am looking for information about repatriation of American war dead. In the period 1947-1949 several Liberty/Victory ships like the Carroll Victory were used for repatriation of American war dead from the temporary cemeteries in North Africa and Europe to New York harbor, am looking for names of the ships crews, pictures of these ships with their precious cargo, logbooks etc
Having done extensive research on Mississippi's WWII dead, I can tell you that the national and local newspapers are full of announcements of returning dead. These announcements often include the name of the ship, the route/stops made to load the dead, and the US port destinations. On a local level, these same announcements tended to include the names of the dead from the respective states and communities.
Any major newspaper should give you much of what you seek. Problem is, there were so many ships visiting so many theaters/battlefields, there were multiple arrivals in any given week. This lasted from 1947-1949. One would have to read through all issues of the paper for this time period!
I cannot provide any information on your specific question. I did find the following at the website of the American Battlefields Monument Commission at http://www.abmc.gov/faq.php, although this may be information of which you are already aware.
"The interments of World War I and World War II remains at overseas American military cemeteries are [now] permanent. It is no longer possible to repatriate the remains of those interred at these American military cemeteries. The program of final disposition of these remains was carried out by the American Graves Registration Service, Quartermaster General of the War Department under the provisions of Public Law 389, 66th Congress, and Public Law 368, 80th Congress. It entitled the next of kin authorized to make disposition of the remains to select one of the following alternatives:
* Permanent interment in an American military cemetery on foreign soil specifically designed, constructed, and maintained in perpetuity as a memorial to American war dead.
* Repatriation of the remains to U.S. soil for interment in a national cemetery.
* Repatriation of the remains to the individual's homeland or that of their next of kin for interment in a private cemetery.
A provision of the law terminated authority to make further disposition of remains on December 31, 1951, when the decision of the next of kin became final. The program of final disposition of war dead established the moral and legal obligation of the United States government to honor the expressed wishes of the next of kin authorized to make the decision regarding the permanent interment of their loved one's remains."
See this web page for a variety of sources of information about the repatriation of the remains of World War II war dead: