Cruiser and Transport Force explained

The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France.

Composition

On 1 July 1918, the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships:^[1]

Cruiser Force

Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander

Squadron One

Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves

Division One

• Seattle, flagship
  • • Huntington

Division Two

• • Pueblo
• Frederick
• San Diego

Division Three

Special Duty

Squadron Two

Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston

Division FourCruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones

• , flagship
  • • Rochester

Division Five

• , flagship
• Denver
• Galveston
  • Des Moines

Division Six

French Navy warships

French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral Marie Gaston Grout^[2]

• Gloire, flagship
• Marseillaise
• Du Petit-Thouars (sunk by SM U-62, 7 August 1918)

Transport Force

New York Division

Transport Force, New York Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves

• Agamemnon
  • • • • • • Harrisburg

• • • Louisville
      • • • Mount Vernon

• • Plattsburg
• President Grant

Newport News Division

Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones

• • • • Madawaska

Foreign vessels

Foreign vessels operating with the Transport ForceNewport News Division

• (Italian)
• (Italian)
• HMT Czar (British)^[3]
• HMT Czaritza (British)
• (Italian)

• (Italian)
• (Italian)
• (French)
• (British)

• (French)
• (French)
• (Italian)
• (Brazilian)

Notes and References

1. Gleaves, p. 240. (Page 240 shows the date as "July 1, 1916", but is wrong. See p. 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1, 1918, listed.)
2. Web site: fr. Marie Gaston GROUT (1863 - 1947). École Navale . 29 January 2016. .
3. Though belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British charter. Also in this category was which had been sunk on 18 June 1918.