U.S.A.T. Rosecrans

U.S.A.T. Rosecrans was a ship used for transport by the US military in the early 1900s.[1] USAT indicates the ship was chartered or operated by the Army Transportation Service.[2] It was named for American Civil War Union General William S. Rosecrans.

Same ship as the tanker Rosecrans (ship)

At the foot of University Street next to U.S.A.T. Lawton
U.S.A.T. Rosecrans sailing for Nome. With Co's A and K 7th Reg. No. 1.
Sailing out of Seattle

A smaller ship for the fleet, was rated at 2,194 tonnes, steam powered, and previously named Columbia.[3]

Locations used

It was used to move American soldiers on July 23, 1900 to China during the Boxer Rebellion, sailing out of Seattle, Washington where it was photographed by Theodore Peiser.[4] It was also photographed by J.D. Givens.[5][6]

The ship was used by the US military in January 1901 to transport captured Filipino rebels to Guam during the Philippine–American War.[7]

On November 28, 1901 the ship called in Honolulu en route to Manila.[8] On January 24, 1902 the ship transported the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry home to the States from the Philippine-American War and Moro Rebellion,[9] arriving in San Francisco on February 25. It sailed with the USAT Hancock.[10]

Successor ship

The U.S.A.T. William S. Rosecrans, another similarly named ship, was built as Liberty Ship hull 570 by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation and rated to hold 504 troops.[2][11]

References
  1. Silverstone, Paul (13 May 2013). "The New Navy, 1883-1922". Routledge. Retrieved 1 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. "Liberty Ships built by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon and by Kaiser - Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington for U. S. Maritime Commission 1941-1945". www.usmm.org. May 6, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. Tate, E. Mowbray (1 December 1986). "Transpacific Steam: The Story of Steam Navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941". Associated University Presses. Retrieved 1 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. "U.S.A.T. ROSECRANS transporting U.S. troops out of Seattle en route to China, 1900". Digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. "NH 75579 USAT ROSECRANS". History.navy.mil. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  6. "Archives West: Theodore E. Peiser photographs, circa 1874-1905". Archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  7. Rogers, Robert F. (1 December 1995). "Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam". University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved 1 December 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/71015455/
  9. "1st Battalion 22nd Infantry - Battles and History". 1-22infantry.org. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  10. "1st Battalion 22nd Infantry - Service at Home 1902-03". 1-22infantry.org. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  11. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf
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