USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Richard M. Blatchford |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 27 August 1944 |
| Acquired: | 26 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 June 1946 |
| In service: | after June 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) January 1967 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | SS Stonewall Jackson, 1970 SS Alex Stephens, 1973 |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-153, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping, 13 April 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 guns 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) 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 Richard M. Blatchford. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General R. M. Blatchford in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General R. M. Blatchford (T-AP-153). She was later sold for commercial operation under the names SS Stonewall Jackson and Alex Stephens, before being scrapped in 1980.
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