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USAT Republic
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USAHS Republic (1945 - 1946)
USS Republic (AP-33) (1941 - 1945)
USAT Republic (1920 - 1921 / 1931 - 1941 / 1946 - 1949)
USAT President Grant (1919 - 1920)
USS President Grant (ID 3014) (1917 - 1919)

International Radio Call Signs
USS President Grant (ID # 3014) 1917 International Radio Call Sign Nan - Fox - George NFG	USS Republic (AP-33) 1941 International Radio Call Sign Nan - Uncle - King - Roger NUKR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal [as President Grant] (with bronze star in lieu of Transport clasp) - (all others as Republic) - American Defense Service Medal (with bronze "A" device)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Laid down, date unknown, as SS President Grant at Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland, for the Hamburg-American Packet Steamship Co.

Launched, 8 August 1907

Completed, 3 September 1907

Operated by the Hamburg-American Line until interned by the United States, 4 August 1914, at Hoboken, N.J.

Seized as a war prize at Hoboken, 6 April 1917

Turned over to the US Navy by the United States Shipping Board (USSB)

Commissioned USS President Grant (ID 3014), 30 July 1917, CDR. J. P. Morton USN in command

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the US Army Transport Service, 6 October 1919

Commissioned by the Army Transportation Service (ATS) as USAT President Grant in November 1919

Renamed USAT Republic in 1920

USAT Republic made two trips to Vladivostok, Russia, to evacuate elements of the Czech Legion and transport them to Trieste, Italy

Decommissioned, 14 March 1921, and delivered to the United States Shipping Board, for lay up at Norfolk, VA.

Renamed SS President Buchanan in 1924

Sold to the United States Lines in 1924

Reacquired by the War Department, 10 August 1931, from the United States Lines and recommissioned USAT Republic

Assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service at the Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, N.Y.

USAT Republic initially serviced the San Francisco—Honolulu—Manila route and made occasional port calls at Chinwangtao, China, and Nagasaki, Japan

She transported the 31st Infantry from Shanghai, China, back to Manila in July 1932

In late 1932, Republic was reassigned to service the New York—Panama—San Francisco—Honolulu route

Transported elements of the 1st Division to Charleston, S.C., in October-November 1939 for participation in training at Fort Benning, GA.

Republic transported military dependents ordered to be evacuated from the Philippines in June 1941 back to the United States

Decommissioned and transferred to the U.S. Navy, 22 July 1941, at New York

Commissioned USS Republic (AP-33), 22 July 1941, CDR. G. Clark in command

USS Republic transported the first contingent of U.S. troops to Iceland in early August 1941

Republic was en route to the Philippines as part of the “Pensacola Convoy” resupply mission until ordered to sail to Australia

Decommissioned, 27 January 1945, at New Orleans, LA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 2 February 1945

Transferred to the US Army for conversion to a Hospital Ship by Waterman Steamship Co., Mobile, AL.

Recommissioned by the US Army Transportation Service USAHS Republic August 1945

Designation changed to Transport USAT Republic, February 1946

Decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA., 9 May 1949

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 January 1952, to Bethlehem Steel Co. for $511,000.00 (PD-X-509 dated 2 January 1952), withdrawn, 10 March 1952

Specifications:
Displacement 35,000 t.
Length 615' oa
Beam 68' 2"
Draft 34'
Speed 14.5 kts.

Complement

40 Officers

25 CPOS

498 Enlisted

Hospital Ship Patient Capacity 1,244

Transport Armament

1918

four 5"/51 single gun mounts

two 1-pounders

two machine guns

Upgrade (date unknown)

two 3"/23 antiaircraft guns

four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

two 1-pdrs

two machine guns

Propulsion

four double ended, one single ended and one water tube boiler

two 3,750hp vertical quadruple steam engines

two propeller shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service Hamburg Amerika Linie Unite States Steamship Co.
	125k	*Namesake* Ulysses S. Grant, victorious commander of the Union Army during the Civil War, and 18th President of the United States, was born 1822 at Point Pleasant, Ohio. He graduated from West Point in 1843; served under Taylor and Scott in the Mexican War; resigned his commission 1854. On the outbreak of Civil War he was commissioned Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, later Major General of Volunteers. His wise use of power afloat in combined operations, commencing with the occupation of Paducah, Ky., won impressive victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. His determination to win prompted Lincoln to appoint him supreme commander of the Union forces. His relentless campaign against Richmond, in which he continued to take full advantage of the North's control of the sea, forced Lee to surrender at Appomattox. In 1867 Grant received an interim appointment as Secretary of War. In 1868 he was elected to his first of two terms as President. He devoted his later years to the writing of his "memoirs," which were published in 1885, the year of his death. Digital ID: cph 3a53291 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division	Bill Gonyo
	267k	Post card image of SS President Grant under way in the service of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	236k	SS President Grant under way in mercantile service for Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown	Tommy Trampp
	57k	SS President Grant under way in mercantile service for Hamburg-Amerika Linie, date unknown	Tommy Trampp
	62k	Post card image of one of SS President Grant's passenger lounges.	Tommy Trampp
	126k	Post card image of one of SS President Grant's staircasees in the passenger area.	Tommy Trampp
	51k	SS Republic underway in the harbor at New York while in the service for the United States Lines between 1924 and 1931. Photo from MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia	Robert Hurst
	62k	SS Republic underway in the livery of the United States Lines between 1924 and 1931.	Tommy Trampp
USS President Grant (ID# 3014)
	84k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** in the harbor at Brest, France, 5 January 1918. Imperial War Museum American First World War Official Exchange Collection, Photo No. © IWM (Q 58278)	Mike Green
	49k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** under way, 25 May 1918, while crossing to Brest in the largest troop convoy of the First World war. She is painted in a uniform coat of dark grey camouflage paint. US National Archives photo # 111-SC-13886, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	121k	Bow on view of *USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** at New York City, circa spring or summer 1918, after being painted in pattern camouflage. US Navy photo # NH 41733, a US Navy Yard New York photo now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	133k	Stern on view of *USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** at New York City, circa spring or summer 1918, after being painted in pattern camouflage. US Navy photo # NH 41747, a US Navy Yard New York photo now in the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	62k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** steaming in convoy with other ships, 1918. She is wearing "dazzle" camouflage. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 105108. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	53k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014) at Brest, France. The original photograph bore a date of 18 July 1919. However, the 'dazzle' camouflage worn by President Grant** indicates that it was actually taken in 1918. US Navy photo # NH 64963 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Collection of Peter K. Connelly. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1967	Robert Hurst
	101k	A halftone reproduction of a photo of *USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** in pattern camouflage, circa mid-to-late 1918. Photo was originally published by A. M. Simon, 324 E. 23rd St., New York City, in 1919 as one of ten images in a 'Souvenir Folder' concerning USS President Grant. US Navy photo # NH 104241 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	85k	A halftone reproduction of a photograph of *USS President Grant* (ID# 3014) steaming in convoy with other troop transports, 1918. It was published by A.M. Simon, 324 E, 23rd St., New York City, in 1919. Based on their camouflage patterns and general physical appearance, the three ships closest to the camera are (from left to right): either USS Koningin der Nederlanden (ID# 2708) or USS Zeelandia (ID# 2507); USS President Grant (ID# 3014) or USS Huron (ID# 1408)*. US Navy photo # NH 105377*. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	90k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** photographed in 1919 (perhaps on 2 April), while employed bringing U.S troops home from Europe. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 105782. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	88k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** moored at a buoy in port, circa 1919. Photographed by "HF Co". The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 105377. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
	79k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** in New York Harbor, 1919. The original photo, taken by E. Muller Jr., of New York City, is printed on post card (AZO) stock. US Navy photo # NH 104956 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.	Robert Hurst
	127k	*USS President Grant* (ID# 3014)** in port, probably at Newport News, Virginia, 1919. Photograph copyrighted at that time by Holladay. The original image is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 106386	Robert Hurst
USAT President Grant
092203354	61k	USAT President Grant at Vladivostok, Russia while the Czechoslovak Legion was being evacuated. USAT President Grant was one of the ships that transported Czechoslovak legionnaires from the port of Vladivostok back to their homeland - In 1920, this ship specifically carried out the 23rd transport of members of the Czechoslovak Legions from Vladivostok (departure 22 or 27 April 1920) to Trieste (arrival 12 June 1920) during which approximately 4,613 to 5,000 officers and soldiers were transported. She made a second voyage the 35th transport of members of the Czechoslovak legions from Vladivostok (departure 24 August 1920) to Trieste (arrival 13 October 1920), during which 1,944 officers and soldiers. Post Card - Cs.Legie.Lod.S.S.President.Grant - Wikipedia Commons	Robert Hurst
	258k	A boarding pass issued by USAT President Grant possibly at Vladivostok, Russia while the Czechoslovak Legion was being evacuated.	Tommy Trampp
USAT Republic
	101k	USAT Republic docking at Charleston Navy Yard, 26 April 1929. Photo by Leslie R. Jones, Boston Herald Traveler, Staff Photographer.	Tommy Trampp
	38k	USAT Republic underway, off Hawaii, 2 June 1932 Photo by 18th Air Base Photo Laboratory, Air Corps, Wheeler Field, Territory of Hawaii.	Emil L. Mesko
	23k	USAT Republic underway, circa 1930s, location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	191k	USAT Republic underway, circa 1930s, location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
092203357	523k	USAT Republic in the Gatun Locks, Panama Canel circa 1934-1937. Photo from an album belonging to Stanley "Scotty" G. McInnes US Army Coast Artillery Corps	Jason Longo
	127k	USAT Republic underway in harbor, May 1937, with a US Army tug alongside, location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	214k	USAT Republic moored pierside, circa 1937, location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	117k	USAT Republic alongside Pier No.9, Honolulu, T.H., at 10.40 AM, 22 November 1937. Honolulu power plant is in the right center. A 327-foot Coast Guard Cutter possibly USCGC Taney is alongside the pier at far left. US Air Force photo # 38381 A.C. from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	82k	A halftone reproduction of a photo of USAT Republic taken by the Army Air Corps prior to World War II, while the ship was near a pilot boat. Copied from the book 'Troopships of World War II', by Roland W. Charles. US Navy photo # NH 103413 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	107k	USAT Republic transiting the Panama Canal during the 1930s. US Navy photo # NH 67847 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. MacPherson, 1969.	Robert Hurst
	109k	Aerial view of USAT Republic underway, circa the 1930s. The original image is printed on a postcard mailed at San Francisco, CA., 4 September 1939. US Navy photo # NH 105094. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	111k	USAT Republic moored pierside, circa the 1930s. Her rig was reduced to four masts and the gap in her superstructure was filled in during a major reconstruction for post-World War I merchant service in 1922-1924 Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	102k	USAT Republic in port, circa the 1930s. The US Army tug *Maj. Gen. J.B. Aleshire* is partially visible in the left foreground. The image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 105103. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
092203356	245k	USAT Republic at anchor possibly in the Panama Canel Zone, circa 1937. Photo from an album belonging to Stanley "Scotty" G. McInnes US Army Coast Artillery Corps	Jason Longo
092203353	178k	USAT Republic moored pierside probably Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1938. Photo from the collection of PVT. Walter Fish U.S. Army Coastal Artillery Corps	Steve Hatchett
	230k	USAT Republic loading troops at Tacoma, WA. for departure to California, 3 January 1940. About 200 soldiers wait in line on the dock to enter the wooden plank walkway into the ship. Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No. D9275-4	Mike Green
	197k	USAT Republic loaded with troops departing Tacoma, WA., 3 January 1940. The ship is sailing south to California, where war games are planned. Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No. D9275-10. Items in this collection are made available for educational, academic and personal use.	Mike Green
	163k	USAT Republic with Army troops on deck, date and location unknown. Note the automobile in the center of the deck.	Tommy Trampp
	97k	USAT Republic moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Army Transportation Museum	US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4.
	67k	USAT Republic at anchor, date and location unknown.	Russ Padden
	194k	USAT Republic transiting the Panama Canal. Photo from a postcard dated January 1941.	Tommy Trampp
	141k	USAT Republic underway, date and location unknown	Michael Mohl
	95k	USAT Republic departing San Francisco Navy Yard, Hunters Point, following a post-World War II overhaul, circa 1946-1949. US Navy photo # NH 91266 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	129k	USAT Republic underway, circa 1947, possibly between 19 July and 3 August 1947. She is in her final configuration as an Army troop repatriation transport. Photo courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
092203355	61k	USAT Republic moored pierside, circa 1946-49, location unknown. Ebay	Tommy Trampp
	186k	Ex-USAT Republic under tow, 18 March 1952, enroute to the East Coast for scrapping. She is being towed through Puget Sound, off Point Fosdick, approaching the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and passing under the bridge. Three Foss tugs, the *Donna Foss* towing, with the *Agnes Foss* at the stern and the *Wendell Foss* out of sight on the port side make up the tow. Tacoma Public Library, Richards Studios, Photo No's. D61283-11 and D61283-22. Items in this collection are made available for educational, academic and personal use.	Mike Green
	369k		Mike Green
USS Republic (AP-33)
	125k	*USS Republic* (AP-33)** probably at the New York Navy Yard, 20 September 1941. The date (9/20/42) is probably incorrect, because the image appears to show the ship after commissioning in July 1941 and before the installation on the bow in August 1941 of a large platform carrying two 3"/23 antiaircraft guns. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-25092 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	63k	*USS Republic* (AP-33) arriving at Brisbane, Australia, as part of the Pensacola convoy*, 22 December 1941. It can be clearly seen in this photo how, in Measure 12, the level of the Sea Blue was extended up to the top of the highest continuous deck; also, the generally darker appearance of the Sea Blue 5-S/ Ocean Grey 5-0 combination. (US National Archives photo # 80-G-15927*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	115k	*USS Republic* (AP-33)** arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 15 August 1942, with officers, troops and nurses embarked. Note the Marine sentry in the center foreground, and the ship's crowded decks. US Navy photo # NH 84008 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of the Honorable James V. Forrestal	Robert Hurst
	30k	*USS Republic* (AP-33)** under way in 1943, place unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	102k	*USS Republic* (AP-33)** under way, 23 November 1944, off the coast of southern California. Photo by an airship from Airship Squadron Thirty-Two (ZP-32) based at Santa Ana, CA. US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 80-G-272769, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com. US National Archives RG-19-LCM, photo # 80-G-272770, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy C. Lee Johnson undazzle.com.	Mike Green
	265k		Mike Green
USAHS Republic
	74k	USAHS Republic moored probably at either New Orleans, La., or Mobile, AL., circa August 1945. From "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, courtesy authors collection	Robert Hurst
	74k	A halftone reproduction of a photo of USAHS Republic moored pierside at Army berths 4 and 5 in New Orleans, LA., 29 August 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-219254 from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
	100k	USAHS Republic moored pierside at Army berths, 4 and 5 in New Orleans, LA., probably on 29 August 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo # 111-SC-219262 from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst

USS President Grant (ID# 3014) / Republic USAT / (AP-33) / USAHS
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) and US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol. 4

US Navy Commanding Officers
01	CDR. CDR. Morton, J. P. USN	30 July 1917 - ?
	Decommissioned	6 October 1919

US Army Transportation Service Ship's Masters
01	CAPT. Chambers, John, A.T.S.	1 January 1920 - 22 December 1920
02	CAPT. Fish, H. C., A.T.S.	28 December 1920 - March 1921
	Not in U.S.A.T.S. service	March 1921 - 9 August 1931
03	CAPT. Oliver, Woodbridge T., A.T.S.	10 August 1931 - 28 June 1932
04	CAPT. Pumphrey, Daniel, A.T.S.	28 June 1932 - 13 September 1932
05	CAPT. McLellan, Edgar, S. A.T.S.	13 September 1932 - 10 February 1936
06	CAPT. Powers, C. J., A.T.S.	10 February 1936 - November 1940
07	Unknown	November 1940 - 22 July 1941

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
MARAD Vessel History Database
USAT Republic Newspaper "Republication", Wednesday, 10 April 1935, Voyage # 14 Home

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USAT Republic
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USAHS Republic (1945 - 1946)
USS Republic (AP-33) (1941 - 1945)
USAT Republic (1920 - 1921 / 1931 - 1941 / 1946 - 1949)
USAT President Grant (1919 - 1920)
USS President Grant (ID 3014) (1917 - 1919)