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History
USS Prince GeorgesUnited States
NameRichard March Hoe
NamesakeRichard March Hoe
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorMatson Navigation Company[2]
Orderedas a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 426[1]
BuilderPermanente Metals Corporation, Richmond, California
Yard number426[1]
Way number10[1]
Laid down20 September 1942
Launched30 October 1942
Sponsored byMrs. Patricia Montgomery
In service9 November 1942
Fatetransferred to the US Navy, 25 October 1943
USS Prince GeorgesUnited States
NamePrince Georges
NamesakePrince George's County, Maryland
Acquired25 October 1943
Commissioned10 November 1943
Decommissioned12 April 1946
ReclassifiedCargo Ship AK-224, 20 August 1944
Stricken1 May 1946
Identification
  • Hull symbol: AP-165 (1943–1944)
  • Hull symbol: AK-224 (1944–1946)
  • Code letters: NKWM
Honors and
awards
1 × battle stars
FateSold for scrapping, 21 May 1969, delivered 10 November 1969
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCrater-class cargo ship
Displacement
  • 4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (standard)
  • 14,550 long tons (14,780 t) (full load)
Length441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft28 ft 4 in (8.64 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
  • 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × General Machine Corp. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
  • 1 × shaft
Speed12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 7,800 t (7,700 long tons) DWT
  • 444,206 cu ft (12,578.5 m3) (non-refrigerated)
Troops1030 officers and enlisted (as AP)
Complement256 officers and enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun
  • 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50-caliber dual-purpose gun

USS Prince Georges (AP-165/AK-224) was a Crater-class cargo ship in the service of the US Navy in World War II. Named after the Prince George's County, Maryland, it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name.

  1. ^ a b c Kaiser No. 2 2010.
  2. ^ MARAD.
  3. ^ Navsource 2013.

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