Montgomery C. Meigs - Honors

Honors

  • General Meigs was inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in its charter year of 1986.
  • USAT Meigs, an Army transport ship sunk at Darwin, Northern Territory, was named in his honor.
  • The transport USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116), launched in 1944, was named in his honor.

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