The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France.
Composition On 1 July 1918, the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships:Gleaves, p. 240. (Page 240 shows the date as "July 1, 1916", but is wrong. See p. 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1, 1918, listed.)
Cruiser Force Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander
Squadron One Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves
Division One Seattle, flagship
Huntington
Division Two
Pueblo Frederick San Diego
Division Three
Special Duty
Squadron Two Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston
Division Four Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones , flagship
Rochester
Division Five , flagship Denver Galveston
Des Moines
Division Six
French Navy warships
French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral Marie Gaston Grout. Gloire, flagship Marseillaise Du Petit-Thouars (sunk by SM U-62, 7 August 1918)
Transport Force
New York Division Transport Force, New York Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves
Agamemnon
Harrisburg
Louisville
Mount Vernon
Plattsburg President Grant
Newport News Division Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
Madawaska
Foreign vessels Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force Newport News Division
(Italian) (Italian) HMT Czar (British)Though belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British charter. Also in this category was which had been sunk on 18 June 1918. HMT Czaritza (British) (Italian)
(Italian) (Italian) (French) (British)
(French) (French) (Italian) (Brazilian)
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