USS General A. W. Greely
USNS General A.W. Greely alongside the USS LSM-397 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | General A.W. Greely |
| Namesake | Adolphus Washington Greely |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 18 July 1944 |
| Launched | 5 November 1944 |
| Acquired | 22 March 1945 as AP-141 |
| Commissioned | 22 March 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 March 1946 |
| Renamed |
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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 & 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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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.