USS General John Pope (AP-110)
USS General John Pope at Hampton Roads, immediately before her maiden voyage, c. September 1943
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| Name: | USS General John Pope |
| Namesake: | John Pope, Union General in the American Civil War |
| Builder: | Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | 14 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 21 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs Charles P. Gross |
| Acquired: | 2 July 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 5 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 June 1946 |
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| Struck: | 12 June 1946 & 26 October 1990 |
| Reinstated: | 20 July 1950 |
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| Honors and awards: |
11 medals, 8 service stars & 1 clasp |
| Status: | scrapped |
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| Class and type: | General John Pope-class transport |
| Type: | troopship |
| Displacement: | 11,450 tons (lt) |
| Tons burthen: | 20,175 tons fully laden |
| Length: | 622 feet 7 inches (189.76 m) |
| Beam: | 75 feet 6 inches (23.01 m) |
| Draft: | 25 feet 6 inches (7.77 m) |
| Installed power: | 19,000 shp |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines, reduction gearing, twin screw |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Troops: | 5,142 |
| Complement: | 465 |
| Armament: | 4 x single 5"/38 caliber dual purpose guns, 4 x quad 1.1" guns, 20 x single 20mm cannon |
USS General John Pope (AP-110) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II. After the war she was transferred to the Army and redesignated USAT General John Pope. She later served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars as a civilian-manned Military Sea Transportation Service vessel, as USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110).
General John Pope was launched under a Maritime Commission contract 21 March 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey; acquired by the Navy 2 July 1943; placed in ferry commission the same day for transfer to Baltimore for conversion to a transport by Maryland Drydock Company, and commissioned in full 5 August 1943, Captain George D. Lyon in command.
After shakedown General John Pope sailed for Newport News 5 September 1943 with over 6,000 troops and civilians bound for Greenock, Scotland; and, after disembarking her passengers there, returned to Norfolk, Virginia 25 September. From 6 October to 19 November she made a troop-carrying voyage to Brisbane, Australia; and, after touching Townsville and Milne Bay, put in at San Francisco on the latter date. Underway again 10 December with over 5,000 troops for the Pacific fighting and 500 staff. General John Pope debarked them at Noumea 23 December and returned via Pago Pago to San Francisco 10 January 1944 with 2,500 veterans.
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