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SS Cape Newenham (MC-502)
''Cape Newenham'' was a type C1-B small cargo ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The ship was completed on 24 April 1943, and made a maiden voyage from San Francisco to Brisbane, Port Moresby, and Gladstone, before returning to Oakland, California in August, where Moore Dry Dock Company completed conversion to a troop transport in December. Troopship history The first voyage carrying troops was to Gladstone, Townsville, Milne Bay, Buna, Langemak Bay, and Brisbane. The second, leaving San Francisco in March 1944, was to Milne Bay, Oro Bay, and Finschhafen. After returning to San Francisco, the ship moved to Seattle in May and traveled via Honolulu to Saipan and Enewetak Atoll. The ship returned to San Francisco in August and completed another voyage to the Pacific islands including Guam before the end of the year. The first voyage of 1945 included Honolulu, Saipan, Enewetak Atoll, Roi, Kwajalein Atoll, and Majuro. After returnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Maritime Commission
The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 1950. The commission replaced the United States Shipping Board which had existed since World War I. It was intended to formulate a merchant shipbuilding program to design and build five hundred modern merchant cargo ships to replace the World War I vintage vessels that comprised the bulk of the United States Merchant Marine, and to administer a subsidy system authorized by the Act to offset the cost differential between building in the U.S. and operating ships under the American flag. It also formed the United States Maritime Service for the training of seagoing ship's officers to man the new fleet. As a symbol of the rebirth of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Merchant Shipbuilding under the Merchant Marine Act, the first vessel contracted for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |