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USS General A. W. Greely
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USS General A. W. Greely (AP-141) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship named for U.S. Army general Adolphus Greely. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General A. W. Greeley in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General A. W. Greely (T-AP-141). She was later sold and converted to a container ship and operated under several names before being scrapped in 1986.
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Name | General A.W. Greely |
Namesake | Adolphus Washington Greely |
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Laid down | 18 July 1944 |
Launched | 5 November 1944 |
Acquired | 22 March 1945 as AP-141 |
Commissioned | 22 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 29 March 1946 |
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Reclassified | T-AP-141, 29 March 1946 |
Reinstated | 1 March 1950 |
Identification | IMO number: 6904791 |
Fate | Sold for commercial use, scrapped 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
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