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USS General William Mitchell (AP-114)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Lima - November NKLN

USS General William Mitchell was manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII

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 clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

General John Pope Class Transport:

Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (P2-S2-R2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC 672) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.

Launched, 31 October 1944

Acquired by the US Navy, 15 January 1944

Commissioned USS General William Mitchell (AP-114), 19 January 1944, CAPT. Henry Coyle, USCG, in command

Assigned to MSTS in 1950

During the Korean War USS General William Mitchell participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North Korean Aggression, 16 to 17 August 1950	First UN Counter Offensive, 28 February to 1 March 1951
Communist China Aggression, 21 November to 25 December 1950	UN Summer-Fall Offensive, 11 to 12 September 1951

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 1 December 1966, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 June 1987, by the Maritime Administration, for $1,270,000, scrapped in Taiwan in 1988

USS General William Mitchell received four 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
WWII 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

Size	Image Description	Source
95k	*Namesake* William Lendrum Mitchell, born in 1879 in Nice, France, enlisted in the Army as a private in 1898 and served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After return to the United States, he led in the precarious construction of a telegraph network in Alaska, and then pioneered in U.S. Army aviation. He rapidly rose in rank, and, when he commanded the U.S. air forces in France in World War I, he was promoted Brigadier General. After the war, General "Billy" Mitchell was made Director of Military Aviation in the U.S. Army and argued violently for a large, independent air force. His caustic-public criticism of military and naval leaders led to his court-martial in 1926. After resignation, General Mitchell remained a bitter critic of Army and government policy. He died in 1936. Portrait: University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee	Bill Gonyo
47k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** at US Army Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, VA., 29 August 1944. Official US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/20/019	The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photographic Collection
88k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** moored at Pavuvu, Russell Islands, November 1944 while embarking 3500 members of the Marine Corps, 1st Division, veterans of Guadalcanal and Peleliu, for return to the United States.	Patrick Dailey for his Father Frank Dailey YN2 USS General William Mitchell 1944-45
123k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** moored at Pavuvu, Russell Islands, November 1944 while embarking 3500 members of the Marine Corps, 1st Division, veterans of Guadalcanal and Peleliu, for return to the United States. This photo appears to be a cropped version of the above photo. Photo from the collections of the US Coast Guard Historian/s Office	Mike Green
79k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** bringing the troops home during "Operation Magic Carpet" 1945-46.	William Diggs
367k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** underway in San Francisco Bay, 26 September 1951, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background.	Robert M. Cieri
78k	*USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** passes under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay, 26 September 1951. She was inbound from Korea with men of the First Marine Division on board. They were returning home under the Korean War rotation plan. Note welcoming fireboat at left. US National Archives photo # 80-G-434460, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
108k	Men of the First Marine Division crowd the rail of *USS General William Mitchell* (AP-114)** as the transport docks at Treasure Island, CA., 26 September 1951. They are returning to the U.S. under the Korean War rotation plan. US National Archives photo # 80-G-434459-A, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center

View the USS General William Mitchell (AP-114)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - General William Mitchell AP-114

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