GENERAL  M. B. STEWART

AP   140

 

BUILT:  1945  BEAM:  71'-6"  DRAFT:  24' 
LENGTH:  522'-10"   CARGO [cu ft]:  32,800   PASS [troop ship]:  3,130  
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  13,000
TYPE:   C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS / JAPAN: Yes

Named in honor of Maj Gen Merch Bradt Stewart, USMA Class 1896, Spanish-Am War, WW I. 

Decommissioned May 1946 and turned over to WSA for duty in the Army Transport Service until reacquired by the Navy in 1950 for MSTS.

Sold 1967, renamed Merchant Albany.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22140.htm 

 

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