USS General H. L. Scott (AP-136)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Hugh Lenox Scott |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | 20 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 19 September 1943 |
| Acquired: | 6 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 3 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 May 1946 |
| Renamed: | SS Yorkmar |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-136, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | scrapped 1974 |
| 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: | 26 ft 6 in (8.10 m) |
| Propulsion: | single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,823 troops |
| Complement: | 425 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS General H. L. Scott (AP-136) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Hugh Lenox Scott. She was sold in 1965 for commercial operation under the name SS Yorkmar, before being scrapped in 1974.
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