USS General Omar Bundy

General Omar Bundy
USS General Omar Bundy
History
United States
NameGeneral Omar Bundy
NamesakeOmar Bundy
Builder
Laid downdate unknown
Launched5 August 1944
Acquired6 January 1945
Commissioned6 January 1945
Decommissioned14 June 1946
In serviceafter 30 August 1946 (U.S. Army)
Out of service12 December 1949 (U.S. Army)
Renamed
  • SS Portmar, 10 April 1964
  • SS Port, 10 August 1976
  • SS Poet, 11 May 1979
Stricken8 October 1946
IdentificationIMO number: 5127956
Fatemissing, presumed sunk, 1980[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeGeneral G. O. Squier-class transport ship
Displacement9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full)
Length522 ft 10 in (159.36 m)
Beam71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsionsingle-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW)
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity3,823 troops
Complement356 (officers and enlisted)
Armament

USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II.

She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General Omar Bundy in 1946, named in honor of U.S. Army major general Omar Bundy.

She was later sold for commercial operation under several names, including SS Poet, before being declared missing in 1980 and presumed sunk.[1]

  1. ^ a b Priolo, Gary P. (5 October 2007). "USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152), USAT General Omar Bundy". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 13 November 2007.