Cruiser and Transport Force

The Cruiser and Transport Service was a unit of the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet during World War I that was responsible for transporting American men and materiel to France.

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

Cruiser Force
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves Commander

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


 * Division One
 * Seattle, flagship
 * USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
 * USS Montana (ACR-13)
 * Huntington


 * Division Two
 * USS South Dakota (ACR-9)
 * Pueblo
 * Frederick
 * San Diego


 * Division Three
 * USS Columbia (C-12)
 * USS Minneapolis (C-13)
 * USS DeKalb (ID-3010)
 * USS Von Steuben (ID-3017)


 * Special Duty
 * USS Niagara (SP-136)
 * USS Dubuque (PG-17)

Squadron Two
Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston

Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
 * Division Four
 * USS Sialia (SP-543), flagship
 * USS Charleston (C-22)
 * USS St. Louis (C-20)
 * Rochester
 * USS Olympia (C-6)


 * Division Five
 * USS Isis (1902), flagship
 * Denver
 * Galveston
 * USS Cleveland (C-19)
 * Des Moines


 * Division Six
 * USS Albany (CL-23)
 * USS New Orleans (CL-22)
 * USS Tacoma (CL-20)
 * USS Chattanooga (C-16)

French Navy warships
French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral Marie Gaston Grout
 * Gloire, flagship
 * Marseillaise
 * Du Petit-Thouars (sunk by SM U-62, 7 August 1918)

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


 * Agamemnon
 * USS America (ID-3006)
 * USS Calamares (AF-18)
 * USS Finland (ID-4543)
 * SS George Washington
 * USS Great Northern (AG-9)
 * USS Hancock (AP-3)
 * Harrisburg
 * USS Henderson (AP-1)
 * SS Kroonland


 * USS Lenape (ID-2700)
 * USS Leviathan
 * Louisville
 * USS Henry R. Mallory (ID-1280)
 * USS Manchuria (ID-1633)
 * USS Matsonia (ID-1589)
 * SS Maui (1916)
 * SS Mongolia (1903)
 * Mount Vernon
 * USS Northern Pacific


 * USS Orizaba (ID-1536)
 * Plattsburg
 * President Grant
 * USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290)
 * USS Rijndam (ID-2505)
 * USS Siboney (ID-2999)
 * USS Sierra (ID-1634)
 * USS Saint Paul (SP-1643)
 * USS Wilhelmina (ID-2168)

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


 * USS Aeolus (ID-3005)
 * USS Antigone (ID-3007)
 * USS Huron (ID-1408)
 * Madawaska


 * USS Martha Washington (ID-3019)
 * USS Mercury (ID-3012)
 * USS Pastores (AF-16)
 * USS Pocahontas (ID-3044)


 * USS Powhatan (ID-3013)
 * USS Susquehanna (ID-3016)
 * USS Tenadores (1913)
 * USS Zeelandia (ID-2507)

Foreign vessels
Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force Newport News Division


 * SS America (1908) (Italian)
 * SS Caserta (Italian)
 * HMT Czar (British)
 * HMT Czaritza (British)
 * SS Dante Alighieri (Italian)


 * SS Duca degli Abruzzi (Italian)
 * SS Duca d'Aosta (Italian)
 * SS France (1910) (French)
 * HMT Kursk (British)


 * SS Lutetia (French)
 * SS Patria (French)
 * SS Re d'Italia (Italian)
 * SS Sobral (Brazilian)