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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 .
Category: Troop ships of the United States. 4 languages. ... USNS Aiken Victory; SS Aloha State; SS America (1939) USS Ancon (AGC-4) SS Antilles (1906) USNS Antioch; C.
Pages in category "Troop ships" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. ... USNS Marine Carp; USNS Marine Lynx; USS Marvin H. McIntyre; TSS ...
Kaiser's C4 troop ship construction became Navy troop ships ("General" names), Sun's became WSA troopships operated by commercial agents. [4] In the 1960 the Navy sold off most of the General ships to private companies. Most were scrapped in the 1980s. USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) USS General T. H. Bliss (AP-131)
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]:
G. USS Garrard; USS Gasconade; USNS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122) USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120) USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124)
USNS Upshur (T-AP-198), was a Barrett Class [1] transport named in honor of Major General William P. Upshur, USMC. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The hull of the USNS Upshur was laid down on September 1, 1949 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey as the SS President Hayes .
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with G and H. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.