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...s for a convoy to Halifax. Beginning 24 December, she saw duty as a troop transport, making four voyages to Brest, France, to carry troops back to the United S {{CatShipPreDreadnought|US}}

...18, putting to sea with her division on 12 December to rendezvous with the transport George Washington, the ship carrying President Woodrow Wilson to the Paris ...Battleship Division 7 when Vice Admiral McDonald transferred his flag to {{US-Wyoming}} and Rear Admiral Josiah S. McKean broke his flag on board as comm

..., when Admiral [[Henry Thomas Mayo|Henry T. Mayo]] shifted his flag from {{US-Wyoming}} to ''Pennsylvania''. In January 1917, ''Pennsylvania'' steamed f ...ber 4, she got underway for [[Brest, France|Brest]], France. At 11:00, the transport [[U.S.S. George Washington (1908)|''George Washington'']], flying the flag

...xico'' departed New York 15 January 1919 for Brest, France, to escort home transport George Washington carrying President Woodrow Wilson from the Versailles Pea {{CatShipDreadnought|US}}

.... However, we were doing our best with the tools the Government had given us to work with …" After "many vexatious delays," Evans writes, the American ...three tugs, Hudson, W. J. Conway, and Lizzie D., and Navy lighters Victor, Transport, and the tug S. W. Holbrook. Later, in company with M. M. Millard, George T

...Navy, identified us immediately as a bunch of amateurs and decided to show us how it was done. When moored up, he was dressed up to the corsellette stage ...wide area. We kept quiet about this episode and hoped nobody would connect us with it.

...inflict heavy damage on the enemy even under conditions most difficult for us and most favourable to him. At the same time these conditions have shown we Stowage of ready use cordite at guns and method of transport to

...O1913|324 of 27 June 1913 shows that S.S. ''Agnes Duncan'', A.K.A. Collier Transport 1, was re-engaged for two years service on 5th July 1913}} 720 tons finishe <br>3.0 PM Zeppelins sighted off our port beam, following us about 30 miles astern xxxxxxx.

...ted on for extending the periods for which ships were hired? Would he have us forget the shameful violation of contract in the supply of preserved meats; Let us now consider the means and positions of private yards for fitting out and f

...iver in order to know something about it in case we required to use it for transport, &c. This I did and returned to my flagship. some transport would be needed, and we could

...keeping the enemy within the North Sea. Ordinarily the Navy would furnish transport officers and protecting ships. These could not be furnished in these circu ...umed that the General Staff could count upon the ungrudging support of the Transport Department of the Admiralty.

...ld propose to Your Majesty, in order to effect the changes which appear to Us so manifestly imperative:— ...e graciously pleased to sanction the following propositions, and authorise Us to carry the several arrangements herein contemplated into operation from t

* The US Navy's 1945 Submarine Design, by Norman Friedman * CVLs: The US ''Independence'' Class, by Norman Friedman

In World War II, she would serve as a high-speed transport under the designation APD-1. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Manley''" nat="US">

...ad been removed and the ship had been taken under tow, though the crippled transport would founder later in the day. ...pleting the right leg of a zigzag, leaving her headed directly towards the transport. A moment later, ''Aquitania'' struck ''Shaw'', cutting off 90 feet of the

...arles Frederick Hughes|Charles F. Hughes]], returning home aboard the Army transport ''Cantigny''.<ref>"Refused to Leave Kiel When Ordered By Germans". ''The H <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Brooks''" nat="US">

...y Directory'' 1 March, 1918 p. 89.</ref> Following the war, he commanded {{US-Iowa|f=t}} into 1919.{{USOfficerReg1919|pp. 18-19}} From 1924 to 1926 he was the first commanding officer of {{US-Trenton|f=t}}.{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 14-15}}

...rom November, 1909 to January, 1910 before becoming Executive Officer of {{US-Castine|f=t}}, then serving as a submarine tender.<ref>''Boston Globe'' 25 ...d the Navy Cross. Following the war, he served as Executive Officer of the transport ''Antigone'', bringing American servicemen back from Europe.{{USOfficerReg1

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...n.{{USOfficerReg1898|p. 51}} During the War with Spain, he served aboard {{US-Newark|f=t}}.{{USList&Station1898|p. 29}} In December, 1903, Castleman was temporarily in charge of {{US-Yankton|f=t}} when the ship collided with and sank a tugboat. Convicted at