responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France. On 1 July 1918, the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships: Rear...
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chartered as a United States troop transport and attached to the United States Navy Cruiser and Transport Force, and sailed on a total of five roundtrips...
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SS Vaterland (1913) (category World War I transports of the United States)
Vaterland and on 6 September 1917 renamed USS Leviathan (ID-1326) and assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force. The ship's first troop transport voyage...
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A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can...
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Arthur L. Bristol (section Early life and career)
Cross for his service as flag secretary and acting chief of staff to Commander, Cruiser and Transport Force. While holding that post, he worked closely...
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United States Fleet Forces Command (redirect from Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet)
USS Washington (ACR-11), and USS Cleveland (C-19), USS Denver (CL-16), USS Des Moines (CL-17), and USS Tacoma (CL-20). The Cruiser and Transport Force, under Rear...
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World War I he commanded the Cruiser and Transport Force. For his outstanding contribution he was awarded the Army and Navy Distinguished Service Medals...
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from the Cruiser and Transport Force to the 3rd Naval District. She was turned over to the United States Department of War on 6 October 1919 and returned...
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1918 at Boston. Assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force, Lansdale steamed to Norfolk from 4 November to 7 November and joined a European bound convoy...
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SS Czar (category Ships of the Lamport and Holt Line)
States troops to France as part of the United States Navy's Cruiser and Transport Force. After the end of World War I, the ship was returned to the East...
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was chartered as a United States troop transport and attached to the United States Navy Cruiser and Transport Force. Re d'Italia sailed on her first wartime...
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USS Calamares (category Unique transports of the United States Navy)
at New York; commissioned 10 April 1918 and reported to the U.S. Cruiser and Transport Force. Between April and October 1918 Calamares made five voyages...
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SS Imperator (category Transports of the United States Navy)
Historical Center. "PESSOA TRANSFERS TO TRANSPORT AT SEA; Imperator Takes Brazil's President from Disabled French Cruiser in Midocean". The New York Times....
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USS Katrina Luckenbach (category Unique transports of the United States Navy)
Katrina Luckenbach was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force for postwar use as a troop transport to assist in returning American troops from...
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United States Navy (redirect from United States Maritime Force)
supplies across the Atlantic in U-boat infested waters with the Cruiser and Transport Force. It also concentrated on laying the North Sea Mine Barrage. Hesitation...
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Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (category World War II naval operations and battles of the Pacific theatre)
fought together before. Omori's force consisted of the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Haguro, the light cruisers Agano and Sendai, and the destroyers Naganami, Hatsukaze...
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that ended the fighting in Europe. Michigan was assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force in late December 1918 to ferry American soldiers back from Europe...
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USS Charleston (C-22) (category Protected cruisers of the United States Navy)
Scotia, then joined the Cruiser and Transport Force, with which she made five voyages to France carrying occupation troops overseas and returning with combat...
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List of Star Wars spacecraft (redirect from Banking Clan Cruiser)
The following is a list of starships, cruisers, battleships, and other spacecraft in the Star Wars films, books, and video games. The Death Star is the Empire's...
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France as part of the United States Navy Cruiser and Transport Force. In 1923, she was renamed Venezuela and transferred to La Veloce for South American...
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Yeoman (United States Navy) (section Rate and rating)
Europe, so the US Navy assumed the role of transporting the AEF, with its Cruiser and Transport Force (CTS), and established a trans-Atlantic convoy system...
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Myōkō (妙高) was the lead ship of the four-member Myōkō class of heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), which were active in World War II. She...
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Japanese invasions of the Philippines and Dutch East Indies, and took part in the destruction of the Allied cruiser force defending the Dutch East Indies at...
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York with Group 2, Cruiser and Transport Force, to escort the convoy which carried the first American Expeditionary Force to reach France. She arrived in...
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as a troop transport and attached to the United States Navy Cruiser and Transport Force. After the war ended, Dante Alighieri resumed her Genoa–New York...
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USS West Virginia (ACR-5) (category Pennsylvania-class cruisers)
12,000 troops, and terminated her last voyage at Boston on 5 July. Detached from Transport Force, she was reassigned to Cruiser Force and became flagship...
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Newport News. On 22 June 1919, Nebraska was transferred from the Cruiser and Transport Force to the Pacific Fleet. She departed the east coast shortly thereafter...
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was Japanese transport Ryūjō Maru with IJA 16th Army commander Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura aboard. In March, Mogami and Cruiser Division 7 were...
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war. On 11 March 1919, Minnesota returned to service with the Cruiser and Transport Force, making three trips to Brest, France to bring American soldiers...
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USS Julia Luckenbach (category Unique transports of the United States Navy)
was transferred to the Cruiser and Transport Force. In her new postwar role as a troop transport, she continued to transport cargo to France while returning...
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