GENERAL NELSON M. WALKER
[FORMERLY ADM HENRY THOMAS MAYO]
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Named in honor of Adm Henry Thomas Mayo, USNA Class 1876, C-in-C Atlantic Fleet, WW I. Decommissioned May 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission. Then transferred to the Army Sea Transportation Service and renamed in late 1940's as General Nelson M Walker. Reacquired by the Navy in 1950 for MSTS. Made trips to Yokohama as early as Oct 1945. Believed to be in storage at James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA. |
Above photo provided by Keith Fannon, U. S. Air Force, [kfannon@gte.net] who made trip from California to Naha, Okinawa aboard this ship in May-June 1950.