| Photographer: | Gordy [View profile] | Title: | USS GENERAL W. G. HAAN | Added: | Aug 29, 2012 | | Captured: | | IMO: | Unavailable | Hits: | 459 | | Photo Category: |
Auxiliaries | | Description: | USS GENERAL W. G. HAAN
AP-158
Namesake: William George Haan
Builder: Kaiser Co., Inc.
Richmond, California
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 20 March 1945
Acquired: 2 August 1945
Commissioned: 2 August 1945
Decommissioned: 7 June 1946
In service: June 1946 (Army)
1 March 1950 (MSTS)
Out of service: 1 March 1950 (Army)
after 7 January 1957 (MSTS)
Renamed: Transoregon, 1969
Mayaguez, 1975
Amco Trader, 1982
Reclassified: T-AP-158, 1 March 1950
Struck: date unknown
Fate: scrapped 1987[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: General G. O. Squier-class transport ship
Displacement: 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full)
Length: 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m)
Beam: 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft: 24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsion: single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity: 3,823 troops
Complement: 356 (officers and enlisted)
Armament: 4 × 5"/38 caliber gun mounts
4 × 40 mm AA gun mounts
16 × 20 mm AA gun mounts
Photo Credits: The Late Allan Green Vic Australia
Cheers and GB
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