USS General M. M. Patrick (AP-150)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Mason Mathews Patrick |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 21 June 1944 |
| Acquired: | 4 September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 4 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 March 1946 |
| In service: | after 11 March 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) 17 October 1958 (MSTS) |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-150, 1 March 1950 |
| Identification: | Code letters NJIK |
| Fate: | possibly scrapped 1975 possibly awaiting disposal as of 2007 |
| 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: | 26 ft 6 in (8.10 m) |
| Propulsion: | single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,343 troops |
| Complement: | 425 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS General M. M. Patrick (AP-150) 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 Mason Mathews Patrick. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General M. M. Patrick in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. M. Patrick (T-AP-150). She was later sold for commercial operation and rebuilt as a container ship.
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