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The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Materiel (from the French "matériel" for equipment or hardware related to the word Material) is a term used in English to refer to the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.

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Composition

On 1 July 1918, the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships:[1]

Organization Cruiser And Transport Force United States Atlantic Fleet 1 July 1918 Rear Admiral Albert Cleaves Commander

Cruiser Force

Squadron One

Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves

Division One
Special Duty

Squadron Two

Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston

Division Four

Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
Division Five

French Navy warships

French cruisers operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral M. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The uniformed services of the United States have two grades of rear admirals. Albert Gleaves (January 1 1858 &ndash January 6 1937 was an Admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a Naval historian. Service history Pre-war Washington was fitted out there until 1 November when she got underway for Hampton Roads, whence she departed Service history Pre-war Following shakedown along the eastern seaboard and in the Caribbean North Carolina carried President-elect William Service history Pre-war Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, Montana departed Norfolk 5 August to cruise off the east coast until 25 January Controversy During that time in Mexico she was involved in an See also See USS ''Columbia'' for other ships of this name Early duties Assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron, the new cruiser took part in maneuvers and cruises along the eastern seaboard and in the West Indies 1901-1914 German passenger liner The Kronprinz Wilhelm was launched on 30 March 1901 and started her maiden voyage on 17 September Hilary Pollard Jones Jr ( 14 November 1863 &ndash 1 January 1938) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Service history Pre-war Charleston cruised to South American ports in the summer of 1906 with Secretary of State Elihu Root Service history Pre-war Assigned to the Pacific Fleet, St Louis departed Tompkinsville New York, on 15 May 1907 USS New York (ACR-2 Assigned to the South Atlantic Squadron, New York departed New York Harbor 27 December 1893 for Design and construction Olympia was laid down 17 June 1891 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco California; launched 5 November See also See USS ''Denver'' for other ships of the same name See also See USS ''Galveston'' for other ships of the same name See also See USS ''Albany'' for other Navy ships of the same name See also See USS ''Tacoma'' for other ships of the same name This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. G. Grout

Transport Force

New York Division

Transport Force, New York Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves

  • Lenape
  • Leviathan
  • Louisville
  • Henry R. See also French ship ''Gloire'' for eponymous ships French cruiser Marseillaise may refer to French cruiser ''Marseillaise'' (1900, a, launched in 1900 stricken in 1929 and scrapped in 1933 German career Designed for high speed Trans-Atlantic service she won the Blue Riband for the fastest eastbound crossing in 1904 SS Amerika Amerika — a steel-hulled twin-screw steam passenger liner— was launched on 20 April 1905 at Belfast, Northern World War I North Atlantic operations Between April and October 1918 Calamares made five voyages to France as her part of the Navy's vast responsibility Launching and early career Finland was launched on 21 June 1902 by W World War I service Embarking nearly 1400 passengers at Puget Sound, including 500 "enemy aliens" women and children as well as men Great Northern Operational service Hancock sailed from San Francisco for the East Coast 14 December 1902 via Valparaiso, Chile; Montevideo, As USS Bountiful Henderson decommissioned 13 October 1943 for conversion to a hospital ship at General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Oakland Early career Lenape was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding Co Note "SS Leviathan" was also an early name for the 19th century ship launched as the SS Great Eastern. Mallory
  • Manchuria
  • Matsonia
  • Maui
  • Mongolia
  • Mount Vernon
  • Northern Pacific
  • Orizaba
  • Plattsburg
  • President Grant
  • Princess Matoika
  • Rijndam
  • Siboney
  • Sierra
  • St. History Kronprinzessin Cecilie, built at Stettin, Germany in 1906 by Actien Gesellsehaft was the last of a set four liners built for North German Lloyd and World War I Orizaba —named after the town of Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico —was laid down for the Ward Line by William Cramp Spanish-American war At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War New York was chartered as an auxiliary cruiser with a civilian crew commissioning 26 April World War I Turned over to the Navy she was commissioned USS President Grant (SP-3014 on 2 August 1917 Comdr Hamburg America Line In March 1900 the announced the plans for 22 new ships totaling at a cost of $11000000 World War I naval service SS Oriente was a combination cargo and passenger vessel built by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, for Paul
  • Wilhelmina

Newport News Division

Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Early history Wilhelmina —a steel-hulled single-screw passenger and cargo steamer built at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding Jones

Foreign vessels

Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force Newport News Division

  • SS America
  • SS Caserta
  • SS Czar Russian American Line
  • SS Czaritza Russian American Line
  • SS Dante Alighieri (Italian Transatlantica Italiana)
  • SS Duca Degli Abruzzi (Italian)
  • SS Duca D'Aosta
  • SS France (French)
  • SS Kursk Russian American Line
  • SS Lutetia
  • SS Patria
  • SS Re D'Italia
  • SS Sobral

Notes

  1. ^ Gleaves, p. SS Grosser Kufürst SS Grosser Kurfürst — a steel-hulled twin-screw passenger-and-cargo steamship launched on 2 December 1899 at SS Neckar Neckar was launched on 8 December 1900 at Geestemünde, Germany, by J History SS Friedrich Der Grosse SS Friedrich Der Grosse (or Friedrich Der Große) was built in 1896 by Vulcan Shipbuilding World War I Konig Wilhelm II was a steel-hulled screw Steamer launched on 20 July 1907 at Stettin Germany, by Vulcan Aktiengesellschaft. World War I operations Pastores was one of innumerable merchant ships chartered by the Navy during World War I to transport U History SS Rhein was launched on 20 September 1899 by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg, Germany, for North German Lloyd. Construction Laid down in February 1909 the new liner was to be a marvel of French engineering 240. (Page 240 shows the date as "July 1, 1916", but is wrong. See p. 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1, 1918, listed. )

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