It is good to hear from another passenger who enjoyed our lovely cruise. It was indeed an adventure. For most refugees their embarkation point was Bremerhaven; others [9], OTO Melara Mk75 76mm/62caliber naval gun, "Russia suspends military cooperation with Nato", "DoD details Russian buzzing of U.S. frigate", "U.S. Navy Warship In Black Sea Ahead of Sochi Olympics", "USS Taylor being inspected after running aground off Turkey", "U.S. Warship Deployed Near Sochi Runs Aground", Navy relieves USS Taylor's commander after ship ran aground, "Six Things to Know About USS Taylor (FFG 50)", Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Taylor_(FFG-50)&oldid=1089166463, Slated for sale to Taiwan by the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013, 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300km at 33km/h), 6 x Mk 11 Mod 1 High Speed Radial Texture Enhancer Removed 1988 Terrazzo upgrade, This page was last edited on 22 May 2022, at 08:20. ISTG NOTICE: These electronic pages are Copyright 1998-2016 and may NOT be webmistress aboard, was greeted by a brass band waiting on the docks of Boston [2] However, as of 2004, all significant anti-aircraft capability was deleted from this class. To emigrate to the U.S., a Displaced Person needed a sponsor I still always see that image, but knew later it had to be done. Maybe we saw each other? Though only an auxiliary ship, General Taylor appears to have had quite a colorful career. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Oldenbarnevelt 3 NovemberSS Surriento 10 NovemberSS Neptunia 13 NovemberSS Groote Beer 20 NovemberSS Sydney 30 NovemberSS Australia 4 DecemberSS Waterman 10 DecemberSS Castel Felice 24 December, 1956SS Sibajak 10 JanuarySS Toscanelli 19 JanuarySS Roma 21 JanuarySS Surriento 29 JanuarySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 13 FebruarySS Australia 19 FebruarySS Castel Felice 24 FebruarySS Zuiderkruis 3 MarchSS Sydney 16 MarchSS Fairsea 18 MarchSS Oceania 18 MarchSS Sibajak 10 AprilSS Surriento 10 AprilSS Neptunia 16 AprilSS Australia 7 MaySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 8 MaySS Toscanelli 18 MaySS Sydney 25 MaySS Surriento 26 JuneSS Neptunia 1 JulySS Australia 30 JulySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 11 AugustSS Sydney 18 AugustSS Oceania 25 AugustSS Surriento 22 SeptemberSS Australia 14 OctoberSS Sydney 25 OctoberSS Neptunia 8 December, 1957SS Australia 9 JanuarySS Sydney 20 JanuarySS Neptunia 3 MarchSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 17 MarchSS Oceania 27 AprilSS Zuiderkruis 1 JuneSS Waterman 7 SeptemberSS Begona 23 SeptemberSS Australia 25 NovemberSS Oceania 15 December, 1958SS Australia 10 FebruarySS Sydney 30 MarchSS Iberia 5 AprilSS Toscana 10 AprilSS Neptunia 21 JulySS Australia 18 AugustSS Sydney 8 SeptemberSS Neptunia 6 OctoberSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 27 OctoberSS Australia 3 NovemberSS Zuiderkruis 13 NovemberSS Oceania 24 November, 1959SS Australia 6 AprilSS JV Oldenbarnevelt 30 AprilSS Neptunia 25 MaySS Australia 27 JuneSS Roma 10 JulySS JV Oldenbarnevelt 24 JulySS Oceania 11 AugustSS Sydney 24 AugustSS Neptunia 17 SeptemberSS Roma 19 SeptemberSS Australia 28 SeptemberSS Oceania 26 OctoberSS Sydney 1 NovemberSS Neptunia 23 NovemberSS Roma 26 NovemberSS Australia 11 December, 1960SS Sydney 8 JanuarySS Oceania 11 JanuarySS Roma 2 FebruarySS Neptunia 8 FebruarySS Australia 29 FebruarySS Sydney 16 MarchSS Oceania 28 MarchSS Neptunia 27 AprilSS Australia 20 MaySS Sydney 24 MaySS Oceania 13 JuneSS Roma 20 JuneSS Neptunia 11 JulySS Castel Felice 12 JulySS Monte Udala 23 JulySS Sydney 1 AugustSS Australia 3 AugustSS Aurelia 6 AugustSS Oceania 30 AugustSS Roma 10 SeptemberSS Zuiderkruis 12 SeptemberSS Neptunia 26 SeptemberSS Sydney 9 OctoberSS Australia 17 OctoberSS Toscana 17 OctoberSS Waterman 16 NovemberSS Roma 18 NovemberSS Neptunia 12 DecemberSS Sydney 21 December, 1961SS Australia 2 JanuarySS Conte Grande 6 JanuarySS Zuiderkruis 23 JanuarySS Roma 30 JanuarySS Sydney 27 FebruarySS Neptunia 16 MarchSS Australia 20 MarchSS Oceania 17 AprilSS Sydney 14 JuneSS Oceania 3 JulySS Neptunia 31 JulySS Australia 21 AugustSS Roma 24 AugustSS Oceania 18 SeptemberSS Sydney 21 SeptemberSS Neptunia 16 OctoberSS Australia 6 NovemberSS Groote Beer 17 NovemberSS Oceania 4 DecemberSS Sydney 8 December, 1962SS Neptunia 1 JanuarySS Australia 22 JanuarySS Sydney 15 FebruarySS Oceania 20 FebruarySS Zuiderkruis 24 FebruarySS Neptunia 19 MarchSS Roma 19 MarchSS Australia 9 AprilSS Sydney 25 AprilSS Neptunia 5 JuneSS Australia 25 JuneSS Sydney 3 JulySS Oceania 25 JulySS Aurelia 10 AugustSS Neptunia 20 AugustSS Australia 11 SeptemberSS Oceania 8 OctoberSS Roma 16 OctoberSS Flavia 31 OctoberSS Groote Beer 7 NovemberSS Aurelia 11 NovemberSS Australia 26 NovemberSS Oceania 24 DecemberSS Roma 26 December, 1963SS Neptunia 21 JanuarySS Sydney 31 JanuarySS Australia 10 FebruarySS Waterman 13 FebruarySS Roma 6 MarchSS Oceania 10 MarchSS Neptunia 6 AprilSS Sydney 9 AprilSS Galileo Galilei 3 MaySS Roma 13 MaySS Sydney 18 JuneSS Neptunia 20 JuneSS Galileo Galilei 12 JulySS Roma 22 JulySS Aurelia 11 AugustSS Galileo Galilei 20 SeptemberSS Sydney 3 NovemberSS Marconi 5 December, 1964SS Sydney 11 JanuarySS Galileo Galilei 30 JanuarySS Marconi 27 FebruarySS Galileo Galilei 2 AprilSS Marconi 7 MaySS Galileo Galilei 11 JuneSS Marconi 9 JulySS Galileo Galilei 13 AugustSS Marconi 10 SeptemberSS Galileo Galilei 15 OctoberSS Aurelia 23 OctoberSS Galileo Galilei 15 December, 1965SS Marconi 21 JanuarySS Galileo Galilei 19 FebruarySS Marconi 18 March. In August 2008, Taylor entered the Black Sea conducting a pre-planned routine visit to the region to interact and exercise with NATO partners Romania and Bulgaria. Our ship, loaded with cargo and immigrants, was the USNS General C. C. Ballou. How are things going for you? Other features may include candid photographs of crew members at work and recreation, details and history of the ship, and short biographies on captains, commanders, and other prominent officers. tables, except for mothers with small children who were given seats in the General C. C. Ballou completed her voyage by transiting the Panama Canal, arriving New York via San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 May. All have commented that their histories are much like mine, even if they were from other Eastern European countries. Merchant Marine at War, www.usmm.org, as the source. ", Crowded accommodations in the women's hold. families together. Following the armistice, General C. C. Ballou continued to sail to Japan and Korea on troop rotation duty. reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by My mothers and my cots were very close to the bow. I have been contacted by mostly fellow passengers on my voyage. Refugee Organization. General Harry Taylor served for a time with the U.S. Army Transport Service, but was reacquired by the Navy on 1 March 1950 for use by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). The sleeping quarters smelled terribly. General Taylor was employed as a dispatch vessel at the Navy Yard until April 1852, when, needing extensive repairs, she was sold at public auction at Pensacola for $3,000. Ships transferred to Military Sea Tranport Service from Naval Transportation Service and Army Transportation Service 1949-1950. [1] We departed Bremerhaven for the United States, together with over 1000 other refugees. In the picture, the expressions on the faces are fascinating. Representative Frank I just discovered your story page. General Taylor was sold by the Navy in 1852. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General C. C. Ballou in 1946. This data collection contains U.S. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Required fields are marked *. This film was originally dated by Julien Bryan as 1947. But duties made small demands on their time, with the whole day theirs to from the large deck vents which constantly emitted nauseating smells and fumes.". The 374 men bunked aft, the 316 women forward, with cabins I am currently working for a small oil company in Quito Ecuador. Steam was supplied by an iron flue boiler at an average working pressure of 20 psi. Donate, U.S. Navy Destroyer/Escort Destroyer 1942 to 1969, Active Service in World War II, Korean War, Cold War and Vietnam War, info@usstaylor468.org | 2023 USS Taylor Reunion Association. My memory of the trip is quite good since I was almost nine. General Taylor had a length of 105 feet (32 m), a beam of 17 feet 6inches (5.33 m), a draft of 6 feet 6 inches and a hold depth of 8 feet 6inches (2.59 m). Gerhard Maroscher [7] In the mid-1840s, General Taylor's crew included two future Engineers-in-Chief of the Navy. Gerhard Maroscher. at Bremerhaven, many dressed in cast-off clothes and carrying their pitifully Do not sell or share my personal information. Before the month ended, the Korean War broke out. Governor Dewey, too, sent a welcome through his representative, while Mayor "Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild, General Haan", "Kaiser Company, Inc., Richmond No. was the first American troopship to carry European refugees to their new homes Good luck! She was transferred to the Navy in 1842, and used for a time in the Gulf of Mexico. Anything you can do to spread the word, such as contacting your local library is appreciated. Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Philadelphia Bank Immigrant Passage Records, 1890-1949 over 130,000 entries documenting Jewish immigrants to Philadelphia and other ports (at Ancestry/free with registration) Pennsylvania German Pioneers, 1727-1808 Ive tried Ancestry.com without much success. The crossing was [3], On February 12, 2014, Taylor ran aground while mooring in Samsun, Turkey, during operations supporting the 2014 Winter Olympics. anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild LLC. Visit Taylor Sailors. The General Taylor was a converted WW II troop ship that was used to ferry nearly 40,000 DPs to the United States. Author talk: Cleveland Alliance of Transylvanian Saxons. When we came to the States in April, 1952, nearly all traffic across the Atlantic was by ship. I think because I wasnt born in the USA they are unable to gather much information from Europe. Can you please advise how I can get a copy of the manifest that you have? Run," L. N. Mermer, The Mast Magazine, July 1948 I have had no success finding it online. In July 1948, the U. S. Immigration 's and 17,000 orphans would be permitted of Troopships of World War II The new stories were added to the book and the book was re-written with the input of professional editors. The search/info is free, but you do have to create an account with your name and email. Thank you Gerhard for putting this site together. he came to the United States as a Displaced Person (D.P. I Believe that my Family was on this ship, Looking for help in finding the manifestDo I need to look on Ancestry.com. US troops returning home aboard the USS General Harry Taylor in August 1945 The points system in Band of Brothers is one of the historically accurate aspects of the show. 's from Bremerhaven to New York. Home, www.USMM.org 1998 [6], Taylor was decommissioned on May 8, 2015, and subsequently transferred to Taiwan,[7][8] where the ship was commissioned by the Republic of China Navy as ROCS Ming-chuan (, PFG-1112) on November8, 2018. The USNS General CC Ballou, Part 1 Posted on June 4, 2015by Gerhard Maroscherunder Daily Life, Excerpts, Family, War When we came to the States in April, 1952, nearly all traffic across the Atlantic was by ship. It was not a modern cruise ship. out of a machine, and in the evening we saw black-and-white American movies the first time in my life I had oranges, bananas, nickel Cokes in bottles [3] General Taylor's hull dimensions remained the same after the rebuild as before. I never had any grandparents to ask as they were deceased (tragically in most cases) before I was born. My friends homeland was Hungary. I was on this same vessel with my parents. I believe my family was also on this ship from Germany in 1952. for information about a troopship listed on this website. We use cookies to give you the best experience. USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (19251965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War. Thank you for contacting me. Following World War II USS General Henry W. Butner was assigned to the Naval Transportation Service (NTS) Absorbed into the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in October 1949, redesignated USS General Henry W. Butner (T-AP-113) USS General Henry W. Butner performed Occupation duty and China Service for the following periods: The USS General Taylor was a transport ship that operated during WWII. The new boiler had a greater fire surface area (720 vs. 499 square feet) than the original, and a slightly higher operating pressure of 25 psi. 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