Cruiser and Transport Force
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: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.)
= Cruiser Force =
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander
== Squadron One ==
Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves
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;Division One
- Seattle, flagship
- {{USS|North Carolina|ACR-12|2}}
- {{USS|Montana|ACR-13|2}}
- Huntington
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;Division Three
- {{USS|Columbia|C-12|2}}
- {{USS|Minneapolis|C-13|2}}
- {{USS|DeKalb|ID-3010|2}}
- {{USS|Von Steuben|ID-3017|2}}
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- {{USS|Niagara|SP-136|2}}
- {{USS|Dubuque|PG-17|2}}
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== Squadron Two ==
Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston
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;Division Four
Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
- {{USS|Sialia|SP-543|2}}, flagship
- {{USS|Charleston|C-22|2}}
- {{USS|St. Louis|C-20|2}}
- Rochester
- {{USS|Olympia|C-6|2}}
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;Division Five
- {{USS|Isis|1902|2}}, flagship
- Denver
- Galveston
- {{USS|Cleveland|C-19|2}}
- Des Moines
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- {{USS|Albany|CL-23|2}}
- {{USS|New Orleans|CL-22|2}}
- {{USS|Tacoma|CL-20|2}}
- {{USS|Chattanooga|C-16|2}}
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== French Navy warships ==
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French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral Marie Gaston Grout{{cite web|language=fr|author1=|title= Marie Gaston GROUT (1863 - 1947)|url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/ecoles_commandant_grout.htm|date= |work=École Navale |access-date= 29 January 2016}}.
- 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
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- Agamemnon
- {{USS|America|ID-3006|2}}
- {{USS|Calamares|AF-18|2}}
- {{USS|Finland|ID-4543|2}}
- {{SS|George Washington||2}}
- {{USS|Great Northern|AG-9|2}}
- {{USS|Hancock|AP-3|2}}
- Harrisburg
- {{USS|Henderson|AP-1|2}}
- {{SS|Kroonland||2}}
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- {{USS|Lenape|ID-2700|2}}
- {{USS|Leviathan||2}}
- Louisville
- {{USS|Henry R. Mallory|ID-1280|2}}
- {{USS|Manchuria|ID-1633|2}}
- {{USS|Matsonia|ID-1589|2}}
- {{SS|Maui|1916|2}}
- {{SS|Mongolia|1903|2}}
- Mount Vernon
- {{USS|Northern Pacific||2}}
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- {{USS|Orizaba|ID-1536|2}}
- Plattsburg
- President Grant
- {{USS|Princess Matoika|ID-2290|2}}
- {{USS|Rijndam|ID-2505|2}}
- {{USS|Siboney|ID-2999|2}}
- {{USS|Sierra|ID-1634|2}}
- {{USS|Saint Paul|SP-1643|2}}
- {{USS|Wilhelmina|ID-2168|2}}
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== Newport News Division ==
Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
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- {{USS|Aeolus|ID-3005|2}}
- {{USS|Antigone|ID-3007|2}}
- {{USS|Huron|ID-1408|2}}
- Madawaska
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- {{USS|Martha Washington|ID-3019|2}}
- {{USS|Mercury|ID-3012|2}}
- {{USS|Pastores|AF-16|2}}
- {{USS|Pocahontas|ID-3044|2}}
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- {{USS|Powhatan|ID-3013|2}}
- {{USS|Susquehanna|ID-3016|2}}
- {{USS|Tenadores|1913|2}}
- {{USS|Zeelandia|ID-2507|2}}
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== Foreign vessels ==
Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force
Newport News Division
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- {{SS|America|1908|6}} (Italian)
- {{SS|Caserta}} (Italian)
- HMT Czar (British)Though belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British charter. Also in this category was {{HMT|Dwinsk}} which had been sunk on 18 June 1918.
- HMT Czaritza (British)
- {{SS|Dante Alighieri}} (Italian)
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- {{SS|Duca degli Abruzzi}} (Italian)
- {{SS|Duca d'Aosta}} (Italian)
- {{SS|France|1910|6}} (French)
- {{HMT|Kursk}} (British)
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- {{SS|Lutetia}} (French)
- {{SS|Patria}} (French)
- {{SS|Re d'Italia}} (Italian)
- {{SS|Sobral}} (Brazilian)
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Notes
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