USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) leaving Sasebo, Japan, on 30 April 1951
History
United States
Name
General LeRoy Eltinge
Namesake
LeRoy Eltinge
Builder
Kaiser Shipyards
Richmond, California
Launched
20 September 1944
Sponsored by
Mrs. James McCloud
Acquired
21 February 1945
Commissioned
21 February 1945
Decommissioned
29 May 1946
In service
after June 1946 (Army)
20 July 1950 (MSTS)
Out of service
20 July 1950 (Army)
January 1967 (MSTS)
Renamed
SS Robert E. Lee, December 1969
SS Robert Toombs, September 1973[2]
Reclassified
T-AP-154, 1 March 1950
Stricken
June 1946
Identification
IMO number: 7027215
Fate
Scrapped 1980[1]
General characteristics
Class and type
General G. O. Squier-class transport ship
Displacement
As built: 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full)
Refitted to 13,100 gross tons in 1946 by U.S. Army[2][1]
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
4 × 5"/38 caliber gun mounts
4 × 40 mm AA gun mounts
16 × 20 mm AA gun mounts
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.[2]
^ abPriolo, Gary P., "USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154), USAT General LeRoy Eltinge, USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154), "NavSource Online, NavSource Naval History
^ abc"Ship Descriptions – G", The Ships List
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