THOMAS H BARRY AP 45

Ship Name and Designation History

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Passenger Transport Built 1930 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Launched May 15 1930 Completed November 21 1930 SS ORIENTE (Passenger Liner) Operated by Ward Line between New York and Havana, Cuba Purchased by U.S. War Department June 14 1941 USAT THOMAS H. BARRY Commissioned as Army Transport Given the Navy designation AP-45 before the end of October 1941 but was never taken over by the Navy Remained under Army control through the end of World War II Title transferred to the Maritime Commission on 12 December 1949 Laid up January 24 1950 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group Sold November 4 1957 to Bethlehem Steel for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Cuban Slogan Habana, Cuba

1939-07-25 to 1939-07-25

As S.S. ORIENTE

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Major General Thomas H. Barry (? - December 30 1919)
Barry graduated from West Point in 1877. He participated in the Indian Wars in the Dakotas and Montana as a Second Lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry. He advanced through the ranks at a brisk pace for the time period. In 1893 he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the Army by Secretary Lamont. He During the Spanish American War he served in the Philippines. Brigadier-General Thomas H Barry of the United States Army was a participant in the Cuban Pacification in the year of 1908. The Army of Cuban Pacification Medal No. 1 was presented to Major General Thomas H. Barry on June 1 1909. In 1910 he was appointed the Superintendent of West Point. Major General Thomas H. Barry was the commanding general of the 86th Infantry Division of the United States Army in World War I. He retired from the Army on October 13 1918. On December 30 1919 Major General Thomas H. Barry died at Walter Reed General Army Hospital having been ill for three weeks suffering form Bright’s disease. He was interned in New York with full military honors.

 

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