USS General LeRoy Eltinge

USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) leaving Sasebo, Japan, on 30 April 1951
History
United States
NameGeneral LeRoy Eltinge
NamesakeLeRoy Eltinge
Builder
Launched20 September 1944
Sponsored byMrs. James McCloud
Acquired21 February 1945
Commissioned21 February 1945
Decommissioned29 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[1]
ReclassifiedT-AP-154, 1 March 1950
StrickenJune 1946
IdentificationIMO number: 7027215
FateScrapped 1980[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeGeneral 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[1][2]
Length522 ft 10 in (159.36 m)
Beam71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft24 ft (7.32 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 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Ship Descriptions – G", The Ships List
  2. ^ a b Priolo, Gary P., "USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154), USAT General LeRoy Eltinge, USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154), "NavSource Online, NavSource Naval History