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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 .
USNS Aiken Victory; SS Aloha State; SS America (1939) USS Ancon (AGC-4) SS Antilles (1906) ... Category: Troop ships of the United States. 4 languages ...
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.
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]:
USNS Geiger; P. SS President Adams; SS President Cleveland (1947) SS President Jackson (1950) SS President Wilson This page was last edited on 25 June 2009, at 16:23 ...
A man whose wife was on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. has revealed the final text he received from her before the crash. On ...
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 ...
Around 200 veterans attended this year’s D-Day event in Normandy, the youngest in their 90s and some over 100.