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NP Pe EEL SO Sty TT Ret ae A Ce aes Tene Wea pone June, 1919 while the other is the naval overseas transportation service, concerned with freight shipments exclusively. The cruisers assigned to escort the transports during the war included the ALBANY, BALTIMORE, CHARLESTON, CHAT- TANOOGA, CLEVELAND, CoLuMBIA, DENVER, Des MoINnes, FREDERICK, GALVESTON, Hancock, Huntincton, MINNEAPOLIS, Montana, NEw Or eAns, NortH Caro- LINA, OtymptA,* Pursto (formerly the CoLtorADO), ROCHESTER, SEATTLE, SIALA, SoutH Dakota, St. Lours, and Tacoma. Since the armistice was signed, most of these have been retired from the service. The CHARLESTON, FREDERICK, HUNTING- ToN, Montana, NortH CAROLINA, PUEBLO, SEATTLE, SoutH Daxota, and St. Louis are still being used but as troop trans- ports. The battleships CoNNecticutT, GrorcrA, Kansas, LouistAna, MICHIGAN, Minnesota, Missourt, NEesBrAsKA, NEw HaMpsuire, New Jersey, Ouro, RHODE IsLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, and VircintA have also been drafted in as transports to bring troops home. Therefore the navy has played an im- portant part in the transport service other than merely offering protection to the troop ships. The first vessels used in this service left New York under convoy on June 14, 1917. The TeEn- ADORES, SARATOGA, HAVANA, PASTORES, Momus, Lenape, ANTILLES, MALLory, FINLAND, and SAN JACINTO were char- tered by the war department and turned over to the navy transport service. The naval transports HENDERSON and Han- cock were also assigned. The freighters Cyctors, Daxotran, KanawHaA, Mon- TANAN, D. N. LuckenpacH, -and EL OccipenTE were likewise procured. ~The number of passenger and freight ves-~ sels available for service were extremely limited and it was necessary to go out in the market and requisition sufficient' tonnage. At one time the navy had under its control over 1000 such ves- sels, but their number was gradually sifted. | German Ships Formed Nucleus |The nucleus of the transport service was the seized German ships. Among these ships, which are now being oper- ated by the navy as transports, are the Axous (Grosser KurFurst), AGAMEM- Non (Kaiser WitHetm II), AMERICA (Amerika), AnticongE (NecKAR), DE-. KALB (Prinz Erre: FRrepericH), FREE- om (WITTEKIND), Huron (FREDERICH DER GrossE), LEVIATHAN (VATERLAND), NEDERLANDED (KoENIGEN DER NEDER- LANDED), POCAHONTAS (Prinzess IRENE), Princess MartorKkA (PRINZESS ALICE), SUSQUEHANNA (RHEIN), VoN STEUBEN (Kronprinz WuitHELM), MADAWASKA (KOENIG Witnetm II), Mercury (Bar- BAROSSA), Mr. VERNON (KRONPRINZESSEN Crcit1z), PowHATAN (Hampurc), and the ~GrORcE' WASHINGTON, earca WASHINGTON and the PresipeNt GRANT, whose German names remained un- changed. With these ships the trans- port service possessed some of the best passenger liners afloat. The shipping board turned over many of the vessels which came into its pos- session and these were rapidly fitted out as transports. Among the shipping board vessels assigned to this service are the Armenta, 10 knots, 7600 tons; ARCADIA, 9%4 knots, 7100 tons; ARTEMIS, 13 knots, 11,500 tons; Brack Arrow, 12% knots, 8000 tons; Lancaster, 10% knots, 11,250 tons;, Liperaror, 10% knots, 11,713 tons; Monrretier, 11 knots, 10,000 tons; Nansemonp, 13% knots, 14,700 tons; Nreponset, 1014 knots, 11,437 tons ;>< Orion, . 13 knots, 5800 -- tons; THE MARINE REVIEW 289 on April 4, 1917; the Kansas on July 9, 1917; and the CotumsiAn on Nov. 8, 1916. While under requisition to the government, the CALIFORNIAN was mined on June 22, 1918, and the Monranan was submarined on Aug. 15, 1918. The last ship of this line to sail from New York to the: Pacific was on Feb, 15 1916. The Mexican and the CotumBiANn were permitted to run in the Pacific sugar trade until the fall of 1918. The American-Hawaiian line has con- tributed much to the prosecution of the war and is contributing still more to the restoration of peace by turning over 13. of its remaining fleet of 16 ships to the transport service, where they will be engaged until the end of the present year. All of these 13. ships wete FITTING. STANDEE. BERTHS FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF TROOPS ON THE KAISERIN AUGUSTA OrizaBA, 17 knots, 4400 tons; Oe 121%4 knots, 6470 tons; Puuripprnes, 12 knots, 13,000 tons; RapNnow, 10% 'knots, 11,250 tons;. SANTA Teresa, 13 knots, 4250 tons; S1zoneEy, 17 knots, 4400 tons; and the SUWANEE, 12.knots, 11,250 tons. The Neponser has since been returned. Thirteen vessels belonging to the American-Hawaiian line have been taken over and converted into transports. This line lost five vessels during the war and has sold seven of its prewar fleet. Therefore, only three of the fleet are to be returned at present. This is inadequate to re-establish the Hawaiian service so that the line has chartered them in the South American trade. The line sold the GrorcraAn, HOoNOLULIAN, IstHMIAN, ARBOREAN, OrtISAN, NEVADAN and the Nepraskan. The latter two were sold to the Garland Steamship Co., whereas the other five were sold to Norwegians. The Mrssourtan was lost 'them into troop. ships. «weight tons ; VICTORIA but the navy has converted Among these are the ALasxan, 10 knots, 14,118 dead- AriIzoniAN, 10 knots, 14,183 tons; Daxoran, 12 knots, 10,200 tons; Iowan, 12 knots, 9920 tons; KEentTUCK- IAN, 11 knots, 9945 tons; Frorm1an, 12 knots, 10,315 tons; Mexican, 11 knots, 9920 tons; ScRANTON (PENNSYLVANIAN), 12 knots, 9920 tons; Texan, 11% knots, 13,886 tons; VirGINIAN, 11% knots, 11,- 207 tons; and the Paysanpu, formerly the Baunt. a Seven of the larger and the newer of the Luckenbach steamers were taken. These were also freighters, ranging be- tween 12,000 and 13,000 deadweight tons measurement. They included the Encar F. Luckensacu, Epwarp LUCKENBACH, F. J. Lucxensacu, JuLt1A LUCKENBACH, Katrina LucKkenspacH, K. I. LucKken- BACH, and the Water A. LUCKENBACH. The International Mercantile Marine has freighters,