Photo #: NH 103230
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Army personnel from Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, boarding
USNS General Maurice Rose by Jacob's ladder, probably
greeting the ship upon its arrival at New York, circa the later
1950s or early 1960s.
Fort Hamilton was a major Army embarkation, transportation, and
separation center during and after both World Wars.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103343
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Stevedores opening one of the ship's hatches, circa the 1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103340
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Captain S. N Esmen (?) with wife Mary Ann and son Bradford preparing
to debark in New York following a trip from Bremen, West Germany,
circa the 1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103341
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Joyce Koeblitz, an Air Force civil service worker, and Sandra
Warren, a military dependent, leaving their cabin upon arrival
in New York, circa the 1950s.
Note the crewman carrying their suitcase.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103342
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
A preliminary check being conducted, probably on board the ship,
by U.S. Customs Officers S. H. Sherman and Harold Rand prior
to debarkation in New York, circa the 1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103344
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Navy Commander Fuller and family, probably in their stateroom,
preparing to debark, circa the 1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103345
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
A Navy Chief Petty Officer and his family on the ship's brow,
being assisted by MSTSA officers, circa the 1950s.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103234
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Thirty members of the Future Nurses Club of Bergenfield High
School, Bergenfield, New Jersey, visiting the Rose's operating
room while the ship was docked at the Brooklyn Army Terminal,
circa the later 1950s or early 1960s.
The ship's nurse, LCDR Alma Kuschel, is telling them about nursing
aboard ship. In the foreground is Mrs. Margaret Shugerman, the
Bergenfield school nurse and advisor to the club.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103231
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Children from the sixth grade at Walnut Street School, Uniondale,
Long Island, New York, visiting the General MauriceRose,
which they had adopted, circa 1960.
They are shown visiting the ship's engine room with flash cameras
at the ready. Their teacher, David Benson, is fifth from the
right.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103232
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Children from the sixth grade at Walnut Street School, Uniondale,
Long Island, New York, receiving a souvenir knot board from the
MSTSA Chief of Staff, Captain D. W. Olney, and the commander
of the Rose, Captain Herbert E. Daub, on board the ship,
circa 1960. The class, which had adopted the ship, subsequently
displayed and studied the knot board in its classroom.
On the left of Captain Olney is the school's principal, Harold
Barber, and to the right of Captain Daub is the class's teacher,
David Benson.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103233
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
Children from the sixth grade at Walnut Street School, Uniondale,
Long Island, New York, visiting the wheelhouse of the Rose,
circa 1960. The class had adopted the ship.
From left to right are Karen Hansen, Pat Sealey, Robert Buckley,
Harold Barber (the school's principal), Mrs. Charles Sealey (Pat's
mother), Thomas Reed, Brenda Johnson, Janet Cowley, and Diane
Larocca.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 103229
Junior Licensed Engineer Anthony F. Rieber
Anthony "Tony" F. Rieber--at age 77--assuming duties
as a Junior Licensed Engineer on board USNS General Maurice
Rose (T-AP-126) circa mid-1966. He is posing with an engine
order telegraph.
Rieber was one of many who came out of retirement to fill a shortage
of licensed personnel in the Military Sea Transportation Service
during the Vietnam War buildup. Rieber probably served on the
ship's second Pacific deployment, which began in September 1966.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command
collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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