USS Florence Nightingale (17 September 1942 – 1 May 1946)
Japan Transport (July 1953–3 December 1959)
Texas (3 December 1959)
Namesake
Florence Nightingale
Builder
Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
Launched
28 August 1940[1]
Acquired
13 September 1942[1]
Commissioned
17 September 1942[1]
Decommissioned
1 May 1946[1]
Honors and awards
4 battle stars (World War II)[1]
Fate
Sold for scrap to Zidell Explorations on 2 November 1970.[2]
General characteristics
Class and type
Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport[1]
Displacement
7,980 long tons (8,108 t) light
14,909 long tons (15,148 t) full[1]
Length
492 ft (150 m)[1]
Beam
69 ft (21 m)[1]
Draft
24 ft (7.3 m)[1]
Propulsion
Steam turbine, single shaft, 8,500 hp (6,338 kW)
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Complement
396 officers and enlisted[1]
Armament
1 × single 5"/38 caliber gun
4 × single 3"/50 caliber guns[1]
USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70) was a Maritime Commission type C3-M cargo ship built as Mormacsun for Moore-McCormack Lines.[2]Mormacsun operated for Moore-McCormack from May 1941 until December 1941 when she came under the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for the duration of World War II. The ship operated with Moore-McCormack as the WSA agent, playing an important role in early supply of the Southwest Pacific, until transfer to the United States Navy September 1942 and commissioning as Florence Nightingale whereupon she became an Elizabeth C. Stanton-class transport ship. She was named for Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), the nursing pioneer,[1] and is one of the few United States Navy ships named after a woman. The ship was returned to WSA in 1946 and then to Moore-McCormack operating as Mormacsun until sold to operate as Japan Transport and lastly as Texas.
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