USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152)
USS General Omar Bundy |
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| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Omar Bundy |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 5 August 1944 |
| Acquired: | 6 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 6 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 June 1946 |
| In service: | after 30 August 1946 (Army) |
| Out of service: | 12 December 1949 (Army) |
| Renamed: | SS Portmar, 10 April 1964 SS Port, 10 August 1976 SS Poet, 11 May 1979 |
| Struck: | 8 October 1946 |
| Fate: | missing, presumed sunk, 1980 |
| 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: | 3,823 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 Omar Bundy (AP-152) 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 Omar Bundy. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General Omar Bundy in 1946. She was later sold for commercial operation under several names, before being declared missing and presumed sunk.
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