USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158)
| Career (U.S.) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | William George Haan |
| Builder: | Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 20 March 1945 |
| Acquired: | 2 August 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 2 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 June 1946 |
| In service: | June 1946 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS) |
| Out of service: | 1 March 1950 (Army) after 7 January 1957 (MSTS) |
| Renamed: | Transoregon, 1969 Mayaguez, 1975 Amco Trader, 1982 |
| Reclassified: | T-AP-158, 1 March 1950 |
| Struck: | date unknown |
| Fate: | scrapped 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: | 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 W. G. Haan (AP-158) 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 William George Haan. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General W. G. Haan in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General W. G. Haan (T-AP-158). She was later sold for commercial operation under several names before being scrapped in 1987.
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