Shamokin

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Type: Schooner Barge

Year: 1904

Builder: Diebert Barge Bldg. Co.

Location: Elkton

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1		1/24/1944	Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.).			L6115 - Coming down Gangplang of the HR-UFN-1 during debarkation of Gus-26, is Lawrence Kerth, ASN 3801561, member of the 45th division, checking him off is acting 1st Sgt, S/Sgt William Menskek, 20709868. 1-24-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va.	Embarkation (Military science).	One man in an overcoat, carrying a sack, comes down the gangplank. On the left side is a table with four men checking papers. On the right is one MP in a white helmet. The inscription on the 8 x 10 reads "Sgt Lawrence F. Keith, 38015961, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 45th Infantry Division. One of 257 soldiers returned from overseas for re-examination, is shown debarking from the SS FELIPE DE NEVE. At the checking desk, left to right: 1/Sgt. William G. Menshek, 20707868, Minneapolis, Minnesota, just debarked but assisting in checking, S/Sgt. Bernard Smith, 31227872, Moston, Massachusetts, Tec5 Douglas Burgess, 35642385, Huntington, West Virginia, and Lt. Claude E. Kehler, 0-1944485, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Troop Movement Officer, HRPE." The "Gus-26" listed in the 4 x 5 inscription is probably the convoy number for the Felipe De Neve from another port. HR-UFN-1 may be a local designation similar to a convoy number, for a craft like the Mohawk used by HRPE in local waters.	P0003/01-#L-6115
	2		4/4/1945	Joseph T. Robinson (Steamship : 1943).; United States. Army–Officers.			Lt. Claude E. Kehler, O-1944485, Shamokin, Pennsylvania, Troop Movement Officer, HRPE, is shown checking German prisoners of War as they debark from the Liberty ship JOSEPH T. ROBINSON on Pier 4, Northside, HRPE, Newport News, Va. These prisoners were captured in September of 1944 in Southern France and were placed on the ship at Marseille, France. Photo taken for Historical records.	Prisoners of war–Germany.; Prisoners of war–United States.	Shows men making way down a gangplank past a Transportation Corps officer who is holding some paperwork in his hand. The ship can be seen in the background and a group of people on board are watching the disembarkation.	P0003/01-#P-13370
	3		9/2/1945	United States. Army–Officers.; General C.G. Morton (Steamship : 1944).; Queen Mary (Troopship : 1940).			Lt. Col. Maynard C. Nicholl, O-497261, Baltimore, Maryland, Director, Troop Movement Division, HRPE, is shown presenting certificate to Cpl. Leon R. Carman, 37473820, Osceola, Nebraska, cook assigned to the 87th Airdrome Squadron, 9th Air Force, as the latter debarked from the USS GENERAL C.G. MORTON. Cpl. Carman was the 500,000th person to be debarked at HRPE since its activation, 15 June 1942. He was inducted 18 February 1943 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; he took basic training at Miami Beach and sailed overseas from NYPE 2 December 1943 on the HMS QUEEN MARY. The 82nd Airdrome Squadron arrived in Normandy 14 September 1944, was stationed in Luxembourg during the Belgian Bulge (December 1944), and entered Germany 10 April 1945. The USS GENERAL C.G. MORTON left Marseilles, France, 23 August 1945, transporting 3,839 troops. Left to right are shown: Cpl. Mabel Becker, A-203125, Long Branch, New Jersey; M/Sgt. William H. Vanasdale, 35404183, Shelby, Ohio; Cpl. Carman; Lt. Col. Nicholl; and 1st Lt. Claude E. Kehler, Jr., O-1944485, Shamokin, Pa. Photo taken for Historical purposes, at Pier 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va.	Luggage–Virginia–Newport News.	Shows a soldier shaking hands with Lt. Col. Nicholls as he hands him a certificate. Other men carrying their own luggage can be seen standing on the gangplank behind him waiting to pass.	P0003/01-#L-15513