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I too saw the burial and the wailing of relatives in New York when they found out. Black carried several thousand displaced persons from Europe to ports in Venezuela, Australia, Brazil, and New York from 1948 to 1949. Anneliese I remember the burial at sea also. While holding onto the rope with one hand he was dangling on the ocean side of the railing. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. 's to sift 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. Ive captured some of my recollections of the voyage in my memoir. This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. How did you discover my website? Following shakedown off San Diego, General C. C. Ballou departed San Pedro 29 July 1945 for France via the Panama Canal. My grandparents came over on the General W. M. Black in 1949. Construction edit Taylor ' s keel was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, on May 5, 1983. Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Chile, and Australia opened their doors Ships transferred to Military Sea Transport Service from . Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Take care, Hermann H. Hermann H. Im Gerda Konyen. She and other women and their small children were berthed in officers quarters while the men slept in hammocks. Thank you! Cruise books are yearbook-style books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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 USS General Ballou sailed between Bremerhaven and the USA for several years, a few passengers, such as you, who crossed the Atlantic at other times have also contacted me. 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. In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the I distinctly remember eating the first orange of my life aboard the USAT General during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage USS Taylor Anchor Log 1942-1955 7 June 1942 to 20 August 1955. past fade into oblivion" wrote a member of the crew on one of these Some were "ostarbeiter" [eastern-workers] -- I would be pleased to hear from them. [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before.[1]. They usually include portraits of the sailors, officers, and other personnel aboard the ship, accompanied by the individuals surname and naval rate. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. 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. 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. After reading some of the other comments I just wanted to add some also. Do you have a copy of that wonderful book that Gerhard Maroscher wrote ? On 16 March 1950 USNS General C. H. Muir arrived in Sydney with 1,278 displaced persons from Europe. p.s. After being burned and rebuilt in 1846, the steamer later played a role in the foiling of a planned 1849 filibuster invasion of Cuba. General Taylor had a length of 105 feet (32 m), a beam of 17 feet 6inches (5.33 m), a draft of 6 feet 6 inches and a hold depth of 8 feet 6inches (2.59 m). General H. W. Butner arrived San Diego 24 April, and on 10 May made another Pacific cruise which lasted until her return to the West Coast 12 June. My parents, Erika and Rudolf Haffner, and I at age 12 (Hermann) were on that ship voyage to the US. aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. 's," The Mast Magazine, September After her Seminole War service, she played a cameo role in the notorious trial and sentencing of abolitionist Jonathan Walker. "Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild, General Haan", "Kaiser Company, Inc., Richmond No. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. voyages. [1], 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. board set up in Hamburg, Germany will carefully screen all D.P. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Cruise books are created for private distribution. I was so happy because my parents never had any documentation as to the ship we arrived on. 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. New York was welcoming these citizens-to-be 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. [1] Benjamin F. Isherwood, later Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the American Civil War, served on General Taylor in 184647. The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins I once saw an about 14 year old boy nearly fall into the angry ocean. U.S., World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949, U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. USS Washington was a schooner named Endeavor acquired by Gen. Washington in October 1775, renamed Washington, and re-rigged as a brigantine. General C. C. Ballou received five battle stars for Korean War service. Photos: Mast Magazine and personal collection, List If you are unable to find the person you are searching for in this collection, try the Browse option and search by ship name and year. She was transferred to the Navy in 1842, and used for a time in the Gulf of Mexico. Joe Kwapisz. Research for the original information found in the ISTG COMPASS was conducted by Harriet Rosch and the late Donna Jackson. woman, with 63 orphans among their number. "Representatives of the nation, for information about a troopship listed on this website. Hi Joe, Thank you for contacting me. The way I got the manifest was through a friend who took a trip to Germany several years ago, and while there visited the newly decorated Museum in Bremerhaven where she has family and got me a copy. [citation needed]. In 1993, Taylor changed homeport to Mayport, Florida, with the closing of Charleston Naval Station. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Philadelphia Bank Immigrant Passage Records, 1890-1949 over 130,000 entries documenting Jewish immigrants to Philadelphia and other ports (at Ancestry/free with registration) Pennsylvania German Pioneers, 1727-1808 How are things going for you? [1] Benjamin F. Isherwood, later Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the American Civil War, served on General Taylor in 184647. [1] Sources: In the mid-1840s, General Taylor's crew included two future Engineers-in-Chief of the Navy. I wanted to ask if there was a way to get a manifest our family was Konyen, my phone number is xxxxxxxxxx. Her early duties consisted mainly of carrying troops, dependents, and large numbers of European refugees. [2] However, as of 2004, all significant anti-aircraft capability was deleted from this class. 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. As a sunken ship, she is the largest artificial reef in the world, next to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. I'm not sure which port they arrived at, but I know they didn't go through Ellis Island. Hersey 2 NovemberSS Brasil 18 NovemberSS Ugolino Vivaldi 18 NovemberSS Volendam 20 NovemberSS Napoli 23 NovemberSS Skaugum 11 DecemberSS Surriento 21 DecemberSS Toscana 29 DecemberSS Anna Salen 31 December, 1951SS JV Oldenbarnevelt 12 JanuarySS Cyrenia 16 JanuarySS Maloja 16 FebruarySS Napoli 16 FebruarySS Jenny 26 FebruarySS Radnik 26 FebruarySS Sibajak 3 MarchSS Sebastiano Caboto 7 MarchSS Surriento 10 MarchSS New Australia 12 MarchSS Groote Beer 21 MarchSS Protea 21 MarchSS Ugolino Vivaldi 7 AprilSS Toscana 24 AprilSS Cyrenia 25 AprilSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 28 AprilSS Surriento 15 MaySS Sibajak 7 JuneSS Groote Beer 22 JuneSS Ugolino Vivaldi 18 JulySS Oceania 8 SeptemberSS Australia 10 SeptemberSS Ravello 10 SeptemberSS Sydney 16 OctoberSS Toscana 18 OctoberSS Cyrenia 23 OctoberSS Hellenic Prince 29 OctoberSS Neptunia 7 NovemberSS Oceania 30 NovemberSS Australia 4 DecemberSS Waterman 9 DecemberSS Neptunia 30 December, 1952SS Hellenic Prince 30 JanuarySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 22 FebruarySS Roma 15 MarchSS Neptunia 22 MarchSS Cyrenia 26 MarchSS Castel Bianco 29 MarchSS Florentia 14 AprilSS Australia 20 AprilSS Florentia 21 AprilSS Ravello 21 AprilSS Nelly 5 MaySS Oceania 17 MaySS Sydney 5 JuneSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 6 JuneSS Cyrenia 30 JuneSS Hellenic Prince 30 JuneSS Oceania 8 AugustSS Ravello 18 AugustSS Nelly 19 AugustSS Surriento 19 AugustSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 11 SeptemberSS Napoli 21 SeptemberSS Australia 26 SeptemberSS Neptunia 29 SeptemberSS Fairsea 2 OctoberSS Roma 11 OctoberSS Castel Felice 2 NovemberSS Waterman 17 NovemberSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 7 DecemberSS Fairsea 30 December, 1953SS Sydney 19 FebruarySS Neptunia 2 MarchSS Fairsea 14 MarchSS Australia 23 MarchSS Oceania 13 JuneSS Sibajak 20 JuneSS Castel Verde 7 JulySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 30 JulySS Fairsea 18 OctoberSS Neptunia 19 OctoberSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 28 OctoberSS Oceania 15 NovemberSS Sibajak 26 November, 1954SS Fairsea 5 JanuarySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 1 FebruarySS Oceania 22 FebruarySS Sibajak 3 MarchSS Fairsea 24 MarchSS Oceania 18 AprilSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 29 April SS Sibajak 29 JuneSS Himalaya 20 July SS Neptunia 31 JulySS Australia 23 AugustSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 12 OctoberSS Neptunia 16 OctoberSS Zuiderkruis 13 NovemberSS Sibajak 29 NovemberSS Australia 2 DecemberSS Oceania 28 December, 1955SS Roma 13 JanuarySS Australia 24 JanuarySS Neptunia 24 JanuarySS Waterman 18 FebruarySS Sibajak 25 FebruarySS Surriento 23 MarchSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 7 AprilSS Australia 8 AprilSS Neptunia 11 AprilSS Zuiderkruis 3 JuneSS Neptunia 5 JuneSS Surriento 6 JuneSS Sibajak 9 JuneSS Australia 26 JuneSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 7 JulySS Oceania 31 JulySS Surriento 22 AugustSS Neptunia 27 AugustSS Waterman 17 SeptemberSS Australia 18 SeptemberSS Sydney 22 SeptemberSS Oceania 16 OctoberSS Fairsea 19 OctoberSS J.V. The ship had been enroute from Marseille France to the Pacific front when the war ended and instead headed for New York AP Newsfeature Photo # C-4397 For use with Tom Henshaw's AP story on the end of WWII Unknown Photographer We were on that ship also DP. I would be happy to communicate more with you in the future. I remember the soldiers giving me salted peanuts to combat seasickness. former officer's dining room. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means I too am thrilled that we connected after 65 years. We are now friends and meet occasionally for coffee or lunch. I have met with two of the ten passengers who sailed on the USS General Ballou. 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. 4 April 1954 to 20 August 1955, USS Taylor Anchor Log 19421955 I have only personally met two of them. [1], In September 2010, Taylor was buzzed by a Russian Tu-95 bomber. Must leave a note for anyone interested. Displaced Persons were mostly Eastern The more you know about your departure and arrival dates the easier the search will be. Placed In Service October 1949 - Out of Service December 11 1965. All content on these electronic pages may NOT be obtained by unacceptable means Another long story that could be a book by itself. I am currently working for a small oil company in Quito Ecuador. We are getting to be a large, if somewhat old, club. When the ship righted itself, he was catapulted back onto the deck. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device 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. They are not official Navy publications, and the Navy does not stock, sell, or republish these books. the land of golden opportunities. [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. Ranging in age from a seven-week-old infant-in-arms to a seventy-nine-year-old The other gentleman lives within 45 minutes of me. had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. Thank you for contacting me. I found the manifest on Ancestry.com Since I knew names and dates it was easy. 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 . harbor on an Easter Sunday. His homeland was Romania. Your email address will not be published. [11] Lopez would later organize two further attempts to invade Cuba; on the last attempt he was captured and executed by the Spanish. Family groups gathered to luxuriate in the joy of just being [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. Cold War The General R. L. Howze, with your Like other Displaced Persons, we soon found out "As we moved up the Weser where beautiful actresses wore strapless dress and gowns. This data collection contains U.S. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General C. C. Ballou in 1946. You may not use more "Cargo of Hopes," John K. Tennant, The Mast Magazine, December at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Taylor was sponsored by Barbara A. Taylor, the widow of the ship's namesake, and Diane Taylor-Oeland as matron of honor. Gerda Konyen (Wickett). Stewart that carried D.P. I suspect that you can also find it from Ellis Island archives. Others congregated in groups, telling each other of the things they Ive been contacted by twelve passengers who were on the ship at the same time as me and my family. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor I found the manifest through http://www.ancestry.com. Save big with our Hometown pass membership! All have commented that their histories are much like mine, even if they were from other Eastern European countries. Thank you for the research. [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. were quite different from those pictured above. Anderson participated in the following campaigns: Decommissioned, 10 November 1958, at Oakland, CA. Sunday, Jan. 1st: Open at 10am, last entry at 2:30pm. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Charles Clarendon Ballou. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies Good luck. USNS GENERAL W. A. MANN T-AP-112. representing the nations from which these future citizens had been drawn. left via Italy or Shanghai. My Baba who is 93 remembers it like it was yesterday! The search/info is free, but you do have to create an account with your name and email. Oral History The men had been in the pay of Narciso Lpez, a Venezuelan filibuster. I live in Ludington, Michigan. 3 December 1951 to 2 October 1954, Anchor Log On January8, 2014, Taylor left Naval Station Mayport for her last seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6thFleets. Ive recently lost touch because weve done a large move this year and at our age things just seem to take a bit longer and last year was laid up for a while with a fractured foot. [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. at 6 years of age I was too young to form strong opinions about the cuisine, worker]. 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.She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Charles Clarendon Ballou.She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General C. C. Ballou in 1946. 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. She was reinstated on the Navy List on 28 April 1950. If you could point us to useful . I still remember being anchored in New York overnight and marveling at all the lights. Statue of Liberty the fireboats sent up their streams of water and the whistles Cargo of Hope, It was a short note, just a request After being burned and rebuilt in 1846, the steamer later played a role in the foiling of a planned 1849 filibuster invasion of Cuba. 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