1946 World War II Troop Ship Crossings

1946 World War II Troop Ship Crossings
Last updated: February 23, 1999 - What's New?
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The list is in chronological order by departure date. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division.
Different units aboard are separated by semi-colons (;). If a unit was attached to another unit, either the larger unit will be in parentheses - e.g. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". This means only the smaller unit is known to have been on board; the larger unit is included, since people may be searching on that. Note that units may have crossed on multiple ships.
Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous.
RAMPs are Recovered Allied Military Personnel. These were former prisoners of war, who had priority for going home.
Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in bold type. If you know any of these, please submit your information.

Departure Date	Embarkation Place	*Vessel*	Units on Board	Convoy Number	Debarkation Place	Arrival Date	Source of Information
46-01-??	Yokohama, Japan	*???*	returnees		Los Angeles, CA	46-01-??	R. Moore of 321st Inf Reg
46-01-03	Bremerhaven, Germany	M. S. John Ericcson	5000 men of the 29th Infantry Division's HQ and Special Troops, 115th Infantry Regiment, 104th Medical Battalion, 121st Engineer Combat Battalion	none	New York, NY	46-01-15	B. Appleton's copy of The Seaweed Gazette
46-01-05	Japan	Marine Phoenix	???	none	Tacoma, WA	46-01-17	Gordon Shackleford, via J. Baker
46-01-07	Le Havre, France	SS Maritime Victory	84th Infantry Division (elements, most of whom had seen combat in other units)	none	New York, NY	46-01-19	R. Cloer (more)
46-01-10?	New York, NY	TES Argentina	empty, except for Navy or Army Troop Staff	none	Southampton, England	46-01-20?	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-01-17 (week of)	Calcutta, India	Marine Fox	returnees ??		USA ??	46-01-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-01-20	Alexandria, Egypt	SS Santa Margarita (C2-S-B1)	225 troops		New York, NY	46-02-03	T. Snell (more)
46-01-21	Southampton, England	TES Argentina	about 650 English war brides and babies	none	New York, NY	46-02-04?	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-01-22	Iwo Jima	USS Munda	small contingent of 302nd Fighter Control Squadron)		USA	46-02-06	History of the 302nd Fighter Control Squadron)
46-01-26	Calcutta, India	Marine Panther	Air Force 4th Combat Cargo Group; 508th Port Battalion; others?		Seattle, WA	46-02-23? (approx. 28 day voyage)	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker; J. H. Ferguson of the AF 4th Combat Cargo Group, who was aboard (more)
46-01-26?	Le Havre, France	Sea Tiger	Herb Stokes (no longer with 106th Infantry Division)		New York, NY	46-02-06	H. Stokes (more)
46-01-27	Karachi, India	General Morton	returnees ??		USA ??	46-02??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-01 or 02-??	Pacific	*???*	William A. Hermes (was in Philippines and Nagasaki)		USA	46-02-13	Souvenirs & discharge of W. Hermes, via K. Hermes
46-02-02	Calcutta, India	Marine Devil	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-03	Calcutta, India	Marine Angel	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-07	Calcutta, India	General Hayse	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-09	Calcutta, India	General Ballou	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-12	Calcutta, India	General Hodges	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-13	Calcutta, India	General Bliss	returnees ??		Seattle, WA	46-02-??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-02-20?	New York, NY	SS Sea Robin	empty, except for Navy or Army Troop Staff	none	Le Havre, France	46-02-28?	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-02-22	Camp Kilmer, NJ	Blue Ridge Victory	occupation troops	none	Le Havre, France	46-03-06? (about 12 day voyage)	kalbill@pacbell.net (more)
46-02-25	Pusan, Korea	*???*	returning troops		Portland or Seattle	46-03-06	W. E. Neubauer, formerly of 31st Station Hospital, who was aboard, via W. Johnston
46-02-??	Calcutta, India	USS General C. C. Ballou (AP 157)	returning troops from Camp Chipara (spelling uncertain); Army nurses		San Francisco, CA (after stop of a few days in Manila)	46-03-early?	Crew member R. Corbin (more)
46-02 or 03-??	Europe	Ernie Pyle	engineering battalion	alone?	New York, NY	46-03-07?	D. Phillips via postal mail (more)
46-03-11?	Le Havre, France	SS Sea Robin	about 2000 troops from mixed units	none	New York, NY	46-03-19?	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-03-13	England	USAT E. B. Alexander	war brides and children		New York, NY	46-03-18	M. G. Mackie, whose mother was aboard as a war bride
46-03-23	Pier 88, New York	USS General Harry Taylor	Replacement personnel	none	Le Havre, France	46-03-31	C. Frinks, who was aboard
46-03-27?	New York, NY	SS Sea Robin	empty, except for Navy or Army Troop Staff	none	Le Havre, France	46-04-07	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-03-29	Sydney, Australia	Pachaug Victory	1st Australian Signal Training Battalion ?		Kure, Japan	46-04-13	Brian H. Longfield, via S. Daniels
46-03 late	Yokohama, Japan	Aldermein?? (AKA-147)	???	none	Seattle, WA	46-04-13 or 14	Jacob Talenco, via J. Baker
46-04-08	Le Havre, France	*(Liberty Ship)*	various troops from mixed units	none	New Jersey	46-04-13	G. Cipolletti
46-04-14?	Le Havre, France	SS Sea Robin	about 2000 troops from mixed units	none	New York, NY	46-04-22?	Merchant Marine crew member W. J. Longo (more)
46-04-16	Calcutta, India	Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis (AP-137)	3,248 unattached returning troops		New York, NY	46-05-10	J. Baker (more)
46-04-17	Europe	SS Frostburg			New York, NY	46-04-23	M. Spitz memorabilia (via D. Spitz)
46-04-21	Calcutta, India	General Hersey	returnees ??		New York, NY	46-05??	Roundup (CBI Armed forces publication) 1/17/46, p. 12, via J. Baker
46-04-??	ETO?	SS Georgetown Victory	1,400 men		Ran aground off Killard Point, County Down, Ireland (men rescued; ship remained there until 1951)	46-04-30	SS Georgetown Victory by J. Reynolds
46-04 or 05-??	Oahu, Hawaii	USS General C. C. Ballou (AP 157)	Troops from Puerto Rico: 159 Army, 427 Navy and 4 Marines		San Juan, Puerto Rico (via Panama Canal)	46-05-late??	Crew member R. Corbin (more)
46-05-??	Southampton, England	Edmund B. Alexander	955 British war brides and children		USA	46-05-late??	P. Slice (one of the babies) (more)
46-05-??	Le Havre, France	Santa Paula	332 war brides (French; others?) and children		USA	46-05-late??	Newspaper clipping from R. Corbin (more)
46-05-??	Noumea	Mello Franco	returning troops: 4 Navy, 28 Army		San Francisco, CA	46-05-late??	Newspaper clipping from R. Corbin (more)
46-06-13	unnamed port, south of Tsingtao, China	USS General H. W. Butner	returning troops	???	San Francisco, CA	46-06-24	K. Latimer, whose father was aboard (more)
46-07-mid	Manila, Philippines	USS Fox	about 2000-2500 unattached troops	sailed alone	San Francisco, CA	46-07 or 08	D. Cooper, whose father was aboard (more)
46-10-18??	Yokohama, Japan	Admiral Mayo	returning occupation troops		San Francisco, CA??	46-10-31??	F. Lutes (aboard Marine Swallow) via G. Lutes
46-10-18	Yokohama, Japan	Marine Swallow	returning occupation troops		San Francisco, CA	46-10-31	F. Lutes (aboard) via G. Lutes
46-12-03	Bremerhaven, Germany	*(Red?) Robin Victory?*	returning occupation troops		USA	46-12-15? (about 12 day voyage)	kalbill@pacbell.net (uot;>more)
46-12-24	Bremerhaven, Germany	Admiral R. E. Koontz	civilian employee of Army		New York, NY	47-01-07	E. Clark (aboard) (more)

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