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USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124)
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Charles Frederick Hughes—born on 14 October 1866—was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1884. Upon graduation on 8 June 1888, he went to the Fleet for the customary two years at sea preceding a commission as an ensign. He received that commission on 1 July 1890, and his promotion to lieutenant (junior grade) came on 27 April 1898. During the Spanish-American War, Lt. (jg.) Hughes fought in Commodore Dewey's Asiatic Squadron. He made lieutenant on 3 March 1899. While serving ashore at the Bureau of Equipment from 1904 to 1906, he became Lt. Comdr. Hughes on 1 July 1905. During a tour of duty as recorder for the Board of Inspection and Survey between 1909 and 1911, he received his promotion to commander. He assumed command of Birmingham (Scout Cruiser No. 2) in 1911 and plied the troubled waters along the Mexican gulf coast in her and, later, in command of Des Moines (Cruiser No. 15). In 1913, Comdr. Hughes became chief of staff to the Commander, Atlantic Fleet, and served in that capacity during the occupation of Veracruz, Mexico, in the spring of 1914. Promoted to captain on 10 July 1914, he returned to shore duty later that year to serve with the General Board. Capt. Hughes took command of New York (Battleship No. 34) in October of 1916. His ship served in the American battleship squadron that operated with the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands through World War I. Hughes, however, left New York just before the Armistice. On 10 October 1918, he was promoted to rear admiral. His first assignment as a flag officer was as commandant at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from late 1918 to 1920. Between 1920 and 1921, Rear Admiral Hughes was Commander, 2d Battleship Squadron, Atlantic Fleet. From the latter part of 1921 to 25 June 1923, he commanded Divisions 7 and 4 of the Battle Fleet. Coming ashore again in 1923, he became president of the Naval War College at Newport, R.I., on 1 July. A year later, Rear Admiral Hughes moved to the job of Director of Fleet Training. That assignment lasted until 10 October 1925. Soon thereafter, Hughes was appointed Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet. On 14 November 1927, Admiral Hughes became the fourth man to occupy the office of Chief of Naval Operations. He completed his tour of duty in that post on 11 September 1930 and, on 14 October 1930, retired to his home in Chevy Chase, Md., where he died on 28 May 1934. Admiral Hughes was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Digital ID: npcc 17688 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Maj. Genl. Wendell C. Neville, Adml. Chas. F. Hughes & Genl. Chas. P. Summerall, 10/30/29. |
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USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124) with landing craft alongside, date and location unknown. |
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USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124) underway during Operation "Magic Carpet", circa 1945-46. |
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USAT General Edwin D. Patrick
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Major General Edwin D. Patrick, born 11 January 1894 at Tell City, Ind., entered the Indiana National Guard 11 February 1915 and was commissioned 'Second Lieutenant in the Infantry 21 March 1917. After duty in Kansas, California, Oklahoma, and North Carolina, he joined the 14th Machine Gun Battalion in France to participate in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Following his return to the United States in July 1919, he was stationed at various posts until May 1926 when he went to Tientsin, China, to serve with the 15th Infantry. He returned to the United States in July 1929 to remain until after the start of World War II. Assigned to the Southwest Pacific in December 1942, he was promoted to Brigadier General 26 April 1943, and in June was appointed Chief of Staff of the 6th Army. Appointed commander of a regimental combat team in May 1944, he participated in the conquest of New Guinea. In September he assumed command of the 6th Infantry and saw action in the Philippines. General Patrick was mortally wounded by Japanese machine gun fire near Mountain Mataba, south of Montalban, Luzon, and was buried in the American military cemetary in Manila on 26 November 1944.
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Note this Christmas card is from USAT Admiral C. F. Hughes, December 1946. This must have been immediately after the US Army acquired control of the vessel and prior to changing her name to USAT General Edwin D. Patrick. |
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USAT General Edwin D. Patrick postcard photo, circa 1948. |
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USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124)
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USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA., date unknown.
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USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124) underway, date and place unknown.
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USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP 124) arrives at Yokohama, Japan, with Servicemen's families, November 1951. They were the first dependents to arrive since the outbreak of the Korean War. Note Army band playing welcoming tunes at left. Photo by AFAN T. G. Donegan, dated 3 November 1951.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-437315, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
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USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124)
USAT General Edwin D. Patrick (1946 - 1950)
USS Admiral C. F. Hughes was manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII
