USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) in San Francisco Bay, California.
History
United States
Name
USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126)
Namesake
Admiral Hugh Rodman, US Navy
Builder
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down
24 April 1944
Launched
25 February 1945
Commissioned
7 July 1945
Identification
IMO number: 8332863
Renamed
USAT General Maurice Rose, 1 August 1946
Namesake
General Maurice Rose, US Army
Renamed
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126), 1 March 1950
Decommissioned
Transferred to the permanent custody of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 30 June 1970
Stricken
20 August 1990
Fate
Scrapped 1997
General characteristics
Class and type
Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport
Displacement
9,676 tons dockside
20,120 tons fully laden
Length
608 feet 11 inches (185.60 m)
Beam
75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m)
Draft
26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m)
Installed power
19,000 shp
Propulsion
turbo-electric transmission,
twin screw
Speed
19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity
100,000 cubic feet (2,800 m3) of cargo
Troops
5,200
Crew
618
Armament
4 × 5"/38 caliber gun mounts
8 × twin Bofors 40 mm gun mounts
14 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm cannon gun mounts
USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126) was an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport: Laid down, on 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 684), at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California; launched on 25 February 1945; commissioned as the USS Admiral Hugh Rodman (AP-126), 7 July 1945, decommissioned on 14 May 1946, at New York; transferred to the U.S. Army Transportation Service in May 1946; commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose on 1 August 1946; reacquired by the U.S. Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS); placed in service as USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) on 1 March 1950.
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