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Adolphus Washington Greely, born 27 March 1844 in Newburyport, Mass., enlisted as a private in the 19th Massachusetts Infantry 26 July 1861 and participated in numerous battles throughout the Civil War. Appointed Second Lieutenant in 1867, between 1871 and 1881 he served in Texas and in Montana and Dakota Territories, where he helped construct 2,000 miles of telegraph lines. A pioneer in polar exploration, he studied Arctic weather and climate, and from 1881 to 1884 led an ill-fated expedition during the establishment of a chain of circumpolar research stations. In 1882 his party pushed farther northward than any previous expedition; but, suffering great hardships, only seven men, including Greely, survived the ordeal. From 1887 until 1906 he served as Chief Signal Officer and administered the Weather Bureau and Signal Corps. During the Spanish-American War he supervised the construction of more than 25,000 miles of telegraph lines in Cuba, Puerto Rico, China, and the Philippine Islands. Also a pioneer in the use of wireless communications, he established several radio stations in Alaska. Promoted to Major General 10 February 1906, he commanded military relief operations following the San Francisco Earthquake 18 to 19 April. General Greely retired 27 March 1908 and died in Washington, D.C., 20 October 1935. By special legislation of Congress, he was awarded the Medal of Honor 21 March 1935 for his life of outstanding public service.
Digital ID: cph 3b42073 Source: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) |
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USS General A. W. Greely (AP-141) arrives at New York with cheering U.S. veterans of the China-Burma-India campaigns, 27 September 1945. The men
and women were members of the Flying Tigers, Merrill's Marauders, and other heroic outfits. International News Photos. ARC Identifier 535524. |
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USS General A. W. Greely (AP-141) in port, circa 1946. She appears to have been repainted in the colors of the U.S. Army Transportation service, location unknown.
US Navy photo # NH 104636 from the collections of the US Naval Historical center, copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles. |
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USAT General A. W. Greely underway, date and location unknown. |
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USAT General A. W. Greely underway in San Francisco Bay during a Magic Carpet voyage, circa 1946.
Note Angel Island to the far right.
U.S. Navy photo know in the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum, Vallejo, CA. |
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USAT General A. W. Greely carrying returning World War II veterans, circa 1946.
US Army Signal Corps. photos. |
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Domain of the Golden Dragon certificate issued by USAT General A. W. Greely to Harry W. Wickman. |
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USNS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141)
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USNS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141) underway, circa the early 1950s, location unknown.
US Navy photo #: NH 61583, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141) and USS LSM-397 amid the ice at Thule, Greenland, during Operation "Blue Jay", 19 July 1951.
US Navy photo # NH 97108 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center |
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USS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141) stands off the heavily listing SS Flying Enterprise in stormy seas in the northeastern Atlantic, circa 29 December 1951. At right is a lifeboat, returning to General A.W. Greely with survivors of Flying Enterprise. A merchant tanker is standing by off the listing ship's bow.
US Navy photo #: NH 61583, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center. |
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The crew of SS Flying Enterprise wave from the deck of USS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141) after arriving at New York, 9 January 1952. All were picked up by Greely off Falmouth, England after leaping into the sea at the captain's order when the ship encountered difficulty in heavy seas. At the time of this photo the Flying Enterprise and her captain were still adrift in the Atlantic despite heroic efforts to haul the ship to safety.
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Pacific Far East Lines
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Ex-General A. W. Greely (AP-141) underway as a containership in the service of the Pacific Far East Lines as SS Hawaii Bear passing
Bean Rock Lighthouse, Auckland, NZ. in 1960.
Photo by Mike Cornwall from the Chris Howell Collection. |
Chris Howell, Southland Ship Stores Limited, Port of Bluff, N.Z. |
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Ex-General A. W. Greely (AP-141) laid up at San Francisco, CA., September 1978. Although in Pacific Far East Line colors, she was at this time the Farrell Lines SS Austral Glade |
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