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Finding Aid: USNS General Edwin D. Patrick Collection Item Number: 15750000000

Individual Collection
Location: D182.5D

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Scope & Content:

Sailing Directions primarily from Pacific Ocean areas (Japan, Philippines, Australia...); books about astronomical navigation; LORAN tables from Asiatic areas; ship's equipment inventory and requisition cards; damage control information and procedures; various log books; voyage repair lists and other documents have all been recovered from the USNS General Edwin Patrick while mothballed in San Francisco Bay.

Administrative History:

Edwin Daviess Patrick, born on 11 January 1894 in Tell City, Indiana, joined the Indiana National Guard in 1915 and received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry in 1917. Patrick served in France during World War I in the St. Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives. Upon returning to the US in 1919, Patrick continued to serve in the military. In 1926 he went to China and served until 1929. In 1942, Patrick received a promotion to Brigadier General, and then followed orders to serve in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. In the Philippines, while liberating Luzon, General Patrick was mortally wounded by Japanese machine gun fire in March 1945.

Charles Frederick Hughes, born 14 October 1866 in Bath, Maine, graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1888. Hughes served in the Spanish American War with the Asiatic Squadron. During World War I, Hughes commanded the USS New York, an American battleship attached to the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet serving in the Orkney Islands. Before Armistice Day, Hughes received a promotion to Rear Admiral. Throughout the 1920s Admiral Hughes served in a variety of positions ashore and at sea. He served as president of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, and as the fourth Chief of Naval Operations (1927-1930). He retired in 1930 and passed away 28 May 1934 in Maryland. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

The USS Admiral C.F. Hughes (later to be renamed the General Edwin D. Patrick) was built in Alameda, California. She was launched 27 August 1944, and served primarily in the Pacific ferrying troops to Hawaii, the Philippines, and other destinations in the Western Pacific. In May 1945, the USS Admiral C.F. Hughes sailed for Europe to embark troops for redeployment to the Pacific. She made a few more trips across the Pacific after World War II ended before being decommissioned and turned over to the United States Army in May 1946.

The Army renamed the ship General Edwin D. Patrick and utilized her as a transport vessel until March 1950, when the United States Navy reacquired her and turned her over to MSTS. Retaining the name the Army gave her, the General Edwin D. Patrick served for nearly twenty more years as a troop transport ferrying soldiers and cargo across the Pacific to destinations throughout Asia. Early in 1967, after serving in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the General Edwin D. Patrick was placed in ready reserve status and laid up at the Maritime Administration's National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, California.

Specifications:
Displacement: 9,676 t.(lt), 20,120 t.(fl)
Length: 608' 11"
Beam: 75' 6"
Draft: 26' 11"
Speed: 19 kts.
Complement: 35 officers, 400 enlisted
Troop; Accommodations 5,200
Cargo Capacity: 100,000 cu. ft.
Armament: four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, four 1.1" quad-mount AA guns replaced by four twin 40mm gun mounts, 16 twin 20mm gun mounts
Propulsion: turbo-electric, two propellers, 19,000shp

Access Level:

Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
D182.5D	01		Master at Arms Stateroom
		01	Department of Defense Single Line Item Requisition Forms
		02	Department of Defense Single Line Item Requisition Forms
		03	Requisition and Invoice / Shipping Documents
		04	Trim and Stability Booklet for Twin Screw Passenger Ship (USNS General Edwin Patrick)
		05	Safety in Dock Work
			Register of Cargo Gear
		06	Assorted Papers
			Master at Arms Office
		07	Boatswain's Daily Workbook (1 Dec 1962 thru 30 Apr 1964)
		08	Boatswain's Daily Workbook (1 May 1964 thru 31 May 1966)
D182.6A	02	01	Damage Control Book
		02	Damage Control Manual (Crew's Dayroom)
		03	Damage Control Manual (Crew's Dayroom)
		04	USNS General Edwin Patrick Trrop Compartment Capacities (3 copies)
		05	Electron Tube Roster
		06	Main Steam Schematic
			Auxiliary Exhaust Steam Schematic
			Main and Auxiliary Feed Schematic
			Drainage Systems Schematic
			Fuel Oil Service Schematic
			Fuel Oil and Diesel Oil Filling, Transfer, Overflow and Ballast System Schematic
			Subdivision Diagram Main Deck and Bridges Schematic
		07	Damage Control
		08	Bridge
		09	Bridge
		10	Bilge Sounding Locations
			Bilge and Equalizing Reach Rods
			Lifeboats and Davits
			Life Floats
			Life Jackets
			Life Rings
		11	Voyage Repair List: Voyage 149 (11 Feb 1966)
			Voyage Repair List Addemndum #1: Voyage 149 (20 Feb 1966)
			Voyage Repair List: Voyage 150 (23 Mar 1966)
			Voyage Repair List Addemndum #1: Voyage 151 (12 May 1966)
			Voyage Repair List: Voyage 152 (16 Jun 1966)
			Voyage Repair List Addemndum #1: Voyage 153 (30 Jul 1966)
			Voyage Repair List: Voyage 154 (1 Oct 1966)
			Voyage Repair List: Voyage 155 (2 Nov 1966)
		12	Specifications for Regular Overhaul (28 Dec 1965)
			Specifications for Regular Overhaul (30 Dec 1965)
			Specifications for Drydocking (29 Jul 1966)
			Specifications for Annual Overhaul (29 Dec 1966)
		13	Annual Overhaul Repair List (9 Nov 1965)
			Annual Overhaul Repair List Addendum (23 Dec 1966) (2 copies)
			Annual Overhaul Repair List Addendum 2 (29 Dec 1966)
		14	Boatswain's Workbook
			Scaling and Chipping Tool Instruction Book
			Instruction Manual for Oxygen Breathing Apparatus
			Handling Nylon Lines (3 copies)
		15	Assorted Papers
			Deck Locker
		16	Electronic Equipment History Cards
			Spare Parts Stock Cards
			Machinery History Cards
		17	Hull History Cards
		18	Hull History Cards
D182.6B	03	01	Hull History Cards
		02	Hull History Cards
		03	Hull History Cards
		04	Climatological and Oceanographic Atlas for Mariners, Volume 2: North Pacific Ocean
		05	Brig Log (26 Nov 1965 thru 13 Dec 1966)
		06	Officer of the Decl Logbook (12 Oct 1966 thru 14 Dec 1966)
		07	Sergeant of the Guard Logbook (11 Oct 1966 thru 13 Dec 1966)
			LORAN Tables
		08	Asiatic Area
			Asiatic Area - Philippine Sea
		09	Philippine Sea
			South Japan
			South Japan
		10	Handbook of Basic Radar Theory for Deck Officer
			Standard Bearing Book
		11	Degaussing Folder
		12	Naval Reserve Leadership Program
			Books
		13	Azimuths of Celestial Bodies
		14	International Code of Signals (American Edition) Volume I: Visual (1931)
		15	Pacific and Arctic Coasts: Alaska, Cape Spencer to Beaufort Sea (1964)
D182.6C	4	01	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume B: Latitudes 5-9 Degrees North and South
		02	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume C: Latitudes 10-14 Degrees North and South
		03	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume D: Latitudes 15-19 Degrees North and South
		04	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume F: Latitudes 25-29 Degrees North and South
		05	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume H: Latitudes 35-39 Degrees North and South
		06	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume J: Latitudes 40-44 Degrees North and South
		07	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume K: Latitudes 45-49 Degrees North and South
		08	Astronomical Navigation Tables Volume P: Latitudes 65-69 Degrees North and South
		09	Quarterly Accident Reports
		10	Safety and Accident Prevention
		11	Chief Steward Job Description
		12	Office of the Chief Steward (USNS Sultan)
		13	Steward Department Job Descriptions
		14	Daily Bulletins
			Movement Orders
		15	Engine Record USNS General Weigel (1968-1969)
		16	Assorted Papers from USNS General Weigel
		17	Radio Navigation Aids: Pacific and Indian Oceans Area (1967) (Hydrographic Office Publication 117B)
D182.7A	5	01	Radio Weather Aids: Pacific and Indian Oceans Area (1967) (Hydrographic Office Publication 118B)
			Sailing Directions
		02	Pacific Coast: California, Oregoon, Washington, and Hawaii (1963) (Hydrographic Office Publication 7)
		03	West Coasts of Mexico and Central America (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 26)
		04	The Persian Gulf (1960) (Hydrographic Office Publication 62)
		05	Bay of Bengal (1966) (Hydrographic Office Publication 64)
		06	Malacca Strait and Sumatra (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 70)
		07	Soenda Strait and the Western and Northeast Coasts of Bornea and Off-Lying Islands (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 71)
		08	Java, Lesser Sundas South, Southeast, and East Coasts of Borneo and Celebes (1962) (Hydrographic Office Publication 72)
		09	New Guinea (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 73)
		10	North and West Coasts of Australia (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 74)
D182.7B	6	01	East Coast of Australia (1954) (Hydrographic Office Publication 75)
		02	Southeast Coast of Australia (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 76)
		03	South Coast of Australia (1950) (Hydrographic Office Publication 77)
		04	New Zealand (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 78)
		05	Pacific Islands Volume III (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 80)
		06	Pacific Islands Volume II (1952) (Hydrographic Office Publication 81)
		07	Philippine Islands Volume II (1956) (Hydrographic Office Publication 91)
		08	Philippine Islands Volume III (1956) (Hydrographic Office Publication 92)
		09	Western Shores of South China Sea: Singapore Strait to Hong Kong (1957) (Hydrographic Office Publication 93)
		10	Coast of China (1959) (Hydrographic Office Publication 94)
		11	Japan Volume II: Southern Part (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 95)
D182.7C	7	01	Southest Coast of Siberia and Korea (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 97)
		02	East Coast of SIberia (1951) (Hydrographic Office Publication 98)
		03	The Ship's Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea (1947)
		04	Registry of Naval Officers (March 1966)
D183.2A	8	1	Sailing Directions Original Binders
D183.2B	9	1	Sailing Directions Original Binders

Separated Materials:

Maps:

80 Nautical Charts Produced by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.

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