^Gleaves, p. 240. (Page 240 shows the date as "July 1, 1916", but is wrong. See p. 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1, 1918, listed.)
^"Marie Gaston GROUT (1863 - 1947)". École Navale (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2016..
^ abcThough belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British charter. Also in this category was HMT Dwinsk which had been sunk on 18 June 1918.
Referencesedit
Gleaves, Albert (1921). A History of the Transport Service: Adventures and Experiences of United States Transports and Cruisers in the World War. New York: George H. Doran Company. OCLC 976757.
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cruiser, transport, force, cruiser, transport, service, unit, united, states, navy, atlantic, fleet, during, world, that, responsible, transporting, american, materiel, france, contents, composition, cruiser, force, squadron, squadron, french, navy, warships, . The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy s Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France Contents 1 Composition 1 1 Cruiser Force 1 1 1 Squadron One 1 1 2 Squadron Two 1 1 3 French Navy warships 1 2 Transport Force 1 2 1 New York Division 1 2 2 Newport News Division 1 2 3 Foreign vessels 2 Notes 3 ReferencesComposition editOn 1 July 1918 the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships 1 Cruiser Force edit Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander Squadron One edit Cruiser Force Squadron One was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Division One Seattle flagship North Carolina Montana Huntington Division Two South Dakota Pueblo Frederick San Diego Division Three Columbia Minneapolis DeKalb Von Steuben Special Duty Niagara Dubuque Squadron Two edit Cruiser Force Squadron Two was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston Division Four Cruiser Force Squadron Two Division Four was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones Sialia flagship Charleston St Louis Rochester Olympia Division Five Isis flagship Denver Galveston Cleveland Des Moines Division Six Albany New Orleans Tacoma Chattanooga French Navy warships edit nbsp The Dupetit Thouars French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral Marie Gaston Grout 2 Gloire flagship Marseillaise Du Petit Thouars sunk by SM U 62 7 August 1918 Transport Force edit New York Division edit Transport Force New York Division was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Agamemnon America Calamares Finland George Washington Great Northern Hancock Harrisburg Henderson Kroonland Lenape Leviathan Louisville Henry R Mallory Manchuria Matsonia Maui Mongolia Mount Vernon Northern Pacific Orizaba Plattsburg President Grant Princess Matoika Rijndam Siboney Sierra Saint Paul Wilhelmina Newport News Division edit Transport Force Newport News Division was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones Aeolus Antigone Huron Madawaska Martha Washington Mercury Pastores Pocahontas Powhatan Susquehanna Tenadores Zeelandia Foreign vessels edit Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force Newport News Division SS America Italian SS Caserta Italian HMT Czar British 3 HMT Czaritza British 3 SS Dante Alighieri Italian SS Duca degli Abruzzi Italian SS Duca d Aosta Italian SS France French HMT Kursk British 3 SS Lutetia French SS Patria French SS Re d Italia Italian SS Sobral Brazilian Notes edit Gleaves p 240 Page 240 shows the date as July 1 1916 but is wrong See p 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1 1918 listed Marie Gaston GROUT 1863 1947 Ecole Navale in French Retrieved 29 January 2016 a b c Though belonging to the Russian American Line the ship was under British charter Also in this category was HMT Dwinsk which had been sunk on 18 June 1918 References editGleaves Albert 1921 A History of the Transport Service Adventures and Experiences of United States Transports and Cruisers in the World War New York George H Doran Company OCLC 976757 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cruiser and Transport Force amp oldid 1067259969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
