USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Charles Henry Muir |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 24 November 1944 |
| Acquired: | 12 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 12 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 June 1946 |
| In service: | 18 June 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 7 February 1955 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | SS Chicago, 1969 SS San Juan, 1975 |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-142, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | scrapped after 1985 |
| 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: | 3,823 troops |
| Complement: | 356 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 caliber gun mounts 4 × 40 mm AA gun mounts 16 × 20 mm AA gun mounts |
USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142) 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 Charles Henry Muir. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General C. H. Muir in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General C. H. Muir (T-AP-142). She was later sold for commercial operation under the names SS Chicago and SS San Juan, and was scrapped some time after 1985.
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