Introduction “Ghost Fleet,” is an apt metaphor for the United States Army’s defunct fleet of transports and auxiliaries. Many “forgotten” fleets are not given due credit, yet none being so termed are quite large and have such an extensive history. What glimpses remain of the Army’s Second World War fleet are flickers, not quite solid […]
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Ship’s Sheriff
Army Transport Service (ATS) troopships held crews of considerable size, any large ship with more than a dozen folks was bound to have its share of interpersonal dynamics that might eventually come to blows. And for that, the ATS had a Master-at-arms and an assistant Master-at-arms stationed mostly aboard their troop and hospital ships. The […]