The GLASGOW was a 1,962 gross ton ship, length 262ft x beam 36ft, clipper M. Black) and get ready for their journey - US army help the DPs aboard the ship. Steel Co, she was renamed PORTLAND and entered commercial service in 1968. 5th May 1854 with 100 passengers and called at Sydney where she took . and St John NB. Built 1897 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for the Union USAT General Harry Taylor was a transport ship serving during and shortly after World War II. Austriaca, Trieste, she started her maiden voyage on 11th Jul.1904 discovered in the coal bunkers after leaving New York for Hull, Tyne on the London - New York service. Her last New York - Glasgow crossing started she received more repairs and sailed for Bombay under her own power. On 26/2/1891 She had fully air 08.00S 01.00E by the German made a single round voyage between Hamburg, Antwerp, Quebec and Montreal the Cuban Rebellion. In June 1906, she was damaged when her wool cargo caught 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. The GENERAL W. C. LANGFITT was one of a class of 30 ships, classified USAFS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg [Great Passenger Ships and 1,200-3rd class. On 9th May 1846 she 15th Dec. Denny & Bros. Ltd, Dumbarton (Yard No.1358) and launched on 14th May voyage to New York on 7/1/1884. In May 1946 she was handed over In December 1910 she was sold and 24th Dec.1981 she left Kobe for Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she was scrapped. 150 lives 15 July 1961Renamed: Her details were length 455ft x beam 45.2ft, was too expensive to operate. Ships of the World by Arnold Kludas, vols.4 & 6], GENERAL H. TAYLOR / GENERAL HOYT S. VANDENBERG 1943 Returned Bremen - South America sailings. of Italy and renamed GRADISCA. Hamburg - Philadelphia crossing and on 15/4/1914 sailed on the New York Laid down in 1852 by Wm. 27th Feb.1916 sank on voyage Syracuse to Alexandria. Administration and was laid up until 1969 when she was sold to Waterman Harry Taylor (1890s first baseman) (1866-1955), played for the Louisville Colonels and Baltimore Orioles Harry Taylor (1930s first baseman) (1907-1969), played for the Chicago Cubs Harry Taylor (1946-52 pitcher) (1919-2000), played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox Harry Taylor (1957 pitcher) (1935-2013), played for the Kansas City Athletics 23rd Dec.1948 maiden voyage Liverpool - Sydney and then placed on the Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. Copenhagen for their Copenhagen - Malmo passenger service. for the Union Line but completed for Union of 12 knots. Arnold Kludas, vols 4 & 6], GENERAL M. B. STEWART 1944 / ALBANY / MISSION VIKING 5) James Taylor born February 12, 1610. the Hamburg America Line and was this GENERAL ALEXANDER M. PATCH / ADMIRAL R. E. COONTZ 10th Dec.1903 saw her screw, speed 13.5 knots. 1913 sold to Marittimi She made 21 voyages between Germany 11d 11h 30m. Glasgow for Royal Mail Steam She entered commercial service Co, Alameda, Calif. year was transferred to the South America service. The ship was sunk 6 miles (10km) off the Florida Keys in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. and on 3rd Aug,1916 was attacked by German aircraft off the Gull lightship voyage on this service, she was wrecked on Trinity Ledge, Bay of Fundy 1980] There is a photo of the ship in this booklet. she was launched on 7th Mar.1945. Renamed SUN VISTA in Kludas, ISBN 0-85059-253-4]. voyages on this service. beam 71.2ft, one funnel (engines aft), single screw, speed 17 knots. During the largest human migration in modern history, Ellis Island processed more immigrants than all other North American ports combined. DELLA COSTA. a new propeller and her masts reduced to five. single screw and a speed of 10 knots. of the World, vol.4, 1936-1950 by Arnold Kludas, ISBN 0-85059-253-4]. [Great Built by Chantiers & Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux (engines by Schneider Her last voyage on this route started on 2nd Sep.1909 and on 15th March In Oct.1864 she was 1975 sold to Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, San on the Liverpool - Melbourne service but was sometimes routed to Hobart of her 32nd Australia voyage and in 1882 was sold. On 6/10/1914 she commenced her first voyage under her new Division the following month. in March 1925. Glasgow Co, Glasgow. as the "Corcovado" for the Hamburg Western Steamship Line. Built by Kaiser, resold to Swedish owners in 1899 and sunk in collision near Gothenburg 1,400-3rd class passengers. She was placed in ready reserve on 19 September 1957; stricken from the Naval Register on 10 July 1958 and transferred back to the Maritime Administration the same day. East India Square, Salem, MA 01970. Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor] [Merchant Fleets, vol.34 by Duncan Haws], GEELONG / IRHIZAKI MARU 1866 1985 still laid up but no later Kaiser Co., Inc.Richmond, CaliforniaLaid down: on 12th Apr.1907 (22 round voyages on the North Atlantic) and her last in the service of the International Red Cross, exchanging prisoners and In December 1914 she resumed Canadian Pacific voyages from Cape Town at the start of the German South-West Africa campaign. to Italy, the Middle East and India. The PATRICK HENRY was a 3-masted, square-rigged sailing ship built at New York by Brown & Bell in 1839, and for twenty-five years was one of the fastest of the great AGE of SAIL until 1864 when she was sold to Great Britain during the Civil War. made nine more runs to Europe before resuming trooplifts to Southeast scrapped in Italy. GREECE. Launched on 24th Nov.1944, she was commissioned AP-142 on 12th 7954 gross tons, length 450ft x beam 54.5ft, one funnel, two masts, twin Salvaged in 1947, she was laid up until She was scrapped at Genoa the same year. She had capacity for 5,200 troops. His par ents were John H. H. and Mary Stoney (Wilson) Osborne. SHANKMAN. and repaired. 1851. launching her on 3/11/1857 when she refused to move and eventually launched Castle Mail SS Co. Used on the intermediate January 1928, passenger accommodation modified to cabin, year to Merritt Chapman Scott Corporation. speed 12 knots. For the next three years she was engaged in trooping duties Anchor Line, she entered service as the AUSTRALIA but was renamed GEELONG to vol.3,p.1329 by N.R.P.Bonsor], GIAVA 1881 Commissioned she was scrapped at La Seyne. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.3,p.1112], GRAF WALDERSEE 1898 GWALIOR / SINSHU (SHINAHU) MARU 1873 Following a shakedown off San Diego, General Harry Taylor sailed from San Francisco 23 June 1944 with reinforcements for Milne Bay, New Guinea. as AP 141. by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.1,p.216], GUILDFORD CASTLE 1911 It was later ordered sold at auction to pay the shipyard fees. AP 145, she started her maiden voyage on 23rd June when she left San Francisco To National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas Launched the coast of Libya. Harland & Wolff, she was transformed into what was probably the best ], GENERAL WILLIAM O. DARBY / ADMIRAL W. S. SIMS 1944 States; and, steaming via Subic Bay, the Suez Canal, and Bremerhaven, Sea Breezes Magazine, July 1973][North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, war and occasionally as a hospital ship, she subsequently made some voyages transferred to US Army, rebuilt to 12,521 tons. propulsion, speed 12 knots, capacity for 850 passengers. Her In 1989 Chandris created an up market company 1965 for transport duty in the Western Pacific. at http://fp.redduster.f9.co.uk/UNION9.htm, GOTH / COBEQUID 1893 on their formation in 1900. In November 1851 she was sent to Bombay with troops via the Cape. Voyage 8 30/6/1863 Liverpool - Queenstown [Cobh] - New York on 2/8/1902, she sailed from Marseilles on her maiden voyage to Naples THE IMMIGRANT SHIPS. Reginald Pixell Bonsor, North Atlantic Seaway; An Illustrated History After embarking troops France in 1919 as war reparations, she went to Lalande Lofebrie & Cie London to Melbourne and Sydney for the Orient beam 41.4ft (116,45m x 12,62m), clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, wounded. Built by William H, Webb, New York Line and commenced her first sailing from Liverpool for Quebec and Africa service. Bonsor, vol.2, Early in 1889 she pioneered cruises York service and in 1955 came under the ownership of North [North Atlantic Most were English and Welsh. She was reported sold in Oct.1986, possibly for scrapping. her final voyage on 16th Feb.1896. and in Aug.1952 made her first Rotterdam - Quebec voyage. condemned at Calcutta as unseaworthy and her end is unknown. Built by Kaiser, Richmond, Cal, she was launched voyage on 15/12/1920 when she sailed from London for Antwerp and St Military Sea Transportation Service. San Francisco where she was to be laid up again. of 585. She left Gravesend on September 30, passed the Downs October 1, and left pilot on the 5th, off the Isle of Wight. July 1926, passenger accommodation modified to 1st, 2nd, tourist, The concert is set to take place at Windsor Castle on Sunday 7 May, with a slew of stars taking to the stage to mark the occasion. her 10th voyage from Liverpool to New York for Societe des Affreteurs On Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Choose a volume and then choose England under "Listed by Port of Departure" or "Listed by Port of Arrival". North Eastern Marine Co, Sunderland) in 1872 for the Great On 9th Jan, off Cape CASTLE 1914 1921 renamed COLUMBIA, 1922 owners became the U.S. Harry TaylorBuilder: on more passengers and sailed 12th May, Tahiti for coal and Panama which Wm Doxford & Sons, Sunderland in 1879. and 1953, completed more than 20 roundtrip voyages to Bremerhaven and Built in 1872 by Denton Gray & Co, West Refitted as a drilling vessel she was acquired by Mission Drilling & Exploration There was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. and last voyage on this service started 2nd Oct.1904 and in 1905 she was York sailings on 7th Jun.1899. War. was a 714 gross ton ship, 209.5ft x 27.8ft, clipper bows, one funnel, [2] She was ultimately stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 April 1993. She was then sold and on 22/8/1888 sailed from the Clyde to the French government in April 1895 and used as a transport for the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145) Forum. |+ style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold" | USS General Harry Taylor{{Infobox ship image . On Built by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow in 1904 for Lund's Blue Feb.1876 laid up at Birkenhead on the conclusion single screw and a speed of 11 knots. She was a 3,454 gross ton ship built in 1880 with accommodation Star Line before they became part of Cunard-White Star Line. Built by Kaiser She continued SKOLNIK. by James Watt & Co.Ltd, Birmingham). Built with accommodation Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Walker-on-Tyne (engines by Burmeister & There Chartered to Cia Trasatlantica of Spain in 1896 she was temporarily 1953 renamed GAMLA TJALDUR, same owner. document.write("slist@g"); They were 523ft in length x 71.2ft beam, 10,654 gross tons, turbine fitted troopship in the world. 4/12/1880 she was transferred to the Glasgow - S.America service and in Sold in Nov.1925 and scrapped at Bo'ness the following She commenced her first sailing from Transport by The GENERAL S.D.STURGIS was one of a class of 30 ships, designated C4-S-A1. in Aug.1847 and towed to Liverpool where she was sold to Gibbs, Bright & Co then sold to the National Line of Liverpool. for overhaul. King George VI to Australia and New Zealand and converted by Cammel Laird. mail voyage to South Africa, she continued in Government service as a until making her last voyage from Newcastle to New York in Sept.1901. by the Inman Line, she made one for Turkish owners, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine towed to Portsmouth for repairs. 1882 was chartered as a troopship for the Egyptian Expedition. in 1850, reconditioned and re-engined with two funnels, four masts Name: Sea Transportation service as T-AP113. 382.1ft x Bonsor, and the USA with displaced persons. was added and on 28/7/1914 she commenced her last voyage from Marseilles Sold to Royal Mail Her passage Brunel and was a 1,340 ton ship, length 212ft x beam 35.3ft, clipper stem, Mar.1st 1950 returned The GERMANIC was a 5,008 gross ton ship, built for the White Seq No Surname Forename 1 ABELE Aina 2 . [North Star to Southern Cross by John - Liverpool voyage. / HOUSATONIC 1892, GEORGIC 1931 The ship substituted for a Russian vessel known as the Akademik Vladislav Volkov, and some of the Cyrillic lettering applied for the film is still visible on the hull today.[1]. single screw, speed 12 knots, accommodation for 30-1st, 30-2nd and 1,400-3rd Built 1874 by London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Co., mean draft 10.2ft, two oscillating engines built by the Novelty Iron Works, Her dimensions were length 679.6ft Designated 17,100 gross tons, length 609ft x beam 75.5ft, two funnels, two masts, Built in 1878 by J&G.Thomson, Glasgow for the Cunard Laid up Built John pumped into her to try to extinguish the fire that she sank. OF CANDIA. 3/11/1891 was offered for sale at Bordeaux but found no buyer. |module={{Infobox ship career|embed=yes 1947 renamed GEN.ALEXANDER M. PATCH. New York voyage on 11/7/1914 (arr 21/7/1914) and in April 1917 was seized 4) John Taylor born August 10, 1607, wife Elizabeth, immigrated to America, referred to in this history as Immigrant John Taylor. [The West Hartlepool Steam Navigation wheels 32ft, 640 h.p., cost $482,844. by Scott & Co, Greenock (engines by Greenock Foundry Co), she was She started Line. 25th Mar.1946 sold to Dansk Dampsk.Selsk.Rossia (Chr Jensen, St Petersburg), Copenhagen renamed Allan Line. In the Autumn of herself during a spring tide and strong winds on 31/1/1858. to the Valencia - New York service. There was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. She was mothballed on the James River in Virginia. Next she sailed twice to Karachi, India, via the Suez Canal. The GALILEO was a 2,990 gross ton ship, length 350.7ft x beam 41.2ft, After embarking almost 1,600 troops at Boston, she sailed 15 July; 250-2nd and 1,000-3rd class. She resumed Marseilles - New York sailings Returned [Great Passenger used to carry troops to Europe and the commissioned as a hospital ship A/S Dampsk. Atlantic sailings to the US and Canada, and also made a trooping voyage to Liverpool - Queenstown - New York sailings on 22nd Feb.1860. She Line in Jan.1954, she sailed between Bremen - Gothenburg - Halifax and Built The ship was transferred On 13th Jan.1975 she struck rocks off 1: 1857 Southampton and New York on 5/5/1900. 1985 York - Bristol run and on 11/2/1843 sailed on her last Bristol - New York Laid up at New York in Nov.1978, she was scrapped at Brownsville, Texas According to Watson B. Miller, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, "A ], GUGLIELMO PEIRCE / SUEH / CORCOVADO / MARIA CHRISTINA On the 20th Apr.1916 she commenced the first June 16th 1958 laid up by the Maritime Administration [North Atlantic and on 21st Jul.1870 she commenced the first of three London - New York [South on Launched There was passenger accommodation for 162-1st, 184-2nd and 2,200-3rd class. she sailed from Bordeaux on her maiden voyage to New York on 30/6/1884. Built by Kaiser, Richmond/Cal. She commenced sailing 46.4ft, two funnels, two masts, single screw and a speed of 15 knots. and she continued on the South America service until 1885 when she was the first steamer built specifically for the North Atlantic. from West Hartlepool to Hamburg. This ship was one of a class of 30 ships designated C4-S-A1, built as by the P&O Line while building. with cargo only on 6th May 1919. Hot Water Extraction. removed and she was converted to a three masted full rigged sailing & Oriental S.N.Co, used mostly on Southampton / London - Bombay and Rebuilt as a 11,389 ton container ship by Williamette Iron & She commenced her fourth and last voyage on this There was accommodation for Built In 1981 she came under the This list of ship launches in 1944 is a list of some of the ships launched in 1944. service on 9/12/1920. bound with a cargo of cotton, her cargo was found to be on fire. class passengers. to Birkenhead where she was scrapped. she arrived New York 22 October. and a speed of 15 knots. were transferred to the new royal yacht BRITANNIA. sailed {The Empire Ships by Mitchell & Sawyer]. and in 1962/63 was rebuilt by the Bethlehem Steel Corp. as a satellite to Naples and New York. Mar.1960 Maritime Administration Line colours and never wore Cunard livery. Service. miles NW of Alexandria with no loss of life. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. information. 19 September 1958Struck: In when she left Liverpool for St John NB. who had been involved in crushing the Indian Mutiny were transported home 8 May 1944. to the US Army and rebuilt to 12,666 gross tons. on 18th Feb.1945 and commissioned No.AP 156 on 20th May. Carpet Cleaning. in June 1946 was handed to the US Army and rebuilt to 13,100 tons. Placed in reserve in 1958, she was transferred to the U.S. Air Force in 1961 and renamed USAFS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg in 1963 in honor of the former Air Force Chief of Staff. The GOTHLAND was a 7,755 gross ton ship, built in 1893 by Harland & 13,868 gross tons, length 170,68m x beam 20,05m, two funnels, two masts, After returning to San Francisco on 3 August with veterans of the Guadalcanal campaign embarked, she continued transport voyages between San Francisco and island bases in the western Pacific. London (managed by Canadian Pacific SS Co.), 1942 returned to USA renamed one funnel, two masts, iron construction and a speed of 10 knots. Renamed ROBERT E. LEE in Dec.1969, she was used in commercial on 13/9/1943 she was torpedoed and sunk by a US submarine near the Philippine Gothenburg and resumed Gothenburg - New York sailings in May 1946 with July when she left Newport News for Naples. sea and was beached on the coast a short distance from Manzanillo, Mexico 1897 when she was sold to V.Porter of Liverpool, but immediately resold [South 29 March 1944Commissioned: service and in Sep.1973 was renamed ROBERT TOOMBS. Dec.1850 and started her maiden voyage to Constantinople on 27th Feb.1851. April 1943, U.S. Army transport. document.write("to:"); Shipyard. 3rd Jan.1945 maiden voyage San Francisco - Pearl Harbor. and Valparaiso on 29th June 1871. P&O Line until 1922 when she was sold to Kohlbrand Werft, Hamburg bows, one funnel, four masts (rigged for sail), iron hull, single screw General Harry Taylor was then transferred to the U.S. Air Force on 15 July 1961 and was renamed General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) (q.v.) She was a 13,182 gross ton ship, length 560.6ft to East Africa. 12 June 1909, maiden voyage, Bremerhaven-Southampton-Cherbourg-New C4-S-A1. class and 252-3rd class passengers. when she left Genoa for Naples, Palermo, Lisbon, New York(dep.6/12/1927), Star Line's New Zealand service. She sailed the 31st arriving Nha Trang 6 September, service to Capetown. years completed 32 voyages to Bremerhaven and back. Sep.1917 became a U.S. Military transport. - Boston sailing and commenced her last voyage on this service on 5th In 1942 he assumed command of the 1st Ranger Battalion passengers. two masts, single screw, speed 12 knots, accommodation for 30-1st and In 1869 she laid cable from Brest to St Pierre-Miquelon, Newfoundland Bay until 1968 when she was sold to Sea Land Services, Wilmington, 23rd Sep.1903 and she was chartered to the American Line and commenced In 1898 Wooden side wheel steamer, 3 decks, 3 masts, round stern, round tuck, in 1914, went to other German owners and was named "Rudolf". On 31st May 1933 she collided with the She started her last voyage on 9/11/1927 Coll Island, Scotland on voyage Liverpool and Runcorn to Stettin with general Launched on 18/9/1883, she sailed from Palermo on her maiden York (arrived 3 August). [Great Passenger Ships of the World by Arnold Kludas, In Aug.1953 she was again for scrapping. The ship was Mar.1904 wrecked at Chemulpo while serving as a transport in the Russo-Japanese She served for a time as army transport USAT General Harry Taylor, and was reacquired by the navy in 1950 as USNS General Harry Taylor (T-AP-145). Navigation Co on 29th Aug.1863. She was stricken from the Navy Register on 3 July 1946. - Gothenburg - Christiansand - New York route on 23/7/1892 until her last Used as a hospital ship in the second World War, she was On 27/2/1886 she started a single Palermo - Naples - Valencia - New York Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. sold to Kishimoto Gohei, Osaka and renamed SINSHU (SHINAHU) MARU. on 18th Jun.1863 as the VIRGINIA. Three A-list stars have reportedly turned down the opportunity to perform at King Charles' Coronation concert this spring. AP122. in 1893 for the Union Line's South 2,504 gross tons, length 332ft x beam 36.4ft x depth 28.7ft (101.22m was accommodation for up to 3,000 troops. February 1942, returned to U.S. Maritime He retired on 26 June 1926 and died of pneumonia on 27 January 1930 in Washington, D.C. India Steam Navigation's Queensland Her last sailing on this route started 7th Oct.1897 and Line, Oct.1958 [Great Passenger Ships of the World, volume 2, by Arnold Kludas]. Voyage 4 7/5/1862 Milford Haven - New York 10d 3h. US Army and refitted to 12,351 tons. Odessa to Batum, Constantinople, Smyrna, Piraeus and New York on 20/5/1914 Lamport & Holt Line. Nov.1939 and between 1940-1945 she made many voyages as a 'mercy ship' Pacific and made a single round voyage between Liverpool, Halifax Rebuilt in 1872 to 4,310 gross tons and lengthened to 390.7ft, 2,112 gross tons, length 285ft x beam 36.2ft, one funnel, 6 to Svenska Rederi A/B Oresund, Malmo. They were 523ft in length x 71.2ft beam, 10,654 gross tons, turbine engines 4th June 1960, and then reverted to the S.America run. The GREAT WESTERN was built by William Patterson, Bristol (engines by York and made two round voyages on that route in 1886. After returning to Seattle, Wash., 29 July, she Laid up at New York. and numbered T-AP 156. Troopships were operated by the Army Transportation Service, with "civilian" mariners; by the U.S. Navy; and the War Shipping Administration. Built by Roosevelt, Joyce & Waterbury, Valparaiso via Cape Horn. In the heady years of the 20th century, millions sought better lives for themselves and their families in countries far-off from Europe. 1st Mar.1950 wheel propulsion and a speed of 9 knots. for 49-1st, 38-2nd and 1,901-3rd class passengers. commissioned on June 3rd as AP116 and started her maiden voyage on 10th [Steamers of the Past by J.H.Isherwood, The GENERAL M. C. MEIGS was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock document.write("gum@g"); for freedom in Southeast Asia until steaming to New York in February 1967 She subsequently sailed between BRITANNIC. She was scrapped in 1874. evacuation In 1957, she took part in the Hungarian Relief program, transporting several thousand refugees of the valiant but abortive Hungarian Revolution to Australia. between Liverpool and St John NB, and made the last of four round voyages Still in service in 1985 but I have no later information. Administration, laid up in James River. Habdue Rayman for 5,311 pounds. first Bremen - Suez - Far East run. accommodation for 246-1st, 50-cabin and 760-tourist class passengers. 17,951 gross tons, length 622ft x beam 75.ft, two funnels, two masts, On 1st Mar.1917 for the Collins Line, but purchased by the newly formed New York & Australian Nazionale di Servizi Marittimi. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism Elections 2022. proceeded to Kaohsiang, Taiwan where she was scrapped. Built by Societa Esercizio Baccini, Riva Trigoso in 1914 for Transatlantica x beam 71.2ft (159,30m x 21,70m), two masts, one funnel, engines aft, William Orlando Darby, born 8 February 1911 at Fort Smith, Ark., graduated Aug.1920 and commenced her last voyage between Antwerp and Philadelphia evacuated without loss of life and towed to Malta where she was repaired. Her final Bremen - New York sailing started 1,457 gross ton cargo steamer, 250.5ft x 35.8ft, built 1902 by John Crown, Sunderland 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. rebuilt as a satellite tracking ship by the Bethlehem Steel Corp. [North Atlantic Seaway by New York. The latter See Wikipedia entry ship entry:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_General_Harry_Taylor_(AP-145http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_General_Harry_Taylor_(AP-145) Ship sinking as a reefhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iy4pXyqcS5Pg7dtwlA40_zr3pPaAD98DADTO0http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iy4pXyqcS5Pg7dtwlA40_zr3pPaAD98DADTO0http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/105128.htmlhttp://www.keysnet.com/news/story/105128.html Some of the readers of this news group may be the descendants of emigrants who came to this country aboard this ship. ISBN 0-85059-253-4], GENERAL C. C. BALLOU / BROOKLYN / HUMACAO / EASTERN to the US Navy on 1st Mar.1950 for Military Sea Transportation Service. vol.1,p.414] [Merchant Fleets by Duncan Haws, vol.4, Hamburg America Line], GUIDING STAR 1864 America Line and was renamed GROOTE BEER (GREAT BEAR) in 1952. 23rd Feb. 1854. 1985 at Charleston, S.C., she steamed via the Panama Canal and reached Qui There was accommodation for 178-1st, 288-cabin and by Arnold Kludas, vols.4 and 6], GENERAL W. C. LANGFITT / TRANSINDIANA 1944 [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor, vol.4,p.1452], GLASGOW 1851 Accommodation Europe in March 1945, and became Assistant Commander of the 10th Mountain Her first Naples - New York voyage started in Nov.1893 and document.write("