Scope and Contents

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.

Biographical / Historical

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

Series

• Series - Master at Arms Stateroom
• Series - Master at Arms Office
• Series - Deck Locker
• Sub-Series - LORAN Tables
• Sub-Series - Books
• Sub-Series - Sailing Directions