Bibliography . Masterson 1949, p. 306. Magistr, Dec 21, 2007 #5. Different units aboard are separated by semi-colons (;). Seventy tons of cement are used to temporarily patch the bow in Gourock, Scotland. World War II Troop Ships Home Page: Information primarily on troop ship crossings in the Second World War. She later landed troops at the Omaha and Utah beaches and also at Le Havre, in all she made over 70 crossings and carried over 100,000 troops. The English Channel, nearly a hundred miles wide between Portsmouth, England, and the Normandy beaches, was a formidible military barrier. | January through June | July Through December |, Actions of 310th Inf. ", John Waller: "I was in line to jump when the two ships collided. This is troopship Queen Elisabeth. Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Garland Waller and Barry Nolan, co-directors and producers of the film "The Silent Soldier and the Portrait." Troopships and Hospital ships of World War II, including those operated by the American Merchant Marine War Shipping Administration, U.S. Navy, and Army Transport Service Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Masterson 1949, p. 306. ", On returning to the spot where the Leopoldville went down and throwing a wreath in the water, Nolan: "This was a moment of remembrance of greatest ideals. For more information on the Aquatania, click on the picture above. A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. Click here to view a site map. And yet we did it. This was Europeans. 262nd. "It was a scandal, and then they just forgot about it," Pfeifer said of Leopoldville's demise. Since they were manufactured in Gourock, the lifeboats were lifted into their davits upon ship's arrival. Mar.1944 clearly marked as a hospital ship, she was again bombed at Naples. / 78th US.Infantry Division, Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in. On Dec. 24, 1944, the troop ship S.S. Leopoldville set sail from Southampton, England, with more than 2,200 U.S. soldiers on board. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. On Christmas Eve 1944, more than 2,000 American soldiers were aboard the troop ship SS Léopoldville crossing the English Channel to France, when it … British Troopships: Images of many ships used by the British. The ship was named after the wife of Britain’s reigning monarch, King George V. The royal couple was on hand when the ship was launched RMS Queen Mary was an instant success, a legend in its own time. Francesca Paris and Jack Mitchell adapted it for the web. Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. And they didn't. Crowded ship bringing American troops back home. Most of the Canadian Army troop crossings were made from "an eastern Canadian port" which the public correctly identified as Halifax; but at least two ships* sailed from Sydney with small Army drafts on board. The James Parker (AP 46) carried the 772nd Tank Battalion AP Troop Ships. Early in the previous century it had thwarted Napoleon. They picked up a cruiser/destroyer escort as they approached England. So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings. Many families did not learn the real story of how their loved ones died until years later. 1944 July–December Troop Ship Crossings. Acadia Six weeks on a troopship in Convoy OS62/KMS36 in WW2 13/12/1943 to 24/01/1944. Source: Troopships of World War II by Roland W. Charles, published by the Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947 Troop ships for which additional information is available on this website. for those expressly stated to have been photographed by "Shayne E. Wallesch". Operationally, troopships are normal ships, and unlike landing ships, cannot land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport or onto smaller vessels, either tenders or barges. ", Garland, on not knowing what had almost happened to her father, Garland Waller: "They were told, 'Do not talk about this. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. February 28, 1944: Table reproduced from 1944 World War II Troop Ship Crossings January Through June (linke to site broken). And now he's on a boat being sent across the English Channel to join the Battle of the Bulge. Ashley Bailey produced this interview and Robin Young edited it for broadcast. Robin Young Twitter Co-Host, Here & NowRobin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. They went down.". It's overwhelming — it was really quite a moment. World War II Troop Ships claims no ownership of the images displayed on this site except Troop Crossings: Crossing Submission Form: Site Information: Search: Contact Us: January … Sunk off Cherbourg, France, Christmas Eve 1944, by U-486. / 78th US.Infantry Division "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". With her sister ship Queen Elizabeth, the two "Queens" enabled D-day to happen in 1944 and not in 1945. June - August 1944 HMS Black Prince, light cruiser (CyberHeritage, click to enlarge) on to September-December 1944 This means only the smaller unit is known to have been on board; the larger unit is included, since people may be searching on that. The ship goes aground twice despite prior dredging of the river and her shallow draft. Athlone Castle The Queen Mary The R.M.S. a. p. hill abraham lincoln acadia (hosp.) On the sinking of the SS Léopoldville in the English Channel in 1944, Barry Nolan: "These were the people that when they talk about the 'greatest generation,' John Waller is one of the prime examples. And it's Christmas Eve when a German U-boat torpedoes this converted steamship, and the attempt to rescue these people as the ship began to go down was just chaotic. In the 19th century, navies frequently chartered civili… Vernon Joseph Baker We never had a chance. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Bibliography . Master List of Personnel Forms & Examples Detail on the SS Homeric . Thus Ancient Rome used the navis lusoria, a small vessel powered by rowers and sail, to move soldiers on the Rhine and Danube. Those guys jumped from the Léopoldville, they missed. At Southampton, at 0200 (2.00 AM) on Christmas Eve 1944, 2235 men from the U.S. 66th Infantry Division started to trudge wearily up the gangway of the tired old Belgian troopship SS Leopoldville. The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. Athlone Castle, a converted mailship. Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. And when they began to hear this, what they responded to was the power of those ideals that brought those boys from farms to fight for other people who were being oppressed. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division. Born and raised on a farm, never been more than 50 miles from his home, he comes and signs up to go fight for his country. Everything was always spick and span on board the Troopships. February 28: Arrives in Glasgow Scotland. I got home. 0000028523 00000 n hl jknlmoAX h @ X 2: Hȸ I g`ԝ M b )k E G . and … So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. That audio is available here. other troop ships. The modern troopship has as long a history as passenger ships do, as most maritime nations enlisted their support in military operations (either by leasing the vessels or by impressing them into service) when their normal naval forces were deemed insufficient for the task. Merchant Ship Control Service. At 19. The 1st and 2nd Divisions came directly to Halifax from various parts of Canada and immediately went on board ship. So this bugs me, according to 1944 Troop Ship Crossings - January to June no troop ships sailed on 25 Apr 44 or arrived on 4 May 44. She also speaks with John Waller, Garland's 93-year-old father and the focus of the film. Selected Troopships of WWII - Scroll down to see total list. Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary were used as troop transports during the Second World War. 1944 WWII Troop Ship Crossings 1945 WWII Troop Ship Crossings This site provides a vast number of troop ships that carried soldiers overseas, both ETO and PTO. On Christmas Eve 1944, one of their troopships the SS Leopoldville, a Belgium passenger ship converted into a transport, was crossing the English Channel and was hit and sunk by a German U-Boat. 1944 World War II Troop Ship Crossings Last updated: February 23, 1999 - … The repatriation of American troops continued until October 1945 when the Queen Elizabeth was released from US service and allocated to the repatriation of Canadian troops. Troop Ships of the 81st Tank Battalion The 81st Tank Battalion left New York harbour on 10th February, 1944 on their way to Liverpool, England. Approximately 6000 troops were onboard The H.M.T. "Lightning Division". August 2 - 7. But one amazing troop ship They were not escorted during the Atlantic crossing, and the slowed or stopped for nothing. 0000028523 00000 n hl jknlmoAX h @ X 2: Hȸ I g`ԝ M b )k E G . Use the Books Database to identify items: search by name of publication or name of ship. I just wiped it completely out of my mind and never even thought about it again. Sunk off Cherbourg Christmas Eve 1944, by U-486. Athlone Castle, a converted mailship. This was to be her last tragic voyage. It will be bad for morale.' 1944 1945 TM British Isles to Norway April 1940 May 1940 troop convoys TP Norway to British Isles May 1940 May 1940 troop convoys UR Loch Ewe (later Belfast) to Reykjavík: WN River Clyde, Oban and Loch Ewe to Firth of Forth: WP Wales to Portsmouth Troop Ship Names . Equipped with guns and trained crews, they would become hunters and search for rival countries merchant ships and try to sink them. (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) I have found evidence that the 335th, 338th, and 357th Harbor Craft companies operated from the area with quite a few Army small tugs involved. It may be coincidence, but the Ship's markings of SX seem to fit nicely with the fact that she was carrying the Royal Sussex Regiment. I walked down the side of the Leopoldville into the water, and I was there for 40-50 minutes in freezing, ice-cold water, before I was pulled out of the water and into a small fishing boat. Post-war: On that date, after weeks of waiting in camp in southern England, these regiments received the order to move out. On Christmas Eve 1944, more than 2,000 American soldiers were aboard the troop ship SS Léopoldville crossing the English Channel to France, when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat and sank. WWII Cruises . Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division. Their high speeds allowed them to outrun hazards, principally German U-boats, usually allowing them to travel without a convoy. If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. I guess when I did that I remembered that a lot of my friends, a lot of my comrades didn't make it. Life was always at a leisurely pace back in the 1930's. after it was finally captured in July of 1944. 501st Military Police Battalion; 124th AAA GN BN MBL, 689th Field Artillery Battalion; paratroopers, Headquarters Battery 404th Field Artillery Group; field artillery units; others, discharge and map of Lloyd Hardy (404th FA) via, War diary of Peter Richard Kullen (via Jim Kullen), 143rd Anti-aircraft Artillery (AAA) Gun Battalion, 378th Infantry Regiment; 358th Field Artillery Battalion; 359th Field Artillery Battalion; 360th Field Artillery Battalion; 320th Medical Battalion (all units of the 95th Infantry Division), The rest of the units of the 95th Infantry Division not carried on, 520th Quartermaster Railhead Company and many other troops; nurses on an upper deck, 195 troops of 978th Engineer Maintenance Company, 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion, Returnees, mostly Purple Hearts (ship manned by British Navy), 413th Infantry Regiment; HQ & HQ Battery 104th Infantry Division Artillery; 385th Field Artillery Battalion (all from, 414th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Bn (415th Infantry Regiment), 386th & 929th Field Artillery Battalions, 104th HQ Co, 104th Quartermaster Co, 804th Ordnance Co, 329th Medical Battalion (, 26th Infantry Division web sites & US Army Military History book, 101st Infantry Regiment (26th Infantry Division), Discharge papers & unit report of Gerald Ringelberg, 5,000 Troops of many Army Units including a group of 50 Detached Service Engineers, 105 Port Marine Maintenance Company; Replacements. 1944 July–December Troop Ship Crossings. "A" Battery - 656th Field Artillery Battalion; Unit History of the A Battery of the 656th Field Artillery Battalion, 76th Infantry Division Headquarters Advance Party, 275th Infantry Regiment, 276th Infantry Regiment and Company L of 274th Infantry Regiment (all of, 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment (10th Mountain Division), Remainder of 76th Infantry Division (see 44-11-23), replacements, units unassigned, all headed for 3rd Army, T. Carnall, via M. Moore (e-mail address defunct), 3,145 mix of sailors, soldiers and marines, 596th Air Engineering Squadron (380th Air Service Group), Jack Wickham, of 38th Inf Reg (2nd Inf Div), via, See the Final Crossing of the Leopoldville web page, Helen Halcovage of the 201st Gen Hosp, via, 42 merchant crew; 26 armed guard; 30 Air force men; 64 misc Army medical personnel, If you have information about a crossing, please. After repair, she was used on the North Atlantic and after D-Day was used on the Southampton - Cherbourg service. Nearly 800 soldiers were killed. For questions or comments about this site, please e-mail ww2_troopships@comcast.net. Starting with the Spanish-American War, passenger ships were outfitted as a troop ships to transport soldiers all over the world. Detail on the SS Homeric . Belgian Trooper SS Leopoldville. 42a i(b 6ǟ\\t 2 * k ca ) Of L n $ wP C C 2l R [ > 8 2 a } @ @C [3C ) | % . The ship's next duty was to repatriate these troops and redeploy troops for the war against Japan. T ship has made as many as 24 Atlantic crossings in a single year. Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 11, 2020. And they didn't. There were other options, such as long distance telephones, but a telegram would have likely been the most common. List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1944 Ship Country Description Akikawa Maru Japan World War II: Convoy MI-29: The Standard 2AT tanker (a.k.a. 1944 Troop Ship Crossings. In 1941 it returned to New York and made several crossings from the northeast as a troop ship such as the one on February 14, 1944, sailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Greenock, Scotland, carrying among others the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Could this have been a typo on his discharge papers? She has covered more than 350,000 miles, equal to 14 trips around the globe. On 10 May 1944 when Captain Dyer relieved Captain Wickham the duties of the Assistant Director were changed to the following which were in effect through VE Day: Director of subsidiary sections. Together with MARI, MPRI, etc. LCCN 58037940. WWII cruises - table pg.1.pdf. After nine hours, the ship returned to Southampton. Just never in this world expect that anybody would even be interested in the Leopold. Troop Ships of the 81st Tank Battalion The 81st Tank Battalion left New York harbour on 10th February, 1944 on their way to Liverpool, England. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous. They were on our way to replace the troops at the Battle of the Bulge. The troops would get off the ship, go to a Western Union office, send their family a telegram telling them when and how they would be getting home, and then they would get the train to there. 1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ? Awagawa Maru) was torpedoed and sunk in the East China Sea west of Yakushima Island) by USS Sea Devil ( United States A total of 249 troops, seven guards and eighteen crewmen were killed. Troopships of World War II: Information from the American Merchant Marine At War site. With the Battle of the Bulge underway in Europe, reinforcements were needed. Departure Date.pdf. In 1945, the ship was converted back to a troop transport and carried out trooping duties in the Far East. 10 officers and 160 enlisted men. 1944 1944 rarely used CT British Isles to Canada 1941 1941 troopships CU: Caribbean (later New York City) to Liverpool: 20 March 1943 30 May 1945 73 14-knot convoys of tankers with some fast cargo ships: GUF: Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay: 29 November 1942 16 April 1945 22 faster ships GUS: Mediterranean to Chesapeake Bay: 21 December 1942 27 May 1945 92 escorted by 2 unknown British destroyers that were both sunk by U-boats, US Army Forces in Northern Ireland: Chronology, Actions of 310th Inf. Aquitania left New York with the 628 TD's on board on 29 January 1944. First time a complete division was carried on any ship. Passengers were awed by its great size, measuring 1,019 feet long and displacing 80,677 tons. The disorganization and miscommunication which featured prominently in the last voyage of the Leopoldville actually began with the mobilization of the 262nd and 264th Regiments on 23 December. 42a i(b 6ǟ\\t 2 * k ca ) Of L n $ wP C C 2l R [ > 8 2 a } @ @C [3C ) | % . Merchant Ship Control and general Routing Policy for independently routed merchant ships and convoys in area of U.S. responsibility. Troop Ship Crossings. The first Queen Elizabeth was one of the largest passenger liners ever built. Ships to transport troops were already used in Antiquity. But her time was nigh! Vernon Joseph Baker We never had a chance. Embarkation rolls Apart from several miscellaneous items in the Research Centre, embarkation rolls from 1 December 1939 – 31 December 1944 are held at the National Archives of Australia in series AT226/10. The ship was hit by the German submarine U-486. Ww1 Us Troop Transport Ships. Note that units may have crossed on multiple ships. . Troops of the US Army 2nd Infantry Division march up the bluff at the E-1 draw in the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach on D+1, 7 June 1944. The 1st and 2nd Divisions came directly to Halifax from various parts of Canada and immediately went on board ship. Ship Passenger Lists (the 1870s through the 1960s) The GG Archives is a Great Resource for Ship Passenger Lists - USA, Canada, Australia, and Other World Ports, from the 1870s - 1960s. Early passenger lists were handwritten, but once printing presses became commonplace on many steamships, the ship manifests became a souvenir of the voyage. Built in 1929, she was a veteran in carrying troops to battle. On December 4, 1946, the ship was recommissioned as the flagship of the United States Lines.
They had recently tasted success by accounting for their first victim, the British Silver Laurel, now they waited patiently for the next victim to enter their web. Her ports include: Bombay, Marseilles, Capetown, Guadalcanal, Canal Zone, Naples, Liverpool and Mers-el-Kehbir. 1944 Troop Ship Crossings. Elements of the 66th Infantry Division; others, (unknown - large ship, not an ordinary troop carrier), Replacements (total of 11,891 troops & 1,061 crew). Us Navy Troop … Arrived Gourock Scotland - 28 July 1944 Debarked - 29 July 1944. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. When I threw it overboard, it really brought back memories of that Christmas Eve. Army Transport Service Ships. Christmas eve 1944, and 783 US troops die Introduction. Series 2 – Navy 1. WW2troopships.com & WWIItroopships.com 1942 World War II Troop Ship Crossings Crossings - July Through December If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information. And yet we did it. While some ships were prized for their troop carrying capacity, others were converted into armed merchant ships. Twenty of the Queen Mary’s lifeboats were left off the ship to save weight.
They had recently tasted success by accounting for their first victim, the British Silver Laurel, now they waited patiently for the next victim to enter their web. Another troop ship had been sunk only the day before. With the Battle of the Bulge underway in Europe, reinforcements were needed. They arrived on 25th February, 1944. Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Messages: 691 "According to our [U. The Queen Mary collides with British light cruiser Curacoa. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew). Troop Ship Crossing.pdf. Troop Transport Ships Wwii . Tag Archives: 1943 Troop Ship Crossings Shipping Out -Stood Up. They fell in between and were killed. First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew). Normandy Invasion, June 1944-- Crossing the English Channel on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Ron Goldstein WWII Veteran. Gill, G. Hermon (1957). Her maiden voyage began 16 January 1932 in New York City where she sailed to Havana, transited the Panama Canal and berthed in the Port of Los Angeles before continuing on to tour ten more countries in the south and west Pacific. In 1940 it stopped the conquering Germans. World War II Troop Ships is a "Fang, Ramses & Rupert " production. The list is in chronological order by departure date. ... Once she had been converted into such, she made two trooping crossings from Halifax to Clyde, each time escorted by destroyers. Narrative taken from a diary kept on the voyage by 1605985 AC2(C) Derek Clifford Wilkins, RAFVR, Age 18 (DCW). Royal Australian Navy 1939-1942. Anchor trials and adjustment of the magnetic compasses are made off Gourock. SS Mariposawas designed for service in the Pacific Ocean including regular stops in ports along the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. 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