Doughboy Center - Sealift
Statistical Tables



Cargo and Troop Sealift for AEF by Month
YEAR MONTH SHORT-TONS
of CARGO
TROOPS
to France
TROOPS
RETURNING
1917 June 16,000 14,100       
- July 12,000 11,500       
- August 19,000 16,700       
- September 53,000 33,300       
- October 115,000 43,600       
- November 78,000 23,100       
- December 180,000 49,515       
1918 January 122,000 47,853       
- February 228,000 49,110       
- March 289,000 84,889       
- April 373,000 118,642       
- May 450,000 245,945       
- June 425,000 278,664       
- July 536,000 306,350       
- August 572,000 285,974       
- September 681,000 257,457       
- October 750,000 180,326       
- November 829,000 30,201    26,245
- December 587,000           99,111
1919 January 363,000           115,382
- February 266,000          181,751
- March 298,000          212,899
- April 211,000          290,377
- May                333,303
- June               364,183
-               Note: Not here are some American troops who rotated home before the Armistice or those who remained in Europe on extended occupation duty.
TOTALS       7,453,000 2,077,226 1,623,251
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Sources of Shipping
NATION # of MEN % TOTAL
Britain 1,027,000 49
U.S.   927,000 45
Italy    65,000  3
France    47,000  2
Russia
(British Control)
   20,000 1
TOTAL 2,086,000 100
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Tons of Cargo Shipped for
Army Supply Services
SERVICE SHORT-TONS % TOTAL
Quartermaster 3,606.000 48.3
Engineers 1,506,000 20.2
Ordnance 1,189,000 16.0
Food Relief   285,000  3.8
Motor Trans.   214,000  2.9
French   208,000  2.8
Signal Corps   121,000  1.6
Medical   111,000  1.5
Aviation    61,000  0.8
Red Cross    60,000 0.8
YMCA    45,000 0.8
Misc.    35,000 0.5
Chemical    11,000 0.2
TOTAL 7,452,000 100
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Troop Embarkation & Debarkation Ports
Embarkation
U.S. & Canada
PORT # of MEN
Quebec    11,000
Montreal    34,000
St. Johns     1,000
Halifax     5,000
Portland     6,000
Boston    46,000
New York 1,656,000
Philadelphia    35,000
Baltimore     4,000
Newport News   288,000
TOTAL 2,086,000
Debarkation
Great Britain
PORT # of MEN
Glascow    45,000
Manchester     4,000
Liverpool   844,000
Bristol
Ports
   11,000
Falmouth     1,000
Plymouth   1,000
Southhamptom    57,000
London    62,000
TOTAL 1,025,000


Debarkation
France
PORT # of MEN
Le Havre    13,000
Brest   791,000
St. Nazaire   198,000
La Pallice     4,000
Bordeaux    50,000
Marseille     1,000
TOTAL 1,057,000






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