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Chart: "The Original U.S. Troop Transports". August 1919.

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Black-and-white photo of chart: "The Original U.S. Troop Transports". August 1919. Low-resolution digital file. Reference print on file. Many of these ships operated to and from the Port of Embarkation and Debarkation at Hoboken, N.J., where the U.S. Army Transport Services in World War I was based. See notes for list of vessels. Description of photo as found at U.S. Navy Historical Center website: Photo #: NH 82951 Chart compiled 16 August 1919, showing the number of trans-Atlantic "turn arounds" and their average duration for thirty seven U.S. Navy troop transports employed during and immediately after World War I. Collection of the USS Pocahontas Reunion Association, 1974. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. ------------ Stated on this chart (or graph): Compiled by Statistical Dept., August 16, 1919. (did not state the service, whether Army or Navy.)

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1917 - 1919

Date: 1917-1919

Notes: The ships are as numbered and listed. Order is from lowest average number of days in turn-arounds to highest. The chart also has the number of turn-arounds, but legibility is an issue. 1. Siboney 2. Orizaba 3. Calameres 4. Leviathan 5. Mongolia 6. Pastores 7. Princess Matoika 8. Agamemnon 9. Martha Washington 10. Manchuria 11. Matsonia 12. George Washington 13. Mallory 14. Kroonland 15. Finland 16. Maui 17. Von Steuben 18. Northern Pacific 19. Antigonne 20. President Grant 21. Madawska 22. Plattsburg 23. Otsego 24. Mount Vernon 25. Susquehanna 26. Konigen Der Nederlanden 27. Louisville 28. America 29. Mercury 30. Dekalb 31. Harrisburg 32. Aeolus 33. Pocahonta 34. Sierra 35. Huron 36. Powhatan 37. Henderson Original or Copy: Digital copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-04-07

The Original U.S. Troop Transports (World War I)