USS General E. T. Collins (AP-147)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Edgar Thomas Collins |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 22 January 1944 |
| Acquired: | 20 July 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 20 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 June 1946 |
| In service: | after 17 June 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 30 June 1960 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | SS New Orleans |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-147, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: | 2173 troops |
| Complement: | 356 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS General E. T. Collins (AP-147) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Edgar Thomas Collins. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General E. T. Collins in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General E. T. Collins (T-AP-147). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS New Orleans, before being eventually scrapped.
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