GENERAL  W. C. LANGFIT

AP  151

 

BUILT:  1944 BEAM: 71'-6"   DRAFT:  24' 
LENGTH:  522'-10"  CARGO [cu ft]:  32,000  PASS [troop ship]:  2,907
PROPULSION: Turbine  RADIUS [miles]: 15,000  TONS:  13,000
TYPE:  C4 SPEED [knots]: 17  DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: Yes

Named in honor of Maj Gen William Campbell Langfitt, Class 1883, USMA, who served in Cuba 1906-07, and with the AEF in WW I.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22151.htm 

 

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