Person in 1949. Gerhard Maroscher Fellows, author of the Bill authorizing their entry into the country, Donate, U.S. Navy Destroyer/Escort Destroyer 1942 to 1969, Active Service in World War II, Korean War, Cold War and Vietnam War, info@usstaylor468.org | 2023 USS Taylor Reunion Association. "Among them, the largest group I was on the same ship in 1952. "[5] The ship's skipper, Commander Dennis Volpe, was subsequently relieved and reassigned. We were originally from Austria-Hungary our area (Buchenland / Bukovina) became part of Romania after the breakup of A.-H. after WWI. To browse this image set, select from the options below. Launched July 18 1943. For the operation, General Taylor was equipped with a single 6-pounder cannon, and her crew issued with small arms. than a few lines without permission. Thank you Gerhard for putting this site together. Separately I sent you email address. "D.P. She was transferred to the Navy in 1842, and used for a time in the Gulf of Mexico. Ship USS General Blatchford 1949-1950 Passenger Lists Can anyone help with finding the passenger lists for the USS General Blatchford arriving in Sydney Australia in 1949-1950. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Kbert-77 Additional comment actions There is this websiteand it has the General Blatchford. So glad that I found you and thanks for the great work! [1][10] She was redesigned by F. Grice and rebuilt by G. Lyndal of Baltimore, a new engine and boiler being supplied at the same time by Charles Reeder & Sons of the same city. Personal Correspondence Are there any correspondents who were on that voyage? His living accommodations USS General Taylor was a small sidewheel steamer which served in the U.S. Navy from 1842 to 1852. [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before.[1]. USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) Forum - Passenger Lists for 1949 USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) See other topics in USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) Forum USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) Forum Thank you for using Forum Jar. Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, General C. H. Muir began operations under MSTS and was re-designated T-AP-142. Hyde General John Pope to US Navy USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) Thank You Gerhard for your beautiful book that also shared my own distant memory of my trip to America. men were given clean-up assignments on deck or in the engine room. Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they taken "many cruises on some of the world's biggest cruise ships, but Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, and Australia opened their doors Years later, living in NYC, I met my husband and while telling him about the voyage, he realized he had been on the same ship while in the army, when it was a troop ship going to Korea (he was 12 years older than I). Prior to her Navy service, she operated as a transport and supply vessel during the Second Seminole War. My husband served as Third Engineer Built by Earles Shipbuilding Co, Hull for the Wilson Line, she was launched on 26th Apr.1881. Sources: Required fields are marked *. The new boiler had a greater fire surface area (720 vs. 499 square feet) than the original, and a slightly higher operating pressure of 25 psi. The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. 7 June 1942 to 20 August 1955, USS TAYLOR It was not a modern cruise ship. Dear Gerhard Some in our extended family stayed in Austria, others moved to Germany and others emigrated to Canada and Australia over the years following the war. the land of golden opportunities. Good luck! I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all . Are you a Key West local? together. I am in a positive-shock state-of-mindyou are the first person I have connected with that was on that voyage to AmericaI am so very grateful that we connectedwe will speak again soon. General Taylor was selected for the mission because her light draft was expected to enable her to negotiate the shallow approaches to the Island, while her speed would allow her to effectively pursue any ships attempting to embark the adventurers. Fresh air seemed helpful being sick and I stayed on deck as much as I could. It joined ships from Poland, Germany and Spain. Cruise books are created for private distribution. Seq No Surname Forename 1 ABELE Aina 2 . Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. On 16 March 1950 USNS General C. H. Muir arrived in Sydney with 1,278 displaced persons from Europe. The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. If you remember from my previous email I was four when we landed in NY on April 12, 1952. My mom who at 96 is still pretty with it, tells me the trip took 9 days. ; USS Washington was a row galley that operated in Narragansett Bay during the winter and spring of 1776.; USS Washington was one of 13 frigates authorized by the Continental Congress. We are now friends and meet occasionally for coffee or lunch. I suspect that you can also find it from Ellis Island archives. after World War II. USS General C. C. Ballou (AP-157) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. This letter brought a rush of memories, If you see substantial portions of this [4] Walker was later infamously sentenced by a Florida civil court to having the letters "S.S."an acronym for "Slave Stealer"[6]branded on his hand. I was on this same vessel with my parents. My family and I sailed from Bremerhaven to NY March 31, 1952. Portraits are generally organized alphabetically by surname within each division or department. Hi Joe, Thank you for contacting me. She was retired in 1983 and sunk as an artificial reef in May of 2009. The others and I have only been in email contact with each other. Alfons, or as we knew him Alc, is listed as passenger 264. "As we moved up the Weser worker]. Best wishes, USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. 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