We conclude April with, among other things, presentations on a bunch of destroyers and 19th Century naval officers for which many recently posted DDs were named. The latter include Rear Admirals Pierce Crosby (1824-1899), Bancroft Gherardi (1832-1903), and Henry Knox Thatcher (1806-1880); and Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston (1840-1865). The destroyers are Preston (Destroyer # 19), Thatcher (Destroyer # 162), Preston (DD-327), Lamson (DD-328), Lamson (DD-367), Thatcher (DD-514) and Preston (DD-795).
Two more submarines also joined the ranks, H-1 (Submarine # 28) and Triton (SS-201), as well as the attack transport Joseph T. Dickman (AP-26, later APA-13), and a larger than usual slew of World War I era acquired vessels.
Among these are the transports Graf Waldersee (ID # 4040) and General W.C. Gorgas (ID # 1365); cargo ship Berwyn (ID # 3565); patrol vessels Alpha (SP-586), Content (SP-538), Eugene F. Price (SP-839), Kangaroo (SP-1284), Wacondah (SP-238) and Wadena (SP-158); plus the barges Alsen (ID # 2076) and J.B. Walker (ID # 1272).
The final April items are pages on Pay Director Daniel A. Smith, Fleet Paymaster during the Philippines Campaign of 1898-1099, and the freighter Berwind, a civilian vessel sunk during World War I.
30 April 2004




This reporting period's contribution to the Normandy invasion consists of a new presentation on the attack transport Bayfield (APA-33), which was the command ship for the "Utah" Beach operation, plus pages on two of the destroyers that supported the invasion: Frankford (DD-497) and Gherardi (DD-637)
We also added three other destroyers and four submarines, including: Lamson (Destroyer # 18), Crosby (DD-164, later APD-17), Stansbury (DD-180, later DMS-8 and AG-107), F-1 (Submarine # 20), F-2 (Submarine # 21), F-3 (Submarine # 22), and Sturgeon (SS-187). Rounding out the more recent items (historically speaking) is the World War II patrol vessel (ex-yacht) Crystal (PY-25).
Moving back a few decades, we added the usual bunch of "Great War" acquired vessels. Among them were the transports Floridian (ID # 3875) and General G.W. Goethals (ID # 1443); cargo ship Winifred (ID # 1319), schooner "Q-Ship" Charles Whittemore (ID # 3232); harbor tug Bernard (ID # 2174); barge Bertell W. King (ID # 3194); and patrol vessels Albacore (SP-751), Albatross (SP-1003), Beluga (SP-536) and Crest (SP-339).
There are also two cargo ships and a tug that were considered for World War I service, but not taken over. The tug is Waban, while the freighters include Carolyn and Evelyn. After missing Naval service in World War I, these two were taken into the Navy during the next world conflict and became USS Atik (AK-101) and USS Asterion (AK-100, later AK-63). Both were used as anti-submarine "Q-Ships", with Atik being lost with all hands in March 1942.
18 April 2004




Coverage of two more important Admirals, and an equally important command ship, marks the past two weeks' contribution to our coverage of the June 1944 Normandy Operation. The officers are Carleton F. Bryant, USN, who led "Omaha" Beach naval gunfire support efforts, and Don P. Moon, who commanded the "Utah" Beach amphibious assault force. The ship is the USS Ancon (AGC-4), flagship of the "Omaha" Beach operation.
Among the other newly-added ships are destroyers Tucker (DD-57), Crane (DD-109), Cowell (DD-167), Tucker (DD-374) and Cowell (DD-547); submarines E-1 (Submarine # 24), E-2 (Submarine # 25) and Skipjack (SS-184); submarine chasers PCS-1405 and PCS-1450; submarine tender Beaver (AS-5); and attack cargo ship Troilus (AKA-46).
There are also several more World War I acquired vessels, including transports Callao (ID # 4036) and Eten (ID # 4041); cargo ships Bella (ID # 2211), Fairmont (ID # 2429), Western Sea (ID # 3153), William N. Page (ID # 3844) and Winding Gulf (ID # 3379); patrol vessels Akbar (SP-599), Beaumere II (SP-444); Scout (SP-114) and Whitecap (SP-340).
In addition, we did pages on two vessels that were examined for possible World War I service, but not taken over: the British freighter War Baron and the motor boat Alabama.
31 March 2004




Our latest contribution concerning the Normandy Invasion is coverage on Vice Admiral John Wilkes, USN, who as a Rear Admiral was in charge of much of the training and base functions in England that supported the operation.
Ships recently joining the Online Library are the "four-pipe" destroyers Palmer (DD-161) and Walker (DD-163), submarine Grayling (Submarine # 18, later renamed D-2), landing ship LST-767, and a vast herd of World War I acquired vessels. The latter include transports Lenape (ID # 2700) and Manchuria (ID # 1633) (which was the civilian-crewed troopship President Johnson in World War II); cargo ships Baxley (ID # 4449), West Alsek (ID # 3119), West Apaum (ID # 3221), Westchester (ID # 3122), Westerner (ID # 2890), and Westover (ID # 2867); patrol craft Adroit (SP-248) (which had no actual active service), Bayocean (ID # 2640), Admiral (SP-541), Blue Bird (SP-465) and Mustang (SP-36); and harbor tugs A.G. Prentiss (ID # 2413), Progressive (ID # 2003), and Westchester (ID # 3103).
16 March 2004

This page features the Online Library's March and April 2004 "What's New?" entries.

For the more recent entries, and links to previous years' entries, see:

What's New in the Online Library of Selected Images.

For earlier entries from the year 2004, see:

What's New in the Online Library of Selected Images? -- Entries posted in January & February 2004.

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