Information About Specific Crossings
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The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings.

If you have information about a crossing, please submit your information.

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Quick Info About This Ship
Ship Type: Passenger Ship
War Service Dates: March 1940 - September 1946
Built: 1930-1936 - John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland
Troop Capacity: 15,000+ troops
Disposition: Hotel & convention facility in Long Beach, CA

1940

March 21 to April 17

Embarkation/Debarkation: New York, NY to Sydney, Australia (via Trinidad, Cape Town & Freemantle)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
May 4 to June 16
Embarkation/Debarkation: Sydney, Australia to The Clyde, Scotland (via Freemantle, Cape Town, Simonstown, and Freetown)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
June 29 to August 4
Embarkation/Debarkation: The Clyde, Scotland to Singapore (via Freetown, Cape Town, Simonstown, and Trincomalee)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
September 18 to September 25
Embarkation/Debarkation: Singapore to Sydney, Australia
Units on Board:
Convoy Number:
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
October 20 to November 4
Embarkation/Debarkation: Sydney, Australia to Bombay, India (via Freemantle)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
November 9 to November 21
Embarkation/Debarkation: Bombay, India to Sydney, Australia (via Freemantle)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:
December 28 to January 12, 1941
Embarkation/Debarkation: Sydney, Australia to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (via Freemantle)
Units on Board: Unknown
Convoy Number: Unknown
Source: S. Harding - Gray Ghost: The RMS Queen Mary at War
Notes:

This information, specifications and resulting ship histories are gathered and compiled from from various sources that many times conflict. If you find an error or discrepancy, please email me at troopships@pier90.org or
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