Hoboken Port of Embarkation
Hoboken Port of Embarkation (1917-1919) - A U.S. Army World War I Port of Embarkation established in 1917 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. Abandoned in 1919.
World War I
One of two primary U.S. Army Ports of Embarkation (Newport News Port of Embarkation and Hoboken Port of Embarkation) established in 1917 to process, men, equipment, supplies and animals for water transport to Europe for use during World War I. Some embarkation took place from Halifax to Charleston and included every port in between.
At the end of the war in November 1918 the port became a debarkation and demobilization center until it was abandoned in 1919.
| Assumed | Relieved | Rank | Name | Cullum | Notes |
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| 1917-04-01 | 1918-09-09 | Major General | Shanks, David C. | 3053 | |
| 1918-12-05 | 1920-04 | Major General | Shanks, David C. | 3053 | |
| Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. | |||||
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Location:Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. Maps & Images Lat: 40.7518086 Long: -74.0236473 |
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