The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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's Atlantic Fleet

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 during World War I

World War I

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 that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel

Materiel

Materiel is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management....

 to France.

Composition

On 1 July 1918, the Cruiser and Transport Force was composed of the following ships:

Organization
Cruiser
And
Transport
Force
United
States
Atlantic
Fleet
1 July 1918
Rear
Admiral
Albert
Cleaves
Commander

Squadron One

Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral

Rear admiral (United States)

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 Albert Gleaves

Albert Gleaves

Albert Gleaves was an admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a naval historian.-Biography:...

Division One

• Seattle
  USS Washington (ACR-11)
  The seventh USS Washington , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 11", and later renamed Seattle and renumbered CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser...
  
  , flagship
• Huntington
  USS West Virginia (ACR-5)
  The first USS West Virginia , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser No. 5", and later renamed Huntington , was a United States Navy armored cruiser....
  
  

Division Two

• Pueblo
  USS Colorado (ACR-7)
  The second USS Colorado , also referred to "Armored Cruiser No. 7", and later renamed Pueblo , was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
  
  
• Frederick
  USS Maryland (ACR-8)
  The second USS Maryland , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 8", and later renamed Frederick, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
  
  
• San Diego
  USS California (ACR-6)
  The second USS California , also referred to as "Armored Cruiser 6", and later renamed San Diego, was a United States Navy Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser....
  
  

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

Hilary P. Jones

Hilary Pollard Jones, Jr. was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War and World War I. During the early 1920s, he served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet....

, flagship

• Rochester
  USS New York (ACR-2)
  USS New York was a United States Navy armored cruiser. The fourth Navy ship to be named in honor of the state of New York, she was later renamed Saratoga and then Rochester ....
  
  

Division Five, flagship

• Denver
  USS Denver (CL-16)
  USS Denver was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Denver, the capital of Colorado.-History:...
  
  
• Galveston
  USS Galveston (CL-19)
  USS Galveston was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Galveston, Texas.Galveston was laid down 19 January 1901 by William R...
  
  
• Des Moines
  USS Des Moines (CL-17)
  USS Des Moines was a Denver-class protected cruiser in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Des Moines, Iowa....
  
  

Division Six

French Navy warships

French cruisers operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral M. G. Grout

• Gloire
  French armoured cruiser Gloire
  The Gloire was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.In 1914, the Gloire was used as a school ship. In August, she was transferred to the English Channel light squadron, until April 1915...
  
  , flagship
• Marseillaise
  French cruiser Marseillaise (1900)
  The Marseillaise was an armoured cruiser of the French Navy.In 1920, she escorted as she ferried US President Woodrow Wilson to the USA....
  
  
• Du Petit-Thouars

New York Division

Transport Force, New York Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves

• Agamemnon
  SS Kaiser Wilhelm II
  The second SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, was a 19,361 gross ton passenger steamer built at Stettin, Germany, completed in the spring of 1903. A famous photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz called The Steerage as well as descriptions of the conditions of travel in the lowest class have conflicted with her...
  
  
• Harrisburg

• Louisville
  USS St. Louis (1894)
  SS St. Louis, was a transatlantic passenger liner built by the William Cramp & Sons Building & Engine Company, Philadelphia and was launched on 12 November 1894; sponsored by Mrs...
  
  
• Mount Vernon
  SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie
  SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an ocean liner built in Stettin, Germany in 1906 for North German Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted to a ship. The last of four ships part of the kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels....
  
  

• Plattsburg
  USS Harvard (1888)
  The first USS Harvard of the United States Navy was an auxiliary cruiser in the Spanish-American War. She was launched as City of New York, and later commissioned as Plattsburg for service in World War I....
  
  
• President Grant
  USS Republic (AP-33)
  USS Republic was a troop transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. In World War I she served with the Navy as USS President Grant before being turned over to the Army and named Republic...
  
  

Newport News Division

Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones

• Madawaska
  USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)
  USS U. S. Grant was a transport ship that saw service with the United States Navy in World War II. Originally a German ocean liner named Konig Wilhelm II, she was seized by the United States during the First World War and renamed USS Madawaska in 1917 before being renamed USS U. S...
  
  

Foreign vessels

Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force
Newport News Division
(Italian) (Italian)

• HMT Czar
  SS Czar
  SS Czar, or Царь in Russian, was an ocean liner for the Russian American Line before World War I. The ship was later known as Estonia for the Baltic American Line, Pułaski for the Gdynia America Line and as a British Ministry of War Transport troopship, and as Empire Penryn after World War II...
  
   (British)
• HMT Czaritza
  SS Kosciuszko
  The SS Kościuszko was a Polish passenger ship, named after Tadeusz Kościuszko.She was originally a liner Tsarina and later Lituania before becoming the Kościuszko and afterwards Empire Helford....
  
  (British) (Italian)

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