Army Transport ship prefix "USAT" with their name if they were Army owned or bareboat chartered: 1,557 ships Troop and cargo ships over 1,000 gross tons that often carried the U.S.The numbers below give an idea of the scope of that Army maritime operation: Those, included vessels not related to transport such as mine vessels and waterway or port maintenance ships and other service craft. In addition to the transports the Army fleet included specialized types. Those included large troop and cargo transport ships that were Army-owned hulls, vessels allocated by the War Shipping Administration, bareboat charters and time charters.
Army operated approximately 127,800 watercraft of various types. (National Archives and Records Administration)ĭuring World War II the U.S. Naval Repair Base during loading operations showing nine Army transport ships docked at the commercial wharfs at San Diego, California. Aerial photograph of piers at headquarters and at U.S. Brooklyn Army Base, New York, between the wars.
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