Trips Made by USS Wakefield (AP-21)
U.S.S.Wakefield (AP-21)
The former luxury liner, SS MANHATTAN, the USS WAKEFIELD (AP-21) was comissioned a Navy troop transport manned by Coast Guard personnal on 15th June, 1941 in New York City, New York under the command of Captain Harold G. Bradbury, USCG.
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No. |
Date |
Port of Departure |
Date |
Port of Entry |
Remarks |
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1. |
11-3-41 |
New York, New York |
11-5-41 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
No Remarks |
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11-10-41 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
11-17-41 |
Trinidad, B.W.I. |
No Remarks |
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11-20-41 |
Trinidad, B.W.I. |
12-9-41 |
Capetown, So. Africa |
No Remarks |
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12-14-41 |
Capetown, So. Africa |
12-27-41 |
Bombay, India |
No Remarks |
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1-19-42 |
Bombay, India |
1-29-42 |
Singapore, Malay St. |
"B" deck fwd hit by Jap bomb killing 5 men. |
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1-31-42 |
Singapore, Malay St. |
2-1-42 |
Batavia, Java |
No Remarks |
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2-1-42 |
Batavia, Java |
2-6-42 |
Colombo, Ceylon |
No Remarks |
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2-8-42 |
Colombo, Ceylon |
2-10-42 |
Bombay, India |
No Remarks |
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2-20-42 |
Bombay, India |
3-3-42 |
Capetown, So. Africa |
No Remarks |
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3-7-42 |
Capetown, So. Africa |
3-23-42 |
New York, New York |
No Remarks |
|
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3-25-42 |
New York, New York |
3-27-42 |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Repairs to bombed area. |
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5-10-42 |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
5-12-42 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
No Remarks |
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2. |
5-20-42 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
5-26-42 |
Panama Canal, C.Z. |
No Remarks |
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5-27-42 |
Balboa, Canal Zone |
6-14-42 |
Wellington, N. Z. |
No Remarks |
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6-21-42 |
Wellington, N. Z. |
7-5-42 |
Balboa, Canal Zone |
No Remarks |
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7-6-42 |
Balboa, Canal Zone |
7-12-42 |
New York, New York |
No Remarks |
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3. |
8-2-42 |
New York, New York |
8-11-42 |
Belfast, Ireland |
No Remarks |
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|
8-26-42 |
Belfast, Ireland |
8-27-42 |
Greenock, Scotland |
No Remarks |
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|
8-28-42
|
Greenock, Scotland
|
9- -42 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Swept by fire 3 Sept., 1942 one thousand miles off coast of Halifax and grounded in storm. |
Undergoing extensive alterations and repairs in the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., the USS WAKEFIELD was re-commissioned on 10th February, 1944 under the command of Captain Roy L. Raney, USCG.
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No. |
Date |
Port of Departure |
Date |
Port of Entry |
Remarks |
|
1. |
2-16-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
2-16-44 |
Off Provincetown |
Trial run. |
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|
3-9-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
3-10-44 |
Norflolk, Virginia |
Shakedown cruise. |
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4-5-44 |
Norfolk, Virginia |
4-6-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
No Remarks |
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4-13-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
4-21-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
7033 Army passangers. |
|
|
4-24-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
5-2-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
116 Army passangers. |
|
2. |
5-12-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
5-19-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6838 Army passangers. 80 Army nurses. |
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5-24-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
5-31-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
89 Army passangers. |
|
3. |
6-6-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
6-13-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6917 Army passangers. |
|
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6-17-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6-25-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
2949 German POWs; 517 Army Air Corps. |
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4. |
7-2-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
7-9-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6869 Army passangers. |
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7-12-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
7-18-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
3099 German POW's; 449 Army Air Corps; 181 POW officers |
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5. |
7-25-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
8-1-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6882 Army passangers. 20 Army nurses |
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8-4-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
8-10-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
2001 German POW's; 703 Army Air Corps; 50 POW officers |
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6. |
8-20-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
8-28-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6836 Army passangers. |
|
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8-31-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
9-7-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
3767 Air Corps passangers; 1300 German POWs. |
|
7. |
9-15-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
9-22-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6890 Army passangers. |
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9-25-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
10-2-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
2268 Army passangers; 1198 German POWs; 48 nurses. |
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8. |
10-11-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
10-18-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6351 Army passangers; 35 nurses. |
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10-21-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
10-28-44 |
New York, N.Y. |
2589 Army passangers; 2000 German POWs; (Drydock) |
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|
11-5-44 |
New York, N. Y. |
11-6-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
No Remarks |
|
9. |
11-10-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
11-17-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6981 Army passangers; 3 CG
officers |
|
|
11-20-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
11-27-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
566 Army passangers. |
|
10. |
12-12-44 |
Boston, Mass. |
12-19-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6928 Army passangers; 1 war correspondent. |
|
|
12-22-44 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
12-30-44 |
New York, N.Y. |
5700 Army passangers; 1000 German POWs. |
|
11. |
1-6-45 |
New York, N. Y. |
1-14-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6986 Army passangers; 10 USN officers. |
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|
1-18-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
1-27-45 |
New York, N.Y. |
1940 Army passangers; 649 POWs; 1 died at sea. |
|
12. |
1-31-45 |
New York, N. Y. |
2-8-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6952 Army passangers; 1 war correspondent. |
|
|
2-13-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
2-22-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
2049 Army passangers; 33 USN officers. |
|
13. |
3-1-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
3-8-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
6965 Army passangers; |
|
|
3-12-45 |
Liverpool, Eng. |
3-20-45 |
Newport News, Va. |
2080 Army patients. |
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14. |
3-28-45 |
Newport News, Va. |
4-5-45 |
Mers El Kebir, Algeria |
6037 Army passangers. |
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|
4-5-45 |
Mers El Kebir, Algeria |
4-7-45 |
Naples, Italy. |
No Remarks |
|
|
4-10-45 |
Naples, Italy |
4-20-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
6528 Army Air Corps patients. |
|
15. |
5-2-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
5-11-45 |
Marseille, France |
1253 Army passangers; man lost overboard 5-8-45 |
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|
5-12-45 |
Marseille, France |
5-14-45 |
Taranto, Italy |
1291 Army patients; 1 patient died. |
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|
5-15-45 |
Taranto, Italy |
5-25-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
5051 Air Corps personnel. |
|
16. |
5-30-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
6-6-45 |
LeHarve, France |
Empty. |
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6-9-45 |
LeHarve, France |
6-9-45 |
Cherbourg, France |
2680 Army passangers; debarked 324 patients. |
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6-9-45 |
Cherbourg, France |
6-16-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
Added 2391 Army passangers. |
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17. |
6-20-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
6-27-45 |
LeHarve, France |
Empty. |
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6-30-45 |
LeHarve, France |
7-6-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
6985 Army passangers. |
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18. |
7-10-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
7-17-45 |
LeHarve, France |
Empty. |
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7-19-45 |
LeHarve, France |
7-19-45 |
Cherbourg, France |
3305 Army passangers. |
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7-20-45 |
Cherbourg, France |
7-27-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
Added 2243 Army patients. |
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19. |
8-2-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
8-11-45 |
Naples, Italy |
Empty. |
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|
8-13-45 |
Naples, Italy |
8-22-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
8222 Army passengers; 6 Jap diplomats. |
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20. |
8-27-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
9-4-45 |
Marseille, France |
Empty. |
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9-6-45 |
Marseille, France |
9-14-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
8155 Army passangers. (Drydock) |
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21. |
10-11-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
10-20-45 |
Naples, Italy |
6000 Army passangers. |
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10-23-45
|
Naples, Italy |
11-1-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
8500 Army passangers; 500 Army nurses; 26 war brides; 18 children less than one year old. |
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22. |
11-6-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
11-14-45 |
LaHavre, France |
Empty - Rough seas. |
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11-15-45 |
LeHarve, France |
11-22-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
7200 Army passangers. |
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12-4-45 |
Boston, Mass. |
12-5-45 |
Norfolk, Va. |
Preparation for getting underway to Tokyo, Japan. |
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23. |
12-7-45
|
Norfolk, Va. |
12-11-45 |
Balboa, Canal Zone |
5000 low-point marine passangers; 99 Navy men, debarked for Com 15. |
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12-12-45 |
Balboa, Canal Zone |
12-22-45 |
Pearl Harbor, T. H. |
5000 low-point marine passangers. |
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12-23-45
|
Pearl Harbor, T. H. |
1-3-46 |
Tsingtoa, China |
5000 low-point marine passangers aboard. Escorted by DE-386, USS SAVAGE (CG manned). Debarked 96th Marine Replacement Draft. |
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1-5-46
|
Tsingtoa, China |
1-6-46 |
Taku Bar, China |
Debarked 94th & 95th Marine Replacement Draft. Escorted by DE386, USS SAVAGE. |
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1-16-46
|
Taku Bar, China |
2-1-46 |
San Diego, Calif. |
6300 Marine and naval passengers; Cardinal Thomas A. Tien and Father John Vos on board for further transportation to Rome, Italy. |
Since commissioning, the USS WAKEFIELD has made 23 complete trips, transported 250,000 passangers and has covered 160,000 miles.
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