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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126)
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Hugh Rodman (6 January 1859 – 7 June 1940) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the
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Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) launching, 25 February 1945, Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc., Alameda, CA. |
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) Commissioning Ceremony invitation |
Richard Hulan for his father LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan's (CHC) USNR. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman |
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) Commissioning Ceremony program |
Richard Hulan for his father LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan's (CHC) USNR. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman |
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) underway, circa 1945, location unknown.
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) at anchor, circa 1945-46, location unknown.
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Richard Hulan for his father LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan's (CHC) USNR. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman |
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View looking aft from the anchor windless to the bridge of USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126), Manila, P.I. November 1945. Note USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124) in the background.
Photo by LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan (CHC) USNR. |
Richard Hulan for his father LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan's (CHC) USNR. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman |
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126), and Commanding Officer CAPT. L. E. Coley, Manila, P.I. November 1945.
Photo by LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan (CHC) USNR. |
Richard Hulan for his father LTjg. LeRoy S. Hulan's (CHC) USNR. USS Admiral Hugh Rodman |
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USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., in late 1945 or early 1946.
US Navy photo # 98760 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN, (Ret), 2003 |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
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Major General Maurice Rose, born 26 November 1899 at Middletown, Conn., enlisted as a private in the Colorado National Guard in June 1916; attended Officers Training School at Fort Riley, Kans., in 1917; and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Infantry 15 August. In May 1918 he sailed with the 333d Infantry for duty in France, where he participated in the St. Mihiel Offensive. After his return to the United States in January 1920, he served during the next two decades at various posts in the United States and at Corozal, C.Z. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he became Chief of Staff of the 2d Armored Division in January 1942. Promoted to Brigadier General 2 June 1943, he assumed command of the 3d Armored Division in France 7 August 1944. He was promoted to Major General 5 September and was killed in action in Germany 31 March 1945.
Photo from the Association of 3d Armored Division Veterans |
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A Navy Chief Petty Officer and his family on the brow USNS General Maurice Rose being assisted by MSTS officers, circa the 1950s.
US Navy photo # NH 103345 from the Military Sealift Command collections at the US Naval Historical Center |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway in the early 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98771 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway, circa 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 98772 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway, circa 1952, location unknown.
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway in 1953, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 83460 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1975. |
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Warren Sjoberg of Milaca, MN. rode USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) home in 1955 from Germany while a PFC in the US Army.
These are his pictures. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) in port circa 1957 while carrying out ships' work. A crewman on a stage is painting the starboard anchor while a shore gang on the port side is applying boot topping. Further aft to port, a barge is pumping fuel aboard.
US Navy photo # NH 98777 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway in New York Harbor, off Manhattan Island, during the 1960s.
Same as US Naval History and Heritage Commannd photo # NH 103407-KN submitted by Robert Hurst |
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Certificate issued to U.S. Army dependent passengers Barry Jenkins and his two sisters aboard USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126),
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) underway probably in New York Harbor, date unknown. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) assisted by tugs while in harbor during the 1960s.
US Navy photo # NH 103346-KN from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) approaching a harbor ferry circa the 1960s.
US Navy photo # NH 103225 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) being assisted by the harbor tug Roderick McAllister, circa 1961, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 103208, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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Detail view port side aft of USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126), location unknown, circa 1961.
US Navy photo # NH 103208, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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Badge given to 7 year old Vernon Walters while traveling with his family aboard USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
from New York to Bremerhaven in December 1964. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) in port at Bremerhaven, West Germany, in January 1965.
US Navy photo # NH 103223 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) mariners lowering a lifeboat during boat drill while in port, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo # i03405/MSC. |
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USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) approaching the Verezzano Bridge at New York in August 1966.
US Navy photo # NH 103224 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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Four MSTS Atlantic Fleet transports in Ready Reserve at Caven Point Army Depot, New York, circa early 1967. The ship in the right foreground is USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123), with USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127) on the far side of the pier. Ahead of them respectively are USNS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122) and USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126).
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US Navy photo # NH 104181 from the Military Sealift Command collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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