United States Army transport ships

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 119. Chapters: SS Kroonland, USS Princess Matoika, SS George Washington, USS America, USS Finland, List of ships of the United States Army, USS Bridgeport, USS Orizaba, SS Minnesotan, USS Siboney, USAT McClellan, SS Kentuckian, USS Comfort, USAT Buford, USAT Sea Marlin, SS Montanan, SS Panaman, SS El Occidente, SS El Oriente, USS Mercy, USS Lenape, USS Henry R. Mallory, SS El Sol, USS West Corum, USAT General Frank M. Coxe, USS General Harry Taylor, USS General S. D. Sturgis, USS Martha Washington, USS Artemis, USS General LeRoy Eltinge, SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, USS Freedom, SS George Washington Carver, USS General M. L. Hersey, USS General R. E. Callan, USAHS Blanche F. Sigman, USS Rijndam, USS General W. C. Langfitt, USS General W. M. Black, USAT Dorchester, USS General R. M. Blatchford, USS General M. B. Stewart, Transportation Corps, 371st Engineer Construction Battalion, USS General R. L. Howze, USS General C. G. Morton, USS General M. M. Patrick, USS General W. F. Hase, USS General C. H. Muir, USS Tryon, USS General W. G. Haan, USS General Omar Bundy, USS General E. T. Collins, USAHS Algonquin, USS General Stuart Heintzelman, USS General A. W. Greely, USS General C. C. Ballou, USS General H. F. Hodges, USS General A. W. Brewster, USS General D. E. Aultman, USS General H. B. Freeman, USS General J. H. McRae, USAT Thomas, USAT Liberty, P2 transport, SS Santa Teresa, USS Great Northern, USS Tenadores, USS Powhatan, General Frank S. Besson, Jr. class Logistics Support Vessel, USS Mercury, USS Antigone, USS Northern Pacific, USAT Meigs, USS Rixey, USS Santa Clara, USS Badger, USS Santa Cecilia, USAT General Brehon B. Somervell. Excerpt: SS Kroonland was an ocean liner for International Mercantile Marine (IMM) from her launch in 1902 until scrapped in 1927. Kroonland was the sister ship of Finland and a near sister ship of Vaderland and Zeeland of the same company. Kroonland sailed for IMM's Red Star Line for 15 years, and also sailed for IMM's American Line and Panama Pacific Line. During World War I, the ship served as United States Army transport USAT Kroonland through April 1918, and as the Navy auxiliary USS Kroonland (ID-1541) from April 1918 to October 1919. Announced by the Red Star Line in 1899, Kroonland was completed in 1902 by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia. When launched, she was the largest U.S. steamship ever built. Kroonland sailed from New York City to Antwerp on her maiden voyage in June 1902, beginning service on the route she would sail for the next twelve years. According to The New York Times, Kroonland became the first ship to issue a wireless distress call at sea when she radioed for help during a storm in 1903. In another radio first, Kroonland heard the "first real broadcast of history" in December 1906. Kroonland was one of ten ships that came to the aid of the burning liner Volturno in the mid-Atlantic in October 1913. Despite stormy seas, Kroonland was able to take aboard 89 survivors, for which captain and crew received accolades that included U.S. Congressional Gold Medals. When the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 disrupted service to Belgium, Kroonland shifted to alternate routes. On a trip to the Mediterranean in October 1914, Kroonland was detained by British authorities at Gibraltar, and part of her cargo was confiscated amidst diplomatic wrangling between the then-neutral United States and the United Kingdom. During a chartered circumnavigation of South Ameri...