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Hamburg Amerika Linie
Unite States Steamship Co.
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Namesake
Ulysses S. Grant, victorious commander of the Union Army during the Civil War, and 18th President of the United States, was born 1822 at Point Pleasant, Ohio. He graduated from West Point in 1843; served under Taylor and Scott in the Mexican War; resigned his commission 1854. On the outbreak of Civil War he was commissioned Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later Major General of Volunteers. His wise use of power afloat in combined operations, commencing with the occupation of Paducah, Ky., won impressive victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. His determination to win prompted Lincoln to appoint him supreme commander of the Union forces. His relentless campaign against Richmond, in which he continued to take full advantage of the North's control of the sea, forced Lee to surrender at Appomattox. In 1867 Grant received an interim appointment as Secretary of War. In 1868 he was elected to his first of two terms as President. He devoted his later years to the writing of his "memoirs," which were published in 1885, the year of his death.
Digital ID: cph 3a53291 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division |
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Post card image of SS President Grant under way in the service of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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SS President Grant under way in mercantile service for Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown |
Tommy Trampp |
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SS President Grant under way in mercantile service for Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown |
Tommy Trampp |
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Post card image of one of SS President Grant's passenger lounges. |
Tommy Trampp |
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Post card image of one of SS President Grant's staircasees in the passenger area. |
Tommy Trampp |
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SS Republic underway in the harbor at New York while in the service for the United States Lines between 1924 and 1931.
Photo from MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia |
Robert Hurst |
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SS Republic underway in the livery of the United States Lines between 1924 and 1931. |
Tommy Trampp |
 USS President Grant (ID# 3014)
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) in the harbor at Brest, France, 5 January 1918.
Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo No. © IWM (Q 58278) |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) under way, 25 May 1918, while crossing to Brest in the largest troop convoy of the First World war. She is painted in a uniform coat of dark grey camouflage paint.
US National Archives photo # 111-SC-13886, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
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Bow on view of USS President Grant (ID# 3014) at New York City, circa spring or summer 1918, after being painted in pattern camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 41733, a US Navy Yard New York photo now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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Stern on view of USS President Grant (ID# 3014) at New York City, circa spring or summer 1918, after being painted in pattern camouflage.
US Navy photo # NH 41747, a US Navy Yard New York photo now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) steaming in convoy with other ships, 1918. She is wearing "dazzle" camouflage. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 105108. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) at Brest, France. The original photograph bore a date of 18 July 1919. However, the 'dazzle' camouflage worn by President Grant indicates that it was actually taken in 1918.
US Navy photo # NH 64963 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of Peter K. Connelly. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1967 |
Robert Hurst |
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A halftone reproduction of a photo of USS President Grant (ID# 3014) in pattern camouflage, circa mid-to-late 1918. Photo was originally published by A. M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, in 1919 as one of ten images in a 'Souvenir Folder' concerning USS President Grant.
US Navy photo # NH 104241 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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A halftone reproduction of a photograph of USS President Grant (ID# 3014) steaming in convoy with other troop transports, 1918. It was published by A.M. Simon, 324 E, 23rd St., New York City, in 1919. Based on their camouflage patterns and general physical appearance, the three ships closest to the camera are (from left to right): either
USS Koningin der Nederlanden (ID# 2708) or
USS Zeelandia (ID# 2507);
USS President Grant (ID# 3014) or
USS Huron (ID# 1408).
US Navy photo # NH 105377. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) photographed in 1919 (perhaps on 2 April), while employed bringing U.S troops home from Europe. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 105782. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) moored at a buoy in port, circa 1919. Photographed by "HF Co". The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 105377. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) in New York Harbor, 1919. The original photo, taken by E. Muller Jr., of New York City, is printed on post card (AZO) stock.
US Navy photo # NH 104956 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS President Grant (ID# 3014) in port, probably at Newport News, Virginia, 1919.
Photograph copyrighted at that time by Holladay. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 106386 |
Robert Hurst |
USAT President Grant
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USAT President Grant at Vladivostok, Russia while the
Czechoslovak Legion was being evacuated.
USAT President Grant was one of the ships that transported Czechoslovak legionnaires from the port of Vladivostok back to their homeland - In 1920, this ship
specifically carried out the 23rd transport of members of the Czechoslovak Legions from Vladivostok (departure 22 or 27 April 1920) to Trieste (arrival 12 June 1920) during which
approximately 4,613 to 5,000 officers and soldiers were transported. She made a second voyage the 35th transport of members of the Czechoslovak legions from Vladivostok
(departure 24 August 1920) to Trieste (arrival 13 October 1920), during which 1,944 officers and soldiers.
Post Card - Cs.Legie.Lod.S.S.President.Grant - Wikipedia Commons |
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A boarding pass issued by USAT President Grant possibly at Vladivostok, Russia while the
Czechoslovak Legion was being evacuated. |
Tommy Trampp |
USAT Republic
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USAT Republic docking at Charleston Navy Yard, 26 April 1929.
Photo by Leslie R. Jones, Boston Herald Traveler, Staff Photographer. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic underway, off Hawaii, 2 June 1932
Photo by 18th Air Base Photo Laboratory, Air Corps, Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii. |
Emil L. Mesko |
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USAT Republic underway, circa 1930s, location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic underway, circa 1930s, location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic underway in harbor, May 1937, with a US Army tug alongside, location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic moored pierside, circa 1937, location unknown. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic alongside Pier No.9, Honolulu, T.H., at 10.40 AM, 22 November 1937. Honolulu power plant is in the right center. A 327-foot Coast Guard Cutter possibly USCGC Taney is alongside the pier at far left.
US Air Force photo # 38381 A.C. from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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A halftone reproduction of a photo of USAT Republic taken by the Army Air Corps prior to World War II, while the ship was near a pilot boat. Copied from the book 'Troopships of World War II', by Roland W. Charles.
US Navy photo # NH 103413 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic transiting the Panama Canal during the 1930s.
US Navy photo # NH 67847 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. MacPherson, 1969. |
Robert Hurst |
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Aerial view of USAT Republic underway, circa the 1930s. The original image is printed on a postcard mailed at San Francisco, CA., 4 September 1939.
US Navy photo # NH 105094. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic moored pierside, circa the 1930s. Her rig was reduced to four masts and the gap in her superstructure was
filled in during a major reconstruction for post-World War I merchant service in 1922-1924
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic in port, circa the 1930s. The US Army tug
Maj. Gen. J.B. Aleshire is partially visible in the left foreground. The image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.
US Navy photo # NH 105103. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic moored pierside probably Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1938.
Photo from the collection of PVT. Walter Fish U.S. Army Coastal Artillery Corps |
Steve Hatchett |
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USAT Republic loading troops at Tacoma, WA. for departure to California, 3 January 1940. About 200 soldiers wait in line on
the dock to enter the wooden plank walkway into the ship.
Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No. D9275-4 |
Mike Green |
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USAT Republic loaded with troops departing Tacoma, WA., 3 January 1940. The ship is sailing south to California, where war
games are planned.
Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No. D9275-10. Items in this collection are made available for educational, academic and personal use. |
Mike Green |
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USAT Republic with Army troops on deck, date and location unknown. Note the automobile in the center of the deck. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic moored pierside, date and location unknown.
US Army Transportation Museum |
US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4. |
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USAT Republic at anchor, date and location unknown. |
Russ Padden |
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USAT Republic transiting the Panama Canal. Photo from a postcard dated January 1941. |
Tommy Trampp |
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USAT Republic underway, date and location unknown |
Michael Mohl |
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USAT Republic departing San Francisco Navy Yard, Hunters Point, following a post-World War II overhaul, circa 1946-1949.
US Navy photo # NH 91266 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic underway, circa 1947, possibly between 19 July and 3 August 1947. She is in her final configuration as an
Army troop repatriation transport.
Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAT Republic moored pierside, circa 1946-49, location unknown.
Ebay |
Tommy Trampp |
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Ex-USAT Republic under tow, 18 March 1952, enroute to the East Coast for scrapping. She is being towed through Puget Sound,
off Point Fosdick, approaching the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and passing under the bridge. Three Foss tugs, the Donna Foss towing, with the Agnes Foss at the stern and the Wendell Foss out of sight on
the port side make up the tow.
Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No's. D61283-11 and D61283-22. Items in this collection are made available for educational, academic and personal use. |
Mike Green |
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USS Republic (AP-33)
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USS Republic (AP-33) probably at the New York Navy Yard, 20 September 1941. The date (9/20/42) is probably incorrect,
because the image appears to show the ship after commissioning in July 1941 and before the installation on the bow in August 1941 of a large platform carrying
two 3"/23 antiaircraft guns.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-25092 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the
US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Mike Green |
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USS Republic (AP-33) arriving at Brisbane, Australia, as part of the Pensacola convoy, 22 December 1941. It can be clearly seen in this photo how, in Measure 12, the level of the Sea Blue was extended up to the top of the highest continuous deck; also, the generally darker appearance of the Sea Blue 5-S/ Ocean Grey 5-0 combination.
(US National Archives photo # 80-G-15927, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Republic (AP-33) arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 15 August 1942, with officers, troops and nurses embarked. Note the Marine sentry in the center foreground, and the ship's crowded decks.
US Navy photo # NH 84008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of the Honorable James V. Forrestal |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Republic (AP-33) under way in 1943, place unknown.
US Navy photo |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. |
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USS Republic (AP-33) under way, 23 November 1944, off the coast of southern California. Photo by an airship from
Airship Squadron Thirty-Two (ZP-32) based at Santa Ana, CA.
US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 80-G-272769, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.
US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 80-G-272770, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy C. Lee Johnson
undazzle.com. |
Mike Green |
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USAHS Republic
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USAHS Republic moored probably at either New Orleans, La., or Mobile, AL., circa August 1945.
From "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, courtesy authors collection |
Robert Hurst |
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A halftone reproduction of a photo of USAHS Republic moored pierside at Army berths 4 and 5 in New Orleans, LA., 29 August 1945.
US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-219254 from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
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USAHS Republic moored pierside at Army berths, 4 and 5 in New Orleans, LA., probably on 29 August 1945.
US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-219262 from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Robert Hurst |
