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In 1845, General Taylor was converted into a tugboat, operating out of the Pensacola Navy Yard. [1] Benjamin F. Isherwood, later Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy during the American Civil War, served on General Taylor in 1846–47. [8] William H. Shock, Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy in the 1870s, also served on General Taylor in the late 1840s. [9]
General Frisbie (steamship) General Jackson (riverboat) PS General Slocum; USS General W. C. Gorgas; George R. Vosburg; SS George W. Elder; PS Georgia Queen; SS Golden Gate (1851) Goliah (1849 tugboat) SS Governor (1907) SS Governor Cobb; Governor Grover (sternwheeler) Grahamona; Grand Luxe; Great Lakes passenger steamers; SS Great Northern; SS ...
The unnamed C4-S-A1-design transport was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull No. 702) on 22 February 1943 at Richmond, California, by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3; named General Harry Taylor (AP-145) on 2 October 1943; launched on 10 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Mamie M. McHugh; acquired by the Navy on 29 March 1944; placed in ferry commission on 1 April 1944 ...
Converted to passenger service at Ingalls Shipyards, Pascagoula, Mississippi 1948 [25] Scrapped in 2005 Converted from USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118), a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II: SS President Cleveland: 1947 American President Lines: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co, Alameda, California Scrapped in 1974
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126) USS ... USS Admiral D. W. Taylor (AP-128) Canceled 16 December 1944 and completed as civilian passenger liners. USS ...
USS General Omar Bundy, built in 1944, was sold a few times and renamed SS Poet. In 1980 she went missing without a trace and is presumed sunk. her cargo was 13,500 tons of bulk corn that she loaded at Girard Point Terminal in South Philadelphia , she was to steam to Port Said , Egypt.
Granite State was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the U.S. Shipping Board as hull 246, keel laid 22 May 1919, launched 31 July 1920. [2] The ship was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1095 passenger/cargo design more frequently known in the industry as the "502" type for the design length of 502 feet (153.0 m) between perpendiculars.
Most of the General G. O. Squier class were deactivated in 1958 for two reasons: the introduction of jet airliners, and a decision to use berthing space on U.S.-flagged passenger ships. [5] Two ships, however, General LeRoy Eltinge and General R. M. Blatchford , assisted in United Nations efforts in the Congo Republic in the early 1960s, and ...