USS General M. C. Meigs
USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116), Hampton Roads, 4 July 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS General M. C. Meigs |
| Namesake | General M. C. Meigs, US Army |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock |
| Laid down | 22 September 1943 |
| Launched | 13 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs Henry R. Arnold |
| Acquired | 2 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 June 1944 – 4 March 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 21 July 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 1 October 1958 |
| Reclassified | T-AP-116 (21 July 1950) |
| Identification |
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| Honors & awards | 6 service stars for Korean War service |
| Fate | Broken up after being stranded on 9 January 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | General John Pope-class transport |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 622 feet 7 inches (189.76 m) |
| Beam | 75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m) |
| Draft | 25 feet 6 inches (7.77 m) |
| Installed power | 17,000 shp |
| Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, reduction gearing, twin screw |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Capacity | 5,289 |
| Complement | 418 |
| Armament | 4 x single 5"/38 caliber dual purpose guns, 4 x quad 1.1" guns, replaced by 20 x single 20mm guns |
USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116) was a General John Pope class troop transport of the P2-S2-R2 type. She was a fast troop ship that transported troops for the United States in World War II and the Korean War. The ship was named after General Montgomery C. Meigs, the Quartermaster General of the United States Army during the United States Civil War.
General M. C. Meigs was launched on 13 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey; she was acquired by the Navy on 2 June 1944, and commissioned at Bayonne, New Jersey the next day with. A fast troop carrier, she was capable of 21 knots (24 mph; 39 km/h) with 5200 troops on board. She was one of several of this class of transports that was crewed by United States Coast Guard personnel.