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USNS Geiger (T-AP-197)/USTS Bay State IV was a transport ship in the United States Navy. She was named after General Roy Geiger , who, from July 1945 to November 1946, commanded Marine Force, Pacific Fleet .
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On the George Washington Memorial Parkway is the Seabees Memorial near the entrance of Arlington National Cemetery. [11] [12] The need for advance bases during World War II was so great, that in some cases some Pacific Ocean islands were too small for the demand. So in 1943, the US Navy created Service Squadrons. A Service Squadron was a small ...
USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194) - Completed as War Shipping Administration troop ship. Operated December 1945 — May 1946 in Pacific. Operated December 1945 — May 1946 in Pacific. Commercial operators and reserve fleet to 1950 when operated by Military Sea Transportation Service then layup 1958.
In October 1949 all the ships in the Naval Transportation Service were reassigned to the newly created Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). As a ship, operationally subordinate to MSTS she was redesignated T-AP-176, but because she was a commissioned vessel with a Navy, not civilian, crew, General J. C. Breckinridge retained the ...
She was laid down as the SS President Jackson, a cargo / passenger liner and finished as a troop transport, the USNS Barrett (T-AP-196). [1] There were three ships in the class with the Barrett (T-AP-196) having sister ships named USNS Geiger (T-AP-197) and USNS Upshur (T-AP-198). All three ships would later become training ships [2]:
Army Transport Service Military Sea Transportation Service USS Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120) USAT General Daniel I. Sultan: USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120) USS Admiral W. L. Capps (AP-121) USAT General Hugh J. Gaffey: USNS General Hugh J. Gaffey (T-AP-121) USS Admiral R. E. Coontz (AP-122) USAT General Alexander M. Patch
The Marine Adder class of transports were Type C4-class ship built for the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II.They were converted after the war for use by the United States Navy (USN) for troop transports.