USS General M. L. Hersey

"SS St. Louis (1944)" redirects here. For other ships with the same name, see List of ships named SS St. Louis.

General M. L. Hersey in 1952
History
United States
NamesakeMark Leslie Hersey
Builder
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1 April 1944
Acquired31 May 1944
Commissioned29 July 1944 (U.S. Navy)
Decommissioned1 June 1946 (U.S. Navy)
In service1 June 1946 (U.S. Army)
Out of service1 March 1950 (U.S. Army)
In service1 March 1950 (MSTS)
Out of service3 September 1959 (MSTS)
Renamed
  • SS Pittsburgh, 16 August 1968[1]
  • SS St. Louis, September 1969[1]
ReclassifiedT-AP-148, 1 March 1950
Identification
FateScrapped, 1988
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)
Draft24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsionsteam turbine, 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) driving single screw
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity3,823 troops
Complement356 (officers and enlisted)
Armament

USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship of the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Mark Leslie Hersey. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General M. L. Hersey in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148). She was later sold for commercial use, and operated under the names SS Pittsburgh and SS St. Louis.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Priolo, Gary P. (10 August 2007). "USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148), USAT General M. L. Hersey, USNS General M. L. Hersey (T-AP-148)". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 20 November 2007.