GENERAL M. L. HERSEY 

AP   148

 

BUILT:  1944  BEAM:  71'-6"  DRAFT:  29' 
LENGTH:  522'-10"   CARGO [cu ft]:  32,480   PASS [troop ship]:  3,125
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  10,654
TYPE:   C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?
Named in honor of Major General Mark Leslie Hersey, who served in Cuba and the Philippines during the Spanish-American War and in France in WWI.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22148.htm 

 

 

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Courtesy of Bill Andrew