GENERAL R. E. CALLAN

AP 139

 

BUILT:  1944 BEAM:  75'-6" DRAFT:  24'
LENGTH: 522'-10" CARGO [cu ft]: 32,480 PASS [troop ship]: 3,252
PROPULSION: Turbine RADIUS [miles]:  15,000 TONS: 13,000
TYPE: C4 SPEED [knots]: 17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Names in honor of Maj Gen Robert Emmet Callan, Class of 1896, USMA, who served in various Puerto Rican engagements in the War with Spain and in France in WW I.

Altered for peace time use 27 May - 25 Jul 1946.

1963 renamed the Gen. H. H. Arnold.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22139.htm 

 

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