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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110)
ex
 USAT General John Pope (1946 - 1950)
 USS General John Pope (AP-110) (1943 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Echo - Lima

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (6) - Vietnam Service Medal
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
General John Pope Class Transport:
  • Laid down, 14 July 1942, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull under Maritime Commission contract, (MC Hull 688) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 21 March 1943
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission and turned over to the US Navy, 2 July 1943
  • Placed in partial commission, 3 July 1943, for transit to her conversion yard, Maryland Drydocking Co., Baltimore., MD.
  • Commissioned in full as USS General John Pope (AP-110), 5 August 1943, Captain George D. Lyon in command
  • Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at New York, N.Y., struck from the Naval Register and returned to the Maritime Commission for assignment to the US Army Transportation Service, renamed USAT General John Pope
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission by the Army, 29 August 1949
  • Reacquired and reinstated in the Naval Register, 20 July 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110)
  • During the Korean War USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Communist China Offensive
    10 June 1951     		Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    5 to 6 May 1952
    25 to 26 June 1952
    9 to 10 August 1952
    6 to 11 November 1952
    UN Summer-Fall Offensive
    19 to 20 October 1951     		Third Korean Winter
    21 to 23 December 1952
    Second Korean Winter
    5 December 1951
    4 to 8 February 1952
    21 to 22 March 1952     		Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
    7 to 11 July 1953

  • Placed in reduced operating status in 1955
  • Placed out of service, 5 September 1958 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia, WA.
  • Reacquired from the Maritime Administration and placed in service, 17 August 1965, by the Military Sealift Command (MSC)
  • During the Vietnam War USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) participated in the deployment of the 9th Army Division to Vietnam
  • Placed out of service, 1 May 1970 and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 October 1990
  • Title transfer to MARAD September 1992
  • Final Disposition, awaiting disposal at Suisun Bay
  • USNS General John Pope received six battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,450 t.(lt) 20,175 t.(fl)
    Length 622' 7"
    Beam 75' 6"
    Draft 25' 6"
    Speed 20.6 kts.
    Complement 465
    Troop Accommodations 5,142
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four quad 1.1" AA gun mounts
    twenty single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbines, twin shafts, 17,000hp
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    Namesake

    John Pope, born 18 March 1822 at Louisville, KY., graduated from the Military Academy in 1842 and joined the Topographical Engineers. After serving in Florida and helping survey the northeastern (boundary line between the United States and Canada, he fought gallantly at Monterey and Buena Vista during the war with Mexico. At the beginning of the Civil War he served as mustering officer at Chicago but was soon appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers. In May 1861 General Pope assumed command of the District of North and Central Missouri and forced the Confederates to retreat southward. He cooperated with Flag Officer Foot in taking New Madrid and Island No. 10. Subsequently he commanded the Army of the Mississippi during the siege of Corinth, winning a promotion to Major General. He headed the newly formed Army of Virginia after the collapse of the Peninsular Campaign. He was relieved after the Second Battle of Bull Run. Following the Civil War, he served with distinction in the Indian wars. General Pope retired in 1886 and died 23 September 1892 at the Ohio Soldiers' Home near Sandusky, Ohio. Digital ID: cwpb 06341 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs    		 Bill Gonyo
    General John Pope 60k USS General John Pope (AP-110) being launched, 21 March 1943, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
    US Navy photo # NH 75612 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 82k USS General John Pope (AP-110) docked at B/S Pier 6, US Army Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, , Newport New, VA., about to sail with troops and cargo. this photo was taken immediately before her maiden voyage
    Official US Army photo produced by US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, October 6, 1943. Photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/07/94    		 The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photographic Collection
    General John Pope 32k USS General John Pope (AP-110) underway, date and location unknown. .
    General John Pope 28k USS General John Pope (AP-110) underway, 25 August 1943, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 73k Stern view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2163-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    General John Pope 77k Broadside view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2165-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    General John Pope 83k Bows on view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944. Note Alcatraz in the background.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2167-44.    		 Darryl Baker
    General John Pope 85k USS General John Pope (AP-110) photographed while at anchor between October 1943 and March 1945, most likely in Californian waters in early 1945. The lifeboats and Welin boat davits normally carried amidships and aft in this class were removed from USS General John Pope at the end of September 1943 at Norfolk and replaced with inclined nests of liferafts shown here. The ship got its boats and davits back between November 1944 and March 1945, most likely in March 1945 at Hunters Point shipyard at San Francisco.
    US Navy photo # NH 82334 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Vivienne Riddell, 1974.    		 Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 55k USS General John Pope (AP-110) in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946, at the end of a Magic Carpet voyage from the western Pacific. Thousands of homeward-bound troops are on deck. Note that her lifeboats and welin boats davits, which had been removed in September 1943, have been reinstalled.
    US Navy photo # NH 78646 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.    		 Robert Hurst
    USAT General John Pope
    General John Pope 71k USAT General John Pope underway, date and location unknown. Ron Cheshire
    USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110)
    General John Pope 71k USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge while departing San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Ron Titus
    General John Pope 85k USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., between her reactivation in 1950 and her reconfiguration in 1953. Except for the absence of armament and the presence of Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) markings on her stacks, her appearance has changed little since World War II.
    US Navy photo # NH 104267 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 49k USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) underway between her reconfiguration in 1953 and her reduction to Reduced Operating Status in 1955. Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 96k USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) underway between her reconfiguration in 1953 and her reduction to Reduced Operating Status in 1955. In 1953 her World War 11 Welin boat davits were removed and her lifeboats redistributed.
    US Navy photo # NH 104269 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
    General John Pope 67k USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., in 1968..
    US Navy photo # NH 104590 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 Robert Hurst
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