GENERAL JOHN POPE

BUILT: 1943	BEAM: 75'-6"	DRAFT: 25'
LENGTH: 622'-7"	CARGO [cu ft]: 108,537	PASS [troop ship]: 5,220
PROP: Turbine 2	RADIUS [miles]: 12,400	TONS: 17,833
TYPE: P2	SPEED [knots]: 19	DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: Yes

First of the P2 "generals". Named in honor of Maj Gen John Pope, USMA 1842, who served in the Mexican and Civil wars, assisted with surveying the Pacific Railroad, and later surveyed part of the NW boundary between the United States and Canada.

Believed to be in storage at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benecia, CA.

Ref: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22110.htm