Gallery #2 = WW II Overseas in July 1942 - Troopship SS Argentina Photo Gallery by Bob Searl, Sr. at pbase.com

Gallery #2 = WW II Overseas in July 1942 - Troopship SS Argentina

WW II GALLERY #2 OF 5..........The Converted South American liner SS Argentina, with about 8000 military troops aboard left the NY Harbor in convoy during the intense German U-boat campaign to destroy US Shipping and prevent aid from reaching the United Kingdom. The ship arrived safely in Scotland and the Battalion was ferried to Northern Ireland. Company �A� troops were engaged in building Airport Communications facilities north of London for the US Air Force to accommodate the growing Air Force. The Battalion HQ was later stationed in Bristol and Taunton, England, attached to the Fifth Corps of the United States First Army.

Troopship SS Argentina	Columbia, SC	June 1942 Passport	Carrickfergus, N. Ireland
Bristol, England	Bristol, England 1943	DFischetti01A.jpg	Bristol England
Bristol, England	Framingham, England	BuryStEdmonds, England	BurySt.Edmonds, England
Taunton, England	Taunton, England	September 1944 Telegram from UK	Cablegram 1943

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Gail Shourds		13-Oct-2011 01:14
Does anyone know which company was the radio company? My father-in-law, JB Shourds, was in that company and no one thought to ask which that was prior to his death. He was one of the guys who built the interior of the radio DUKWs.

Thom Brooks		08-Sep-2011 00:22
My Dad, Robert N. Brooks, sailed from La Havre, France on the Argentina on December 2, 1945 with a Colonel signing his New York Port of Embarkation a Dallas.....Devin (?) can't make out his last name. If anyone wants to see the document, email me at CompnyBiz@aol.com or Facebook as Thom Brooks.

Betty		06-Feb-2011 20:53
My brother was on the troopship S. S. Argentina in March 24, 1944 arriving in Glasgow Scotland and from there to S. Hampton England, crossing the channel on way to Normandy. I am happy to find this photo. Now to search for S. S. Pope. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		14-Jul-2010 18:12
I think this may be the transport my father, then Sgt. Jack L. McLaughlin, shipped out in July 1942. He was with an ordnance battalion from the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Is there a way to access the manifest for that voyage?

Merry L. Robertson		27-May-2010 13:53
My grandfather, Brigadier General Gordon C. Hollar, was the commamdng officer of the troops aboard the SS Argentina on its return trip from Europe. He had been in the Iowa National Guard since 1907 and they were amongst the first troops to be shipped abroad in late January 1942. Some of the above pictures and comments help fill in the blanks of his time in Europe. At some time he was separated from the Iowa National Guard and put to work in London planning the logistics of the Military Police using his experience as the Chief of Police in Sioux City, Iowa. At the end of the war he had almost 900,000 POWs to care for. In one comment I read about the SS Argentina, there were a group of Americans who kept to themselves and cared for a group of Germans in shabby clothes with shabby luggage. I'll bet a buck that they were the German scientists who became the founding fathers of our missle program. As a final note, Grandfather was succeeded by General Norman Schwartzkopf. Might be related.

DENNIS CLAAR		24-Mar-2010 23:38
Sharon, Does the manifest list of soldiers on the Argentina have the name of JACK C. RITCHEY, US ARMY 30TH. DIV. THANK YOU, DENNIS CLAAR

Sharon		25-Nov-2009 21:52
My grandfather S/SGT James W Inglis was on the SS Argentina in Oct 1945, the ship sailed from Le Harvre. I came across the list of soldiers who were on board today at the top it stated CAMP LUCKY STRIKE

Dave Colnan		03-Sep-2005 20:53
Thanks for sharing your terrific photos. Do you have any of the 448th Signal Heavy Contruction Bn which was comprised of negro troops?? My Dad, who died on 2/2/45 (a caucasian) was XO and trained that group. Thanks

Guest		14-Aug-2005 21:23
Bob, I was wondering if you knew the name of the US Air Force communications that Company A troops built north of London... As I'm a airmen who works communications north of london

Sean Moran		05-Jul-2004 13:34
Generally great pictures - thanks for sharing them, but I was particularly interested in the postcard? of Carrickfergus, as that's where I'm from originally. I grew up in a street which you would know as a large camp, and I believe the Rangers started life there. Could you share any info on the town as it was then?

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