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USS President Grant (ID-3014)

Details:

Title

USS President Grant (ID-3014),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Merchant Marine,

Service branch

Passenger Steamship,

Unit

USS President Grant (ID-3014),

Parent unit

American President Lines Ltd.,

Date arrived in NT

1941-12-17,

Date left the NT

1941-12-23,

History

In 1939 this ship was transferred to the US Navy and renamed Republic USS (AP-33). All of the APL ships were pressed into US Navy service with a crew of 140+ men. She was used to carry compulsory evacuees from Darwin.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Merchant Marine, United States of America, Passengers steamship, USS President Grant (ID-3014),

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=80687&I=1&SE=1 [Evacuation of Women and Children from Darwin], https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/POLYNESIEN_TO_PUNYELROO.pdf [President Grant SS (1550) p.126-127], http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/usn/president_grant.html [USS President Grant], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=32648 [USS President Grant (ID-3014)], https://hdl.handle.net/10070/31105 [PictureNT : PH0397/0077, Frank Resuggan, Frank Resuggan Collection],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843797,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844096