USS General W. A. Mann
USS General W. A. Mann (AP-112) underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS General W. A. Mann |
| Namesake | Major General William Abram Mann, US Army |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock |
| Acquired | 13 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 13 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 1965 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1966 |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | Two service stars for the Korean War and one for the Vietnam War |
| Fate | Scrapped in Taiwan, November 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | General John Pope-class transport |
| Type | troopship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 622 feet 7 inches (189.76 m) |
| Beam | 75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m) |
| Draft | 25 feet 6 inches (7.77 m) |
| Installed power | 17,000 shp |
| Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, reduction gearing, twin screw |
| Speed | 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h) |
| Capacity | 5,142 |
| Complement | 465 |
| Armament | 4 x single 5"/38 caliber dual purpose guns, 4 x quad 1.1" guns, 20 x single 20mm guns |
USS General W. A. Mann (AP-112) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
General W. A. Mann, a P2-type troopship, was built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, in 1942–43 and commissioned on the date of acquisition, 13 October 1943.