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History
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United States
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Namesake
| George Owen Squier
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| General G. O. Squier
-class
transport ship
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Type
| C4-S-A1
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Displacement
| 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full)
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Length
| 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m)
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Beam
| 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
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Draft
| 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
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Propulsion
| single-
screw
steam turbine
with 9,900
shp
(7,400 kW)
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Speed
| 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
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Capacity
| 3,823 troops
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Complement
| 356 (officers and enlisted)
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Armament
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The
General G. O. Squier
class
of
transport ships
was built for the
U.S. Navy
during
World War II
. The class was based upon the
Maritime Commission
's
Type C4 ship
. The class was named for United States Army
Major General
George Owen Squier
.
[1]
[2]
The first ship was launched in November 1942, while the last was launched in April 1945. Over that period the United States produced 30
General G. O. Squier
-class transports. All of the ships were initially designated with
hull classification symbol
"AP" and numbered from 130 through 159. All but the four ships of the class (130, 131, 132, and 136) were transferred to the
U.S. Army
Transportation Service
in 1946 and served as
United States Army Transports
(USAT), several of them being refitted to a larger gross tonnage. The 24 (numbers 134, 135, 137?151, and 153?159) still in service in 1950 were transferred back to the Navy as part of the
Military Sea Transportation Service
(MSTS). All but two were transferred on 1 March 1950,
[3]
and all were reinstated on the
Naval Vessel Register
as
United States Naval Ships
(USNS), and redesignated with hull classification symbol "T-AP".
[4]
Most of the
General G. O. Squier
class were deactivated in 1958 for two reasons: the introduction of jet airliners, and a decision to use berthing space on U.S.-flagged passenger ships.
[5]
Two ships, however,
General LeRoy Eltinge
and
General R. M. Blatchford
, assisted in
United Nations
efforts in the
Congo Republic
in the early 1960s, and both were pressed into service transporting troops to
Vietnam
in the mid 1960s.
[6]
Two other ships of the
General G. O. Squier
class,
General Harry Taylor
and
General R. E. Callan
were transferred to the
U.S. Air Force
as missile tracking ships as part of the
Missile Test Project
, and renamed USAFS
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
and USAFS
General H. H. Arnold
, respectively. They were later transferred back to MSTS under their new names and redesignated with hull classification symbol "T-AGM".
[7]
The last
General G. O. Squier
-class ship afloat, the ex-
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
was sunk as an
artificial reef
off of the Florida Keys on 27 May 2009.
[8]
[9]
[10]
General characteristics
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- 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) (AP 130, 134, 137, 140, 142?149, 151, 154?158)
- 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) (AP 131?133, 135?136, 138?139, 141, 150, 152?153, 159)
- Complement: 356 (officers and enlisted)
- 425 (AP 136, 150)
- 426 (AP 133)
- 449 (AP 139)
- 471 (AP 132)
- 494 (AP 138)
- 512 (AP 135)
- Troop capacity:
- 2,173 troops (AP 147)
- 3,343 troops (AP 133, 137, 149?151)
- 3,444 troops (AP 132)
- 3,522 troops (AP 131)
- 3,530 troops (AP 134)
- 3,595 troops (AP 140)
- 3,823 troops (AP 130, 135?136, 139, 141?144, 148, 152?159)
- 4,766 troops (AP 138)
- 6,086 troops (AP 146)
- Armament
- 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns
- 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns
- 16 ×
20 mm Oerlikon
AA guns
- 4 × 5"/38 caliber gun mounts
- 4 × 40 mm AA gun mounts
- 16 × 20 mm AA gun mounts
General G. O. Squier
-class ships
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See also
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References
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- ^
Pike, John.
"C4-S-1a Mariner / APA-248 Paul Revere / AKA-112 Tulare"
.
www.globalsecurity.org
. Retrieved
17 April
2018
.
- ^
"C4 Cargo Ships"
.
shipbuildinghistory.com
. Retrieved
17 April
2018
.
- ^
General R. E. Callan
(T-AP-139)
on 28 April 1950, and
General LeRoy Eltinge
(T-AP-154)
on 20 July 1950
- ^
navsource.org General G. O. Squier-class transport
- ^
Mercogliano, Salvatore R. (29 November 2000).
"Military Sealift Command Ships of the Line"
.
American Merchant Marine at War
. USMM.org
. Retrieved
12 November
2007
.
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General G O Squier Class Transport Ships: Uss General S. D. Sturgis, Uss General M. L. Hersey, Uss General W. C. Langfitt
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navsource.org USNS General W. G. Haan (T-AP-158)
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hyperwar, General G. O. Squier-class transport
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USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137): USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137), General G. O. Squier Class Transport Ship, USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116), Troopship, USS General John Pope (AP-110)
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marines.togetherweserved.com, USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124) Transport Ship