USS General LeRoy Eltinge
USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) leaving Sasebo, Japan, on 30 April 1951 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | General LeRoy Eltinge |
| Namesake | LeRoy Eltinge |
| Builder | |
| Launched | 20 September 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. James McCloud |
| Acquired | 21 February 1945 |
| Commissioned | 21 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
| In service |
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| Out of service |
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| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | T-AP-154, 1 March 1950 |
| Stricken | June 1946 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7027215 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | General G. O. Squier-class transport ship |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the US Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of US Army general LeRoy Eltinge. She was transferred to the US Army as USAT General LeRoy Eltinge in 1946. On 20 July 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154). She was later sold for commercial use and operated under the names SS Robert E. Lee and SS Robert Toombs, before being scrapped in 1980.