USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Merch Bradt Stewart |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 15 October 1944 |
| Acquired: | 3 March 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 3 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 May 1946 |
| In service: | after 24 May 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 29 April 1955 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | SS Albany, 1968 Drilling barge Mission Viking, 1974 |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-140, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | scrapped July 1987 |
| 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: | 3595 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 M. B. Stewart (AP-140) 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 Merch Bradt Stewart. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General M. B. Stewart in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. B. Stewart (T-AP-140). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Albany, before being scrapped in July 1987.
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