USS General H. B. Freeman (AP-143)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Henry Blanchard Freeman |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 11 December 1944 |
| Acquired: | 26 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 March 1946 |
| In service: | after 4 March 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 24 July 1958 (MSTS) |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-143, 1 March 1950 |
| Struck: | 24 July 1958 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
| 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 H. B. Freeman (AP-143) 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 Henry Blanchard Freeman. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General H. B. Freeman in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General H. B. Freeman (T-AP-143). She was sold for commercial operation in 1965, and eventually scrapped.
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