USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126)
USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) was an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport: Laid down, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 684), at Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc., Alameda, California; Launched, 25 February 1945; Commissioned USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126), 7 July 1945, Capt. Lewis E. Coley in command; Decommissioned, 14 May 1946, at New York; Transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Service in May 1946; Commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose, 1 August 1946; Reacquired by the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS); Placed in service as USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126), 1 March 1950.
Read more about USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126): World War II Pacific Theatre Operations, Transferred To The U.S. Army, Transferred To The U.S. Navy, Transporting Soldiers and Refugees, Vietnam Crisis Operations, Deactivation
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