General G.W. Goethals, a 4707 gross ton passenger-cargo ship, was built at Hamburg, Germany, in 1911 as the German commercial steamer Grunewald. Later becoming a U.S. flag merchantman, she was taken over by the Navy in March 1919 and placed in commission as USS General G.W. Goethals (ID # 1443). As a troop transport assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force, she was employed carrying U.S. service personnel home from France and taking cargo to Europe. The ship made three round-trip trans-Atlantic voyages for these purposes between April and August 1919, then carried supplies from the East Coast to the Gulf Coast, Caribbean and Panama. Decommissioned upon her return to New York in mid-September 1919, General G.W. Goethals was returned to her owner, the Panama Railroad Steamship Company.
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The ship seen in the following photograph is probably USS General G.W. Goethals (ID # 1443):
Photo #: NH 104731-A USS General G.W. Goethals (ID # 1443) (probable identification) Off Newport News, Virginia, in 1919. Photographed by Holladay, Newport News, Va. This image is cropped from Photo # NH 104731 Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Page made 6 April 2003
Coding corrected 2 May 2007