The Ship We were from Germany, Rathmannsdorf inititially later near Hannover, Refugees. where beautiful actresses wore strapless dress and gowns. The sleeping quarters smelled terribly. "D.P. he came to the United States as a Displaced Person (D.P. Especially with the children one senses adventure, surprise, awe and uncertainty. I will send you the money for the book and will order several more will also speak to our library about ordering Thank You. 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. tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the Bureau announced that 205,000 D.P. Portraits are generally organized alphabetically by surname within each division or department. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. [8] William H. Shock, Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy in the 1870s, also served on General Taylor in the late 1840s. In 1947, USAT General S. D. Sturgis I would be pleased to hear from them. 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). America were "paved with gold. 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. By the way, this May I published a second edition of my book. Went to US under US program refugees to work on US farms. USS Merrimack: T-AO-37: USS Kankakee: T-AO-39: USS Mattaponi: T-AO-41: USS Monongahela . We were originally from Austria-Hungary our area (Buchenland / Bukovina) became part of Romania after the breakup of A.-H. after WWI. U.S. Navy Destroyer/Escort Destroyer 1942 to 1969. USS Taylor Anchor Log 1942-1955 7 June 1942 to 20 August 1955. [6], Taylor was decommissioned on May 8, 2015, and subsequently transferred to Taiwan,[7][8] where the ship was commissioned by the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Ming-chuan (, PFG-1112) on November8, 2018. Home, www.USMM.org 1998 I think because I wasnt born in the USA they are unable to gather much information from Europe. Commissioned October 13 1943 - Decommissioned 1949. [1], General Taylor's original builder is not known, but her original engine was supplied by the Allaire Iron Works of New York. 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. [I guess I passed the test.]. who arranged for housing and employment [which could not replace an American About eight others, who sailed on the USS General Ballou at other times, also contacted me. 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. R. L. Howze. I distinctly remember eating the first orange of my life aboard the USAT General The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942. This resulted in Operation Magic Carpet. 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. [11] Lopez would later organize two further attempts to invade Cuba; on the last attempt he was captured and executed by the Spanish. So glad that I found you and thanks for the great work! ", My parents heard the streets in Dear Gerhard His homeland was Romania. 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. Fresh air seemed helpful being sick and I stayed on deck as much as I could. Deck Logs p.s. Thank You Gerhard for your beautiful book that also shared my own distant memory of my trip to America. I have been contacted by mostly fellow passengers on my voyage. 28 August 1942 | 30 August 1942 | 31 May 1946, Muster Roll The author mentioned USS General Harry Taylor AP-145 after berthing at pier 18 in New York on 18 Aug 1945. private companies. USS General A. E. Anderson earned two battle stars for Korean War service In the event, these precautions proved unnecessary as the men on the island eventually dispersed peacefully. 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. harbor on an Easter Sunday. Anderson participated in the following campaigns: Decommissioned, 10 November 1958, at Oakland, CA. ", Crowded accommodations in the women's hold. Some were "ostarbeiter" [eastern-workers] -- I wanted to ask if there was a way to get a manifest our family was Konyen, my phone number is xxxxxxxxxx. There was Attorney You can email me at info@themaroscherstory.com Email is more private than these notes which the whole world can see. I reside in Bucks Co, PA. [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. Prior to her Navy service, she operated as a transport and supply vessel during the Second Seminole War . They also came to the US on the USNS Ballou from Bremerhaven to New York City in Dec 1950. 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). They include the volumes in the Navy Department Librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. [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. [2] She completed another voyage to Sydney on 23 March 1950 with 1266 more refugees. He sailed in 1951. She was placed out of service in September 1954 and placed in reserve at Orange, Texas. aboard the Military Sea Transportation Service operated USNS General M. B. Our ship, loaded with cargo and immigrants, was the USNS General C. C. Ballou. [7], In 1845, General Taylor was converted into a tugboat, operating out of the Pensacola Navy Yard. Then after two round-trip voyages to India and back to New York with returning soldiers and sailors, the ship sailed 13 January 1946 for a voyage that was to take her around the world visiting Calcutta, Manila, and other ports before mooring at San Francisco 8 March with over 3,000 troops. [2] The single-cylinder, 98hp, 23 rpm engine was of the square crosshead type, with a 25.3 inch bore and 6-foot stroke. Museum is open from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm 365 days a year. After being burned and rebuilt in 1846, the steamer later played a role in the foiling of a planned 1849 filibuster invasion of Cuba. In 1845, General Taylor was converted into a tugboat, operating out of the Pensacola Navy Yard. If you have an interest in that, please email me at info@themaroscherstory. In that year, too, two round trip voyages from New Orleans and . He immigrated to Australia on the General Greely arriving in Newcastle 12 October 1949. USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship in the United States Navy in World War II named in honor of U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Harry Taylor. [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. Two days later the busy ship steamed under the Golden Gate bound for Norfolk, closing that port 15 July and getting . Subsequently, from April 1946 until 1949 USS General William Mitchell (AP-114) sailed from West Coast ports and shuttled troops and supplies to and from Japan, China, Guam, and Hawaii. Though there were 193 family groups aboard, there were no facilities for quartering You are the 11th person, who sailed with us on the USS General Ballou, who has contacted me since I wrote my memoir. Like other Displaced Persons, we soon found out than a few lines without permission. It is possible that this film shows the transport that arrived in New York on October 30, 1948. Research for the original information found in the ISTG COMPASS was conducted by Harriet Rosch and the late Donna Jackson. Steam was supplied by an iron flue boiler at an average working pressure of 20 psi. I dont think it helped. [11] Lopez would later organize two further attempts to invade Cuba; on the last attempt he was captured and executed by the Spanish. One lives 45 minutes away and we are good friends. By the way, did you purchase my book? I was eight and remember it well. The paddlewheels were 16 feet in diameter and 4 feet 10 inches wide, with fourteen 1-foot 10-inch width paddles. 6 January 1955 to 29 March 1956, Anchor Log "Ex-Transport Carries D.P. 7 June 1942 to 20 August 1955, USS TAYLOR While holding onto the rope with one hand he was dangling on the ocean side of the railing. This database is an indexed collection of the draft cards from the Fourth Registration. Typical C-4 Troopship used to transport Displaced Persons, "We watched them come aboard "As the ship approached the 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. during a fierce North Atlantic storm that extended our planned 10-day voyage [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. 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted General C. C. Ballou completed her voyage by transiting the Panama Canal, arriving New York via San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 May. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Refugee Organization. [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. 11 December 1951 to 26 March 1954, Personnel Diary General Tom Clark to convey a message to them from President Truman. They left Bremerhaven, Germany on March 27, 1949 and arrived in New York City on April 6, 1949. Cargo of Hope, It was a short note, just a request The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies Women were assigned to help in the kitchen; Only 45 minutes from where I live is a Hungarian gentleman whose story is nearly identical. The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); erman citizens, instead we were Roumanian displaced persons. The vessel had an average speed of 8 and a maximum speed of 9 knots. I also left Bremerhaven on the General CC Ballou, on Mary 31, 1952, arriving New York June 10. 's stood there on deck watching their Are there any correspondents who were on that voyage? 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. [1], In July 1844, General Taylor was used to convey abolitionist Jonathan Walker from Key West to the Pensacola Navy Yard, where he was handed over to local authorities and charged with slave stealing. [citation needed]. of Troopships of World War II As a sunken ship, she is the largest artificial reef in the world, next to the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. She was reinstated on the Navy List on 28 April 1950. [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. [4] "A senior Turkish port official said the ship's propeller scraped the surface as it was mooring at Samsun. Taylor was sponsored by Barbara A. Taylor, the widow of the ship's namesake, and Diane Taylor-Oeland as matron of honor. 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. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. I would be happy to communicate more with you in the future. I have looked online to find more information for years. was also on hand.". O'Dwyer spoke of the people of New York City itself. 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 . Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, General C. H. Muir began operations under MSTS and was re-designated T-AP-142. I have had no success finding it online. USNS GENERAL W. A. MANN T-AP-112. Ive captured some of my recollections of the voyage in my memoir. "Although about half the bunks How are things going for you? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. which include use of any spider, robot, retrieval application or any device Major General Muir retired in 1924 and died 8 December 1933 at Baltimore, MD. I was eleven and I had to be with the adults. Up to 2015, Taylor was homeported at Naval Station Mayport, and was part of Destroyer Squadron 14. [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. [1] Benjamin F. Isherwood, later Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the American Civil War, served on General Taylor in 184647. Hi Joe, Thank you for contacting me. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Charles Clarendon Ballou. A picture capturing the sinking of the USS General Taylor. His living accommodations [3] In closing thanks for listening, Your email address will not be published. If you could point us to useful . voyages. General Taylor was sold by the Navy in 1852. We went to a farm near East St. Louis (Prairie DuRoche) Illinois, but only stayed there til Memorial Day 1952. 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.) If you remember from my previous email I was four when we landed in NY on April 12, 1952. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned. In December 2017, I found a notebook that had been lost 35 years of my notes I took while Mom was telling me stories during and after the war. 's," The Mast Magazine, September She was reinstated on the Navy List on 28 April 1950. Good luck! Acquired by U.S. Navy October 13 1943. 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. She was retired in 1983 and sunk as an artificial reef in May of 2009. Everyone seemed to be sick because of the pounding waves. Eastern Light left Kobe, Japan on 24 December 1981 to steam to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she was scrapped.[1][5][6]. Gerhard Maroscher, fellow passenger on the USS General Ballou, departing Bremerhaven, March 31, 1952. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where they could become farmers or factory workers. The new stories were added to the book and the book was re-written with the input of professional editors. River towards the sea, the passengers gradually fell silent. had heard of the land that was now only a few days away. Struck from Naval Register December 1 1966. That gentleman is about 83. They realized The crossing was [1] I was so happy because my parents never had any documentation as to the ship we arrived on. [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before.[1]. The ship suddenly tipped and he flew over the railing. Gerda Konyen (Wickett). Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Your email address will not be published. In the event, these precautions proved unnecessary as the men on the island eventually dispersed peacefully. The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins This picture was taken in Bremerhaven, Germany, sometime in 1952. Vietnam This letter brought a rush of memories, Do not sell or share my personal information. to the refugees. Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. Good luck. Anything you can do to spread the word, such as contacting your local library is appreciated. For the operation, General Taylor was equipped with a single 6-pounder cannon, and her crew issued with small arms. 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. regards, ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2016 and may NOT be She participated in Operation Earnest Will and Operation Prime Chance. The other gentleman lives within 45 minutes of me. 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