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while a decision was made on the convoy's destination. Army and Navy planners wanted the forces returned to defend Hawaii and that decision was made until reversed after meetings at the White House with the ultimate decision the convoy should proceed to Brisbane. On 12 December the convoy was ordered
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to sail for Australia with troops designated Task Force South Pacific under General Barnes who had orders from Australia to place himself under General MacArthur's command. While awaiting orders the ships of the convoy had been searched for defense weapons with ammunition for the 75s found aboard
585:(SP-3014) on 2 August 1917. During her operations as a troop transport, she made sixteen round trips between New York and ports of France, carrying a total of 40,104 servicemen on her eastbound passage, and a total of 37,025 servicemen on her westbound returns to New York. 806:
On 22 December the convoy reached Brisbane under further escort by Australian and New Zealand warships and Task Force South Pacific became United States Forces in Australia (USFIA). That organization, originated aboard
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holds were found four British made 75-mm artillery pieces that men of the 453d Ordnance (Aviation) Bombardment Company, part of the 7th Heavy Bombardment Group, lashed to deck even though no ammunition was found. The
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had been in Stateside dry-dock just prior to the 2nd Battalion's boarding, and had four 3-inch guns and one 5-inch gun (on the "fan-tail"). The Battalion manned these guns from 7 December until their arrival in
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At eleven in the morning of 7 December Commander Clark received a message indicating an attack on Pearl Harbor that was first thought to be from an exercise until another message from Commander in Chief,
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until August. In September 1945 she proceeded to Los Angeles where she was altered before departing for Honolulu. The Army cancelled her designation as a hospital ship while she was en route to
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left San Francisco for the Philippines by way of Hawaii with 2,666 Army officers, including Brig. Gen. Julian F. Barnes, and enlisted men and 18 civilians and flying cadets, reaching
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and remained inactive for nearly three years until the United States entered the war in April 1917. The ship was seized when the United States officially declared war against Germany.
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on 28 November. After overnight refueling she left port on the 29th to join six other vessels and assume the role of flagship for a convoy headed to the Philippines escorted by the
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surrounded by German forces in the Vosges Mountains on 24 October 1944. The other units, the 147th Field Artillery Regiment and the 148th Field Artillery Regiment were aboard the
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2,666 is the sum of officers and men given by Mayo. Thirty-six fewer, "2,630 troops," is the number given by Matloff. An even smaller total, 2,521, is indicated in the monograph
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of the central route and on 6 December the convoy crossed the equator celebrating the largest Army Shellback initiation up to that time. Aboard
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Between March and November 1942 she served on the San Francisco-Honolulu run, completing a total of seven voyages. During 1943 and 1944, the
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was transferred to the Army 6 October 1919. During the period January to November 1920, she served as the United States Army Transport
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bringing them back to San Francisco in late March 1946. On 19 June 1946 the ship, too large to enter the inner harbor, arrived at
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and other ships in the convoy improvised wartime measures by painting superstructures gray and searching cargo for weapons. In
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operated out of San Francisco, transporting troops and supplies to Honolulu and the Southwest Pacific. She called at Fiji,
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In the summer of 1948, US Army dependents and employees embarked in Seattle, WA for a voyage to Tokyo, Japan.
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Pictorial collection documenting the trans-Siberian trek of the Czech legion during the Russian Revolution
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at sea, became the nucleus and model for the supply organization functioning throughout the war in the
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for that celebration was the ground element of the Army Air Forces 7th Heavy Bombardment Group whose
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of WW II. This was a 36th Division Field Artillery unit and not the 36th Division infantry unit
561:(Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Aktien-Gesellschaft or HAPAG) in 1907, it was renamed the SS 1064: 1539: 1490: 1469: 1321: 1304: 1287: 1270: 644: 539: 145: 1098: 1030: 709: 566: 204: 92: 1358: 1623: 1595: 1525: 1504: 884: 1260:. Washington, D. C.: Transportation Unit, Historical Division, Special Staff, U. S. Army. 1380: 787: 96: 1316:
Thompson, George Raynor; Harris, Dixie R.; Oakes, Pauline M.; Terrett, Dulany (1957).
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The Technical Services—The Signal Corps: The Test (December 1941 to July 1943)
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In 1931, she reverted to Army control as a troopship. After alterations, USAT
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In January 1948 it arrived in Seattle, Washington from Yokohama, Japan.
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was eventually sent on to Java and captured to become one of several
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Masterson uses "Republic Convoy" as well as some other references.
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U. S. Army Transportation In The Southwest Pacific Area 1941–1947
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2 February 1945 and turned over to the Army for conversion to a
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during World War II. In World War I she served with the Navy as
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along with smaller weapons suitable for anti aircraft defense.
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and then was placed on North Atlantic passenger service with
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for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of
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With Japanese forces reported only 300 miles away in the
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was again taken over by the Navy and commissioned as USS
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carried troops. That convoy, generally known as the
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The War in the Pacific: The Fall Of The Philippines
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She was struck from the 559:Hamburg-American Packet Steamship Company 16:For other ships with the same name, see 1001: 945: 1204: 1168: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1051: 1049: 1047: 1017: 1015: 1013: 1011: 1009: 1007: 1005: 28: 924:, after which she was laid up in the 56: 7: 1411:Unique United States Navy transports 1346:2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery 1228: 1216: 1139: 1118: 975:2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery 790:the convoy was ordered to put into 548:International Mercantile Marine Co. 379:68 ft 2 in (20.78 m) 109:International Mercantile Marine Co. 815:. After debarking the troops, the 627:and made two voyages repatriating 14: 1762:Ships of the Hamburg America Line 1362:Equator crossing, 6 December 1941 1091:"USS Republic (AP-33), 1941–1945" 191:Seized from Germany, 6 April 1917 1772:Ships built by Harland and Wolff 1767:Ships of the United States Lines 1256:Masterson, Dr. James R. (1949). 932:. She was sold for scrap to the 534:Originally christened as the SS 363:33,000 long tons (33,530 t) 58: 32: 895:, she embarked war veterans at 420:(26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) 926:National Defense Reserve Fleet 704:. Of the other ships only the 481:3"/50 caliber antiaircraft gun 451:3"/23 caliber antiaircraft gun 1: 557:After being purchased by the 350:Sold for scrap, 11 March 1952 641:United States Shipping Board 527:in 1921 before reverting to 565:, the third ship named for 538:, she was built in 1903 by 523:. The ship was renamed the 463:.30 cal. Lewis machine guns 399:quadruple-expansion engines 1788: 891:in February 1946. As USAT 881:Waterman Steamship Company 685:sailed for San Francisco. 15: 1725: 1416: 722:Japanese mandated islands 475:5"/51 caliber surface gun 445:5"/51 caliber surface gun 354: 272:22 Jul 1941 – 27 Jan 1945 51: 31: 1193:Matloff & Snell 1999 706:USAT Willard A. Holbrook 371:599 ft (183 m) 1716:Lt. Raymond O. Beaudoin 934:Bethlehem Steel Company 813:South West Pacific Area 355:General characteristics 1752:Ships built in Belfast 1299:Morton, Lewis (1993). 918:Army Transport Service 879:was overhauled by the 757: 617: 606: 387:34 ft (10 m) 819:sailed on to Sydney. 747: 666:run until June 1941. 613:United States Line's 612: 596: 507:that served with the 248:6 Oct 1919 – Mar 1921 242:2 Aug 1917 – Oct 1919 1450:William Ward Burrows 1181:Thompson et al. 1957 920:and returned to the 688:On 21 November 1941 114:Hamburg America Line 1282:Mayo, Lida (1991). 1207:, pp. 145–146. 1171:, pp. 145–148. 989:in the same convoy. 930:Olympia, Washington 922:Maritime Commission 864:, designated USAHS 765:removed all doubt. 649:United States Lines 629:Czechoslovak troops 571:Hoboken, New Jersey 278:Feb 1946 – May 1949 236:Aug 1914 – Apr 1917 199:14 September 1907, 134:United States Lines 129:U.S. Shipping Board 46:, post-World War II 1695:George W. 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Index

USS Grant
SS Republic

Hunters Point
Serbia
Ulysses S. Grant
James Buchanan
International Mercantile Marine Co.
Hamburg America Line
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army
U.S. Shipping Board
United States Lines
Harland and Wolff
Hamburg
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Southampton
quadruple-expansion engines
screws
knots
5"/51 caliber surface gun
3"/23 caliber antiaircraft gun
1-pounder guns
.30 cal. Lewis machine guns
5"/51 caliber surface gun
3"/50 caliber antiaircraft gun
20 mm guns
troop transport
US Navy
Harland and Wolff

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