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USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111)
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USS General A. E. (AP-111) (1943 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Lima - Echo
NJLE
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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia and Europe clasps) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)


General John Pope Class Transport:
  • Laid down, date unknown,as a Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 689), at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 2 May 1943
  • Acquired by the Navy and placed in partial commission, 25 August 1943, for transit to her conversion yard, Maryland Drydocking Co., Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned in full USS General A. E. Anderson (AP-111), 5 October 1943, CAPT. W. E. Miller in command
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), October 1949 and redesignated USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111)
  • During the Korean War USS General A.E. Anderson participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Communist China Aggression 18 to 21 December 1950 First UN Counter Offensive 2 February 1951

  • Decommissioned, 10 November 1958, at Oakland, CA.
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 14 November 1986, for $1,177,200 and scrapped in Taiwan in July 1987
  • USS General A. E. Anderson received two 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 507
    Troop Accommodations 5,289
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    sixteen 1.1" AA gun mounts
    twenty 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion steam turbines, twin shafts, 17,000hp

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    General A E Anderson 39k USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    General A E Anderson 38k USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111) underway, date and location unknown.
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    General A E Anderson 52k USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111) underway, in 1944, location unknown.
    US Navy photo
    Courtesy, Chuck Ulrich, coordinator/historian AP Transport Group
    USS General A.E. Anderson (T-AP-111)
    General A E Anderson 82k USS General A.E. Anderson (T-AP-111) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, date unknown. Tom Langford
    General A E Anderson 177k USS General A.E. Anderson (T-AP-111) looking aft from the open bridge, circa 1 to 15 September 1953 Bob Milloy

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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association

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