After two round-trip, troop-carrying voyages between Newport News, Virginia, and Naples, ItalyGeneral Meigs departed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she was visited by Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas, and embarked 5,200 troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, the first Brazilian troops to be carried by an American transport. She carried these troops to Italy, where they participated in the Italian campaign. At Naples she embarked troops, civilians, and 460 German prisoners of war for transportation to the United States, collecting additional troops at Bizerte, Tunisia, and at Oran, French Algeria.
General Meigs made two similar round-trip voyages from the United States to Italy and North Africa via Brazil, carrying thousands of American and Brazilian troops to Europe for the remaining drive against Nazi Germany, and returning several thousand others to the United States and Brazil. She later deployed troops to Panama and Puerto Rico and to Le Havre, France. From Le Havre, Naples, Marseilles, Karachi, and Nagoya, she made six more trips carrying homebound troops for New York and Brazil.
On 4 March 1946, she was decommissioned at San Francisco for transfer to the American President Lines as a passenger ship in the Pacific. She sailed from San Francisco on Jan 24, 1948, arriving in Manila, Philippines on Feb 10.
Korean Waredit
After the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950, General Meigs was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service. Manned by a civilian crew, she made 19 cruises to the Far East carrying thousands of American troops from the West Coast to ports in Japan and South Korea. Following the uncertain armistice on 27 July 1953, she continued to support American readiness in the Far East with troop-rotation cruises in the remainder of 1953 and through 1954.
In 1972 while under tow to the Suisun Bay layup facility, she broke her tow in a storm, and ran aground off the coast of Washington State,[1] where she eventually broke up over the next 4 years, spilling 2.3 million gallons of heavy oil.[2]
^"USNS General M. C. Meigs (T-AP-116)". NavSource Online. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^"Winter months and holidays pose highest spill risks for vessels". Department of Ecology State of Washington. December 23, 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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USS General M. C. Meigs (AP-116), Navsource Online.
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This article is about the P2 transport ship built in 1944 and wrecked in 1972 For the troopship built in 1921 and sunk in 1942 see USAT Meigs 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 USS General M C Meigs AP 116 Hampton Roads 4 July 1944History United States NameUSS General M C Meigs NamesakeGeneral M C Meigs US Army BuilderFederal Shipbuilding amp Drydock Laid down22 September 1943 Launched13 March 1944 Sponsored byMrs Henry R Arnold Acquired2 June 1944 Commissioned3 June 1944 4 March 1946 Recommissioned21 July 1950 Decommissioned1 October 1958 ReclassifiedT AP 116 21 July 1950 IdentificationMC hull type P2 S2 R2 MC hull no 674 Honors andawards6 service stars for Korean War service FateBroken up after being stranded on 9 January 1972 General characteristics Class and typeGeneral John Pope class transport Displacement11 450 tons lt 20 175 tons fully laden Length622 feet 7 inches 189 76 m Beam75 feet 6 inches 23 01 m Draft25 feet 6 inches 7 77 m Installed power17 000 shp Propulsion2 steam turbines reduction gearing twin screw Speed21 knots 39 km h Capacity5 289 Complement418 Armament4 x single 5 38 caliber dual purpose guns 4 x quad 1 1 guns replaced by 20 x single 20mm guns General M C Meigs was launched on 13 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding amp 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 manned by United States Coast Guard personnel Contents 1 World War II 2 Korean War 3 Later events 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksWorld War II editAfter two round trip troop carrying voyages between Newport News Virginia and Naples Italy General Meigs departed for Rio de Janeiro Brazil where she was visited by Brazilian President Getulio Vargas and embarked 5 200 troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force the first Brazilian troops to be carried by an American transport She carried these troops to Italy where they participated in the Italian campaign At Naples she embarked troops civilians and 460 German prisoners of war for transportation to the United States collecting additional troops at Bizerte Tunisia and at Oran French Algeria General Meigs made two similar round trip voyages from the United States to Italy and North Africa via Brazil carrying thousands of American and Brazilian troops to Europe for the remaining drive against Nazi Germany and returning several thousand others to the United States and Brazil She later deployed troops to Panama and Puerto Rico and to Le Havre France From Le Havre Naples Marseilles Karachi and Nagoya she made six more trips carrying homebound troops for New York and Brazil On 4 March 1946 she was decommissioned at San Francisco for transfer to the American President Lines as a passenger ship in the Pacific She sailed from San Francisco on Jan 24 1948 arriving in Manila Philippines on Feb 10 Korean War editAfter the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in 1950 General Meigs was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service Manned by a civilian crew she made 19 cruises to the Far East carrying thousands of American troops from the West Coast to ports in Japan and South Korea Following the uncertain armistice on 27 July 1953 she continued to support American readiness in the Far East with troop rotation cruises in the remainder of 1953 and through 1954 Later events editPlaced in Reduced Operational Status in 1955 she was transferred to the Maritime Administration on 1 October 1958 and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia Washington In 1972 while under tow to the Suisun Bay layup facility she broke her tow in a storm and ran aground off the coast of Washington State 1 where she eventually broke up over the next 4 years spilling 2 3 million gallons of heavy oil 2 Awards editGeneral M C Meigs received six service stars for Korean War service References edit USNS General M C Meigs T AP 116 NavSource Online Retrieved 10 February 2016 Winter months and holidays pose highest spill risks for vessels Department of Ecology State of Washington December 23 2011 Retrieved 10 February 2016 External links editnavsource org location of USNS General M C Meigs T AP 116 ex USS General M C Meigs AP 116 1944 1946 General M C Meigs AP 116 DANFS Online USS General M C Meigs AP 116 Navsource Online nbsp This article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships 48 17 10 N 124 41 15 W 48 286095 N 124 687566 W 48 286095 124 687566 Retrieved from https en 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