USNS Albert J. Myer (ARC-6)

USNS Albert J. Myer (ARC-6)

USNS Albert J. Myer (ARC-6) was the second of only two Maritime Commission type S3-S2-BP1 ships built for the US Army near the end of World War II. The other ship was the William H. G. Bullard, later USS Neptune, which Myer later joined in naval service. She is named for Brig. Gen. Albert J. Myer, the founder of the Army Signal Corps. The keel was laid down on 14 April 1945 by Pusey & Jones Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware as Hull Number 1109. Albert J. Myer was launched on 7 November 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Grace Salisbury Ingles, the wife of Major General Harry C. Ingles, commanding officer of the Army Signal Corps. After brief reactivation by Army Myer was transferred to the Navy for service as USNS Albert J. Myer (T-ARC-6).