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The '''Cruiser and Transport Service''' was a unit of the [[United States Navy]]'s [[United States Fleet Forces Command|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:<ref>Gleaves, p. 240. (Page 240 shows the date as "July 1, 1916", but is wrong. See p. 102 for a description of the appendices with the correct date of July 1, 1918, listed.)</ref>

=== Cruiser Force ===
[[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Albert Gleaves]] Commander

==== Squadron One ====
Cruiser Force, Squadron One, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves 
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* [[USS Washington (ACR-11)|''Seattle'']], flagship
* {{USS|North Carolina|ACR-12|2}}
* {{USS|Montana|ACR-13|2}}
* [[USS West Virginia (ACR-5)|''Huntington'']]

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* {{USS|South Dakota|ACR-9|2}}
* [[USS Colorado (ACR-7)|''Pueblo'']]
* [[USS Maryland (ACR-8)|''Frederick'']]
* [[USS California (ACR-6)|''San Diego'']]

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* {{USS|Columbia|C-12|2}}
* {{USS|Minneapolis|C-13|2}}
* {{USS|DeKalb|ID-3010|2}}
* {{USS|Von Steuben|ID-3017|2}}

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* {{USS|Niagara|SP-136|2}}
* {{USS|Dubuque|PG-17|2}}
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==== Squadron Two ====
Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, was under the command of Rear Admiral [[Marbury Johnston]]
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Cruiser Force, Squadron Two, Division Four, was commanded by Rear Admiral [[Hilary P. Jones]]
* {{USS|Sialia|SP-543|2}}, flagship
* {{USS|Charleston|C-22|2}}
* {{USS|St. Louis|C-20|2}}
* [[USS New York (ACR-2)|''Rochester'']]
* {{USS|Olympia|C-6|2}}

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* {{USS|Isis|1902|2}}, flagship
* [[USS Denver (CL-16)|''Denver'']]
* [[USS Galveston (CL-19)|''Galveston'']]
* {{USS|Cleveland|C-19|2}}
* [[USS Des Moines (CL-17)|''Des Moines'']]

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* {{USS|Albany|CL-23|2}}
* {{USS|New Orleans|CL-22|2}}
* {{USS|Tacoma|CL-20|2}}
* {{USS|Chattanooga|C-16|2}}
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==== French Navy warships ====
[[File:Dupetit Thouars-Marius Bar.jpg|thumb|The ''Dupetit-Thouars'']]
French cruisers of the Naval Division of the Atlantic operating with Cruiser Force under the command of French Rear Admiral [[Marie Gaston Grout]]<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author1=|title= Marie Gaston GROUT (1863 - 1947)|url=http://ecole.nav.traditions.free.fr/ecoles_commandant_grout.htm|date= |work=École Navale |access-date= 29 January 2016}}.</ref> 
* [[French cruiser Gloire (1900)|''Gloire'']], flagship
* [[French cruiser Marseillaise (1900)|''Marseillaise'']]
* [[French cruiser Dupetit-Thouars|''Du Petit-Thouars'']] (sunk by [[SM U-62]], 7 August 1918)

=== Transport Force ===

==== New York Division ====
Transport Force, New York Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves
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* [[SS Kaiser Wilhelm II|''Agamemnon'']]
* {{USS|America|ID-3006|2}}
* {{USS|Calamares|AF-18|2}}
* {{USS|Finland|ID-4543|2}}
* {{SS|George Washington||2}}
* {{USS|Great Northern|AG-9|2}}
* {{USS|Hancock|AP-3|2}}
* [[USS Yale (1888)|''Harrisburg'']]
* {{USS|Henderson|AP-1|2}}
* {{SS|Kroonland||2}}
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* {{USS|Lenape|ID-2700|2}}
* {{USS|Leviathan||2}}
* [[USS St. Louis (1894)|''Louisville'']]
* {{USS|Henry R. Mallory|ID-1280|2}}
* {{USS|Manchuria|ID-1633|2}}
* {{USS|Matsonia|ID-1589|2}}
* {{SS|Maui|1916|2}}
* {{SS|Mongolia|1903|2}}
* [[SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie|''Mount Vernon'']]
* {{USS|Northern Pacific||2}}
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* {{USS|Orizaba|ID-1536|2}}
* [[USS Harvard (1888)|''Plattsburg'']]
* [[USS Republic (AP-33)|''President Grant'']]
* {{USS|Princess Matoika|ID-2290|2}}
* {{USS|Rijndam|ID-2505|2}}
* {{USS|Siboney|ID-2999|2}}
* {{USS|Sierra|ID-1634|2}}
* {{USS|Saint Paul|SP-1643|2}}
* {{USS|Wilhelmina|ID-2168|2}}
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==== Newport News Division ====
Transport Force, Newport News Division, was under the command of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
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* {{USS|Aeolus|ID-3005|2}}
* {{USS|Antigone|ID-3007|2}}
* {{USS|Huron|ID-1408|2}}
* [[USS U. S. Grant (AP-29)|''Madawaska'']]
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* {{USS|Martha Washington|ID-3019|2}}
* {{USS|Mercury|ID-3012|2}}
* {{USS|Pastores|AF-16|2}}
* {{USS|Pocahontas|ID-3044|2}}
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* {{USS|Powhatan|ID-3013|2}}
* {{USS|Susquehanna|ID-3016|2}}
* {{USS|Tenadores|1913|2}}
* {{USS|Zeelandia|ID-2507|2}}
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==== Foreign vessels ====
Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force
Newport News Division
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* {{SS|America|1908|6}} (Italian)<!-- this is not the HAPAG SS Amerika that became USS America (listed above in NY Division) -->
* {{SS|Caserta}} (Italian)
* [[SS Czar|HMT ''Czar'']] (British)<ref name=RAL>Though belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British [[ship chartering|charter]]. Also in this category was {{HMT|Dwinsk}} which had been sunk on 18 June 1918.</ref>
* [[SS Kościuszko|HMT ''Czaritza'']] (British)<ref name=RAL />
* {{SS|Dante Alighieri}} (Italian) 
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* {{SS|Duca degli Abruzzi}} (Italian)
* {{SS|Duca d'Aosta}} (Italian)
* {{SS|France|1910|6}} (French)
* {{HMT|Kursk}} (British)<ref name=RAL />
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* {{SS|Lutetia}} (French)
* {{SS|Patria}} (French)
* {{SS|Re d'Italia}} (Italian)
* {{SS|Sobral}} (Brazilian)
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{Gleaves}}

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