This inquiry is in reference to the website http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/dollar.htm My father was on the SS President Grant briefly during his first few days in the US Navy in June of 1942. The ship was a transport that took him to from San Francisco to Hawaii. In looking over your list, I find two ships named Grant, both built in 1921. The tonnage is different and the history (previous names) is different,. Which one would have been his ship? Can you tell me more about it's role in WWII, particularly on the voyage my father was on? I have just built a website about my father and can link a Grant site to it.... I'd also be interested to know if you would like to link your site to mine. I will send the URL as soon as it is up later this week. Thank you, Lindajoy Fenley (daughter of the late Cmdr. Albert George Fenley)
Hi Lindajoy, Your ship was the PRESIDENT ADAMS which was renamed PRESIDENT GRANT in 1940 and wrecked 1944 in New Guinea. The other PRESIDENT GRANT was taken over by the Navy in 1940 and renamed USS HARRIS for the duration of the war before reverting to PRESIDENT GRANT. There is a detailed history of the ship (80 pages) in the book "The Stately President Liners" by Mark H. Goldberg, ISBN 1-879180-1-11 which can be obtained via your local library. It contains details of each wartime voyage and many photos. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindajoy Fenley" <lindajoy@laneta.apc.org> To: <TheShipsList-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:12 AM Subject: [TSL] SS Grant > This inquiry is in reference to the website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/dollar.htm > My father was on the SS President Grant briefly during his first few > days in the US Navy in June of 1942. The ship was a transport that took > him to from San Francisco to Hawaii. In looking over your list, I find > two ships named Grant, both built in 1921. The tonnage is different and > the history (previous names) is different,. Which one would have been > his ship? Can you tell me more about it's role in WWII, particularly on > the voyage my father was on? > > I have just built a website about my father and can link a Grant site > to it.... I'd also be interested to know if you would like to link your > site to mine. I will send the URL as soon as it is up later this week. > > Thank you, > Lindajoy Fenley > (daughter of the late Cmdr. Albert George Fenley) > > > ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > TheShipsList Website > http://www.theshipslist.com/ > *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* > > >