USNS Marine Carp
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USNS Marine Carp (T-AP-199) was a Marine Adder-class transport that saw service with the US Navy for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. She was of the C4-S-A3 design type.
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United States | |
Name | Marine Carp |
Operator | Matson Navigation Co. |
Ordered | as a Type C4-S-A3 hull, MCE hull 2362[1] |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Cost | $8,000,000[2] |
Yard number | 509[1] |
Way number | 12 |
Laid down | 6 December 1944 |
Launched | 5 July 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Elizabeth Nyberg |
Acquired | 11 October 1945 |
Fate | Turned over to American Export Lines, 22 August 1946 |
United States | |
Name | Marine Carp |
Operator | American Export Lines |
In service | 22 August 1946 |
Out of service | 23 May 1949 |
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United States | |
Name | Marine Carp |
Namesake | A merchant name retained |
Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
In service | 15 September 1952 |
Out of service | 9 October 1957 |
Stricken | 11 September 1958 |
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United States | |
Name | Green Springs |
Operator | Central Gulf Steamship Corp |
In service | 20 July 1967 |
Out of service | 13 July 1979 |
Identification | IMO number: 5224754 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 July 1979 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Marine Adder-class transport |
Type | Type C4-S-A3 |
Displacement | |
Length | 523 ft (159 m) |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Installed power | 13,750 shp (10,250 kW) |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Capacity | 53,000 cu ft (1,500 m3) |
Troops | 3,451 |
Service record | |
Operations: | Korean Summer-Fall 1953 (6–10 July 1953) |
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