Maybe we saw each other? I have been contacted by mostly fellow passengers on my voyage. Following World War II USS General George M. Randall was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods: Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949 Decommissioned, 2 June 1961, at Bayonne, N.J. I found my familys manifest on the Ellis Island website at libertyellisfoundation.org. Everyone seemed to be sick because of the pounding waves. It is amazing finding our ship after all these years I only remembered that the name started with B. [2] This voyage was one of almost 150 voyages by some 40 ships taking refugees of World War II to Australia. My Baba who is 93 remembers it like it was yesterday! food was probably not great, but is was the best we had eaten in years. New York was welcoming these citizens-to-be Gerda Konyen-Wickett. She was launched November5, 1983, and commissioned December1, 1984 in Bath, Maine. [2] The new 187hp engine was of the crosshead type, with a 36-inch bore, 6-foot stroke and steam cut-off of 3 feet. Went to US under US program refugees to work on US farms. This can make copies of some books, especially older volumes, extremely rare. In the event, these precautions proved unnecessary as the men on the island eventually dispersed peacefully. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2016 and may NOT be If you could point us to useful . By the way, did you purchase my book? [2] The single-cylinder, 98 hp, 23 rpm engine was of the square crosshead type, with a 25.3 inch bore and 6-foot stroke. [8] William H. Shock, Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy in the 1870s, also served on General Taylor in the late 1840s. Gerda Konyen (Wickett). at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Keep in touch. Thank you for contacting me. I do not recall the details of how I searched the website, but you it was not difficult to access the manifests for ships departing from Bremerhaven. When the ship righted itself, he was catapulted back onto the deck. 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. On 1 March 1950, she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General C. C. Ballou (T-AP-157). Cruise books are created for private distribution. from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), October 1949 and redesignated USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111) During the Korean War USS General A.E. After being burned and rebuilt in 1846, the steamer later played a role in the foiling of a planned 1849 filibuster invasion of Cuba. Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles If you wish, can e-mail you a copy of the picture (my father and I are in it).It was sent to us by a family my parents befriended on the journey. Beginning in 1952, the ship began transporting troops from the West Coast to Korea to serve in the Korean War. He grabbed overhead safety rope just in time. How are things going for you? How interesting! I too am thrilled that we connected after 65 years. he came to the United States as a Displaced Person (D.P. were quite different from those pictured above. Must leave a note for anyone interested. She was launched in August 1776. 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. 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. In closing thanks for listening, Your email address will not be published. Sunday, Jan. 1st: Open at 10am, last entry at 2:30pm. After her Seminole War service, she played a cameo role in the notorious trial and sentencing of abolitionist Jonathan Walker. The USNS General CC Ballou, Part 1 Posted on June 4, 2015by Gerhard Maroscherunder Daily Life, Excerpts, Family, War When we came to the States in April, 1952, nearly all traffic across the Atlantic was by ship. This database contains an index to U.S. Navy pension records from 1861-1910 contained in the following National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) collections: (1) Case Files of Disapproved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civl War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Widows' Originals"), 1861-1910; (2) Case Files of Approved Pension Appliations of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Widows' Certificates'"), 1861-1910; (3) Case Files of Disapproved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Survivors' Originals"), 1861-1910; (4) Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Survivor's Certificates"), 1861-1910. We were on that ship also DP. USNS GENERAL W. A. MANN T-AP-112. They are not official Navy publications, and the Navy does not stock, sell, or republish these books. [7], In 1845, General Taylor was converted into a tugboat, operating out of the Pensacola Navy Yard. Ships transferred to Military Sea Transport Service from . Construction edit Taylor ' s keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on May 5, 1983. board set up in Hamburg, Germany will carefully screen all D.P. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by The GALILEO was a 2,990 gross ton ship, length 350.7ft x beam 41.2ft, one funnel, two masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots. I live in Ludington, Michigan. Being an only child was always difficult for me because I craved more information. [3], On February 12, 2014, Taylor ran aground while mooring in Samsun, Turkey, during operations supporting the 2014 Winter Olympics. I am keeping a list of all of our fellow passengers who want to contact each other via email, snail mail, or phone. After the war they were housed in camps administered by the International USS Merrimack: T-AO-37: USS Kankakee: T-AO-39: USS Mattaponi: T-AO-41: USS Monongahela . Hello Gerhard, When I was 11 months old in July 1949, my father, mother, uncle, grandfather and grandmother sailed on the General Ballou from Bremerhaven to Brooklyn NY. aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. after World War II. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device 1948 The author mentioned 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. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all were sick I too have settled in Ohio. As a sunken ship, she is the largest artificial reef in the world, next to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. Gerda, I believe my dad and his family were on this ship too of Polish decent kolcz and sliwinski family were in a concentration camp. The records include name of registrant, age, birth date, birthplace, residence, employer information, and physical description. General Harry Taylor served for a time with the U.S. Army Transport Service, but was reacquired by the Navy on 1 March 1950 for use by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). Black carried several thousand displaced persons from Europe to ports in Venezuela, Australia, Brazil, and New York from 1948 to 1949. One lives 45 minutes away and we are good friends. 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. Seq No Surname Forename 1 ABELE Aina 2 . Dear Gerhard Thank you! I had to join ancestry.com to gain access. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Sunday, Dec. 25th: Open at 10am. Family groups gathered to luxuriate in the joy of just being [1], The ship was rebuilt as an 11,369 gross ton container ship by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation Ship Repair Yard in Hoboken, New Jersey after being gutted by the Alabama Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and renamed SS Brooklyn, USCG ON 513557, IMO 6903149. 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. His story and my story are similar. In the mid-1840s, General Taylor's crew included two future Engineers-in-Chief of the Navy. My memory of the trip is quite good since I was almost nine. 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. spend on deck. Sorry it took so long to answer as lots of stuff has been going on. of Troopships of World War II You can email me at info@themaroscherstory.com Email is more private than these notes which the whole world can see. 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. The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Charles Clarendon Ballou. I remember the soldiers giving me salted peanuts to combat seasickness. For All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means On 16 March 1950 USNS General C. H. Muir arrived in Sydney with 1,278 displaced persons from Europe. [8] William H. Shock, Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy in the 1870s, also served on General Taylor in the late 1840s. Walker later testified that for most of the voyage aboard General Taylor, in spite of being seriously ill, he was kept chained hand and foot in "filthy"[4] and oppressively hot conditions in or near the engine room of the steamer's hold,[5] apart from brief periods of a few hours a day when he was allowed on deck. We were from Germany, Rathmannsdorf inititially later near Hannover, Refugees. USS GENERAL W. A. MANN AP-112. Another long story that could be a book by itself. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. Two days later the busy ship steamed under the Golden Gate bound for Norfolk, closing that port 15 July and getting . Bureau announced that 205,000 D.P. together. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. My parents, Erika and Rudolf Haffner, and I at age 12 (Hermann) were on that ship voyage to the US. I still have the postcard photo of the ship. for information about a troopship listed on this website. 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. According In 1940 we resettled to Austria, then part of the Deutsches Reich after the Anschluss in 1939. The crossing was USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) - Operational History - Transport ShipFrom 20 December 1944-8 February 1945 the transport carried 2,500 troops from San Francisco to Eniwetok and Guam, returning to Los Angeles the latter date with 2,500 troops embarked at Pearl Harbor . Most were heading to America; for some the final destination was Canada. USAT General Haan. 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). It gives a good description of the trip across the Atlantic. Required fields are marked *. 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. "Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild, General Haan", "Kaiser Company, Inc., Richmond No. I never had any grandparents to ask as they were deceased (tragically in most cases) before I was born. 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. 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. In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor How do I find the manifest? [9], OTO Melara Mk75 76mm/62caliber naval gun, "Russia suspends military cooperation with Nato", "DoD details Russian buzzing of U.S. frigate", "U.S. Navy Warship In Black Sea Ahead of Sochi Olympics", "USS Taylor being inspected after running aground off Turkey", "U.S. Warship Deployed Near Sochi Runs Aground", Navy relieves USS Taylor's commander after ship ran aground, "Six Things to Know About USS Taylor (FFG 50)", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Taylor_(FFG-50)&oldid=1089166463, Slated for sale to Taiwan by the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013, 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300km at 33km/h), 6 x Mk 11 Mod 1 High Speed Radial Texture Enhancer Removed 1988 Terrazzo upgrade, This page was last edited on 22 May 2022, at 08:20. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. The men had been in the pay of Narciso Lpez, a Venezuelan filibuster. These passenger lists contain individuals and families that migrated to Australia during and after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Typical C-4 Troopship used to transport Displaced Persons, "We watched them come aboard Representative Frank Our trip took about 10 days. She was retired in 1983 and sunk as an artificial reef in May of 2009. We learned to avoid being downwind For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others Major General Muir retired in 1924 and died 8 December 1933 at Baltimore, MD. About eight others, who sailed on the USS General Ballou at other times, also contacted me. Following shakedown off San Diego, General C. C. Ballou departed San Pedro 29 July 1945 for France via the Panama Canal. [1] Fresh air seemed helpful being sick and I stayed on deck as much as I could. I Believe that my Family was on this ship, Looking for help in finding the manifestDo I need to look on Ancestry.com. the land of golden opportunities. The new machinery appears to have been less efficient than the original, consuming twice the fuel for only a one-half knot increase in maximum speed. Later delivered to the Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas, she was struck from the Navy List 1 July 1960, and remained in reserve until sold for commercial use under the MARAD Ship Exchange Program in 1968[4] to Sea-Land Service, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership. They realized My sister-in-laws family (Konyens from Zendresch, Romania) also were on this same ship on the same date (sailed from Bremerhaven on 3-31-1952, arrived in NYC on 4-12-1952.) Information usually available includes name of enlistee, occupation specialty . [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before. Joe Kwapisz. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. His living accommodations For the operation, General Taylor was equipped with a single 6-pounder cannon, and her crew issued with small arms. Launched July 18 1943. Gerhard Maroscher, fellow passenger on the USS General Ballou, departing Bremerhaven, March 31, 1952. 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. Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. I also remember the terrible smells, since nearly all . From 1949 to 1952, the ship, U.S. Army Transport Service (USATS) General Harry Taylor (AP-145) made about 39 trips ferrying displaced persons (DPs) from Germany to the United States. After being burned and rebuilt in 1846, the steamer later played a role in the foiling of a planned 1849 filibuster invasion of Cuba. List of aircraft of the Malaysian Armed Forces, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy, 1 25.3 in bore, 6 ft stroke single-cylinder. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_Taylor&oldid=1085474061, Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2022, 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 30 April 2022, at 19:13. 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