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:^[1]

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

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

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^[2]

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

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

Foreign vessels operating with the Transport Force Newport News Division

^ 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.)
^ "Marie Gaston GROUT (1863 - 1947)". École Navale (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2016..
^ ^a ^b ^c Though belonging to the Russian American Line, the ship was under British charter. Also in this category was HMT Dwinsk which had been sunk on 18 June 1918.