USNS Sgt. George D Keathley (T-APC-117)
USNS Sgt. George D. Keathley
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| United States | |
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| Owner: | US Maritime Commission |
| Operator: | Grace Lines |
| Builder: | Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1944 as |
| Launched: | 7 December 1944 |
| Acquired: | 30 March 1945 |
| Fate: | returned to the Maritime Commission |
 United States
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| Name: | Sgt. George D Keathley (T-APC-117) |
| Out of service: | 11 December 1965 |
| Struck: | 24 October 1957 |
| Honours and awards: |
9 Campaign stars |
| Fate: | NDRF |
| United States | |
| Name: | Sgt. George D Keathley (T-AGS-35) |
| Acquired: | 1 December 1966 |
| In service: | 1967 |
| Out of service: | December 1971 |
| Struck: | 15 April 1976 |
| Honours and awards: |
9 Campaign stars |
| Fate: | leased to the Republic of China |
| RoC | |
| Name: | Chu Hwa (AGS-564) |
| Struck: | August 1988 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Jonah E. Kelly |
| Displacement: | 6090 |
| Length: | 338'9" |
| Beam: | 50'4" |
| Draft: | 17'7" |
| Speed: | 11.5 kt. |
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USNS Sgt. George D. Keathley, was a World War II United States cargo vessel that was used for troop transport and later converted to a survey vessel. She was laid down and launched as MS Alexander R. Niniger, Jr., then renamed MS Acorn Knot. She was put into US Army service as USAT Acorn Knot, then renamed USAT Sgt. George D. Keathley. She was transferred to the US Navy and became USNS Sgt. George D. Keathley (T-APC-117), but was later re-designated T-AGS-35. She was leased to the Republic of China, where she served as Chu Hwa (AGS-564). Both Nininger and Keathley were posthumous Medal of Honor recipients.
The ship, a C1-M-AV1 design, was built under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2247), was laid down as Alexander R. Niniger, Jr., on 16 June 1944 by Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc., Duluth, Minnesota; launched on 7 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G.A. Meyer; renamed Acorn Knot in February 1945; and delivered to the War Shipping Administration on 30 March 1945.
Operated initially by Grace Lines in the Atlantic and the Caribbean, Acorn Knot was returned to the Maritime Commission and transferred to the Army Transportation Corps on 28 July 1946 and assigned to the Ryukyus Command as an inter-island cargo carrier. On 6 May 1948, she departed the Far East for California; and, in July, she entered the Moore Dry Dock Company's yard at Oakland for conversion to a cargo-troop-passenger ship. During the eight-month conversion, spaces for troop and cabin passenger accommodations and for hospital facilities were constructed. The work was completed in early March 1949; and, on the 15th, she was renamed USAT Sgt. George D. Keathley.
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