USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137)
USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) at Yokohama in September 1945, behind dignitaries she carried to Japan for the Japanese surrender ceremony. |
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| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Samuel Davis Sturgis |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 12 November 1943 |
| Acquired: | 31 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 10 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 May 1946 |
| In service: | after 24 May 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 28 May 1955 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | SS Green Port |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-137, 1 March 1950 |
| Identification: | Radio call sign: NJCO |
| Fate: | scrapped February 1980 |
| 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: | 3,343 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 S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) 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 Samuel Davis Sturgis. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General S. D. Sturgis in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Green Port, before being scrapped in 1980.
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