USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124)
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| Name: | USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124) |
| Namesake: | Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes, US Navy |
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| Laid down: | 29 November 1943 |
| Launched: | 27 July 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Louise Nimitz |
| Commissioned: | 31 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 May 1946 |
| Identification: | MC type P2-SE2-R1 hull, MC hull no. 682 |
| Honors and awards: |
American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp), National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal (w/3 Battle Stars), United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea War Service Medal |
| Renamed: | USAT Admiral C. F. Hughes, 3 May 1946 |
| Renamed: | USAT General Edwin D. Patrick, 30 August 1946 |
| Namesake: | General Edwin D. Patrick, USA |
| Renamed: | USNS General Edwin D. Patrick (T-AP-124), 1 March 1950 |
| Out of service: | 30 September 1968 |
| Struck: | 9 October 1969 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, Texas, 18 March 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport |
| Displacement: | 9,676 tons dockside |
| Tons burthen: | 20,120 tons fully laden |
| Length: | 608 feet 11 inches (185.60 m) |
| Beam: | 75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m) |
| Draft: | 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) |
| Installed power: | 19,000 shp |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 100,000 cubic feet (2,800 m3) of cargo |
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American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal,
USS Admiral C. F. Hughes (AP-124) was a Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport named in honor of Charles Frederick Hughes, an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1927 to 1930.
Admiral C. F. Hughes was laid down on 29 November 1943 by the Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc., in Alameda, California, under contract with the United States Maritime Commission. She was launched on 27 August 1944 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Louise Nimitz, the wife of Captain Otto Nimitz and the sister-in-law of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. On 31 January 1945 she was delivered to the United States Navy and commissioned with Captain John Trebes, USCG, in command.
Following brief sea trials, along the West Coast of the United States, Admiral C. F. Hughes embarked naval officers and Marines at San Diego for transportation to Hawaii. She departed San Diego on 13 March and arrived in Pearl Harbor on 18 March. There, she took on another group of passengers bound for the United States and then got underway on 23 March. The transport arrived in San Francisco on 28 March, disembarked her passengers, and then set sail for San Diego on 9 April. Admiral C. F. Hughes reached her destination the following day and began taking on more travelers. On the 14th, the transport left San Diego and set a westward course. The ship entered Pearl Harbor on the 19th, and some passengers left her while others came on board. Three days later, she put to sea on her way to the Mariana Islands. Admiral C. F. Hughes put in at Guam on 30 April, and all her passengers disembarked. After taking another group on board, including 221 Japanese prisoners of war, she stood out of Apra Harbor on 3 May. The transport made a two-day stop at Pearl Harbor from 10 to 12 May to disembark the prisoners and then continued her voyage back to the West Coast. She moored at San Francisco on 17 May.
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