USS General H. B. Freeman (AP-143)
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| Namesake: | Henry Blanchard Freeman |
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| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 11 December 1944 |
| Acquired: | 26 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 March 1946 |
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| Reclassified: | T-AP-143, 1 March 1950 |
| Struck: | 24 July 1958 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
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| 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: | 24 ft (7.32 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 H. B. Freeman (AP-143) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard until decommissioning. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Henry Blanchard Freeman. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General H. B. Freeman in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General H. B. Freeman (T-AP-143). She was sold for commercial operation in 1965, and eventually scrapped.
General H. B. Freeman (AP-143) was launched 11 December 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC #710) by the Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, California; sponsored by Mrs. Marie Wheeler; converted in the Kaiser yard at Vancouver, Washington; acquired by the Navy 26 April 1945; and commissioned at Portland, Oregon, the same day, Comdr. Harley E. Grogan, USCG, in command.
After shakedown operations out of San Diego, General H. B. Freeman departed San Pedro 1 June 1945 with 3,040 troops and passengers for Calcutta, India, where she arrived 9 July with 16 additional passengers, British Royal Marines who had embarked at Brisbane, Australia. On 13 July she was underway with more than 3,000 military passengers; embarking and debarking in Ceylon, Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines before arriving Hagushi, Okinawa, 16 August 1945, the day after hostilities ended.
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