USNS General R. M. Blatchford (T-AP-153)
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| Namesake: | Richard M. Blatchford |
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| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 27 August 1944 |
| Acquired: | 26 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 26 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 June 1946 |
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| Reclassified: | T-AP-153, 1 March 1950 |
| Fate: | sold for scrapping, 13 April 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | General G. O. Squier-class transport ship |
| Displacement: | 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full) |
| Length: | 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m) |
| Beam: | 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion: | single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 3,823 troops |
| Complement: | 356 (officers and enlisted) |
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USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Richard M. Blatchford. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General R. M. Blatchford in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General R. M. Blatchford (T-AP-153). She was later sold for commercial operation under the names SS Stonewall Jackson and Alex Stephens, before being scrapped in 1980.
General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) was launched 27 August 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC #705) by the Kaiser Co., Richmond, California; sponsored by Mrs. William Anderson of San Francisco; acquired and simultaneously commissioned 26 January 1945, Comdr. Allen H. Guthrie in command.
General R. M. Blatchford sailed from San Francisco 12 March 1945 with over 3000 fighting men and debarked them at Manila 13 April, returning to San Francisco 22 May to off-load 2000 troops taken on board at Biak and Finschhafen. She sailed 30 May for France via the Panama Canal, touched at Le Havre 20 June, and debarked more than 3,000 returning troops at Boston 1 July. Five days later the transport sailed to redeploy troops from the European to the Pacific theater, embarking 3000 soldiers at Leghorn, Italy, and bringing them safely to Luzon and Manila in August 1945. General R. M. Blatchford embarked more than 1,000 troops and casualties at San Pedro, Philippine Islands, and put in at Seattle 30 September 1945.
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