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USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137)
ex
 USAT General S. D. Sturgis (1946 - 1950)
 USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) (1944 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Charlie - Oscar
 NJCO
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East 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 (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
General G. O. Squier Class Transport:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 661) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp, Yard No. 3, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 12 November 1943
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 31 March 1944
  • Placed in partial commission as USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137), 10 July 1944, for transit to her fitting out yard
  • Decommissioned, 25 May 1944, at Portland, OR.
  • Completed as a Naval Transport by Kaiser Co. Inc., Vancouver, WA.
  • Recommissioned in full, 10 July 1944, at Portland, OR., CDR. D. S. Baker in command
  • Decommissioned, 24 May 1946, at New York, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the US Army Transportation Service
  • Commissioned USAT General S. D. Sturgis, date unknown
  • Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) in 1950 and placed in service as USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137)
  • During the Korean War USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137) participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
    28 to 29 September 1952
    8 October 1952    		 Korean Summer-Fall 1953
    31 May to 1 June 1953
    Third Korean Winter
    4 to 5 April 1953    		 .

  • Placed in reduced operational status, 28 May 1955, at New York, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred, 22 August 1958, to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
  • Commercial Service
    Transferred, 31 July 1967, to Gulf S.S. Corp., by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) (Trade-in)
    Renamed SS Green Port September 1967
    Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 February 1980, to Kai Sheng Steel Enterprise Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • USNS General S. D. Sturgis received three battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,950 t.(lt) 17,250 t.(fl)
    Length 522' 10"
    Beam 71' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 494
    Troop Accommodations 4,766
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 1.1" AA gun mounts (replaced by four twin 40mm AA gun mounts)
    fifteen twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp
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    USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137)
    General S D Sturgis 116k
    Namesake

    Samuel Davis Sturgis, born 1 August 1861 at St. Louis, Mo., graduated from the Military Academy in 1884 and served in the Artillery. Following duty in San Francisco, New York, Missouri, Maryland, and Kansas, he served in the Philippines, Dakota Territory, and Cuba. He returned to the Philippines in 1901 and subsequently was on duty in Utah, Wyoming, Texas, and Hawaii. General Sturgis served with the AEF in France during World War I commanding in turn the 87th and 80th Divisions. He participated in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and in the occupation of the 1st Army Defensive Sector. After the war he served in Georgia, Arkansas, Illinois, Ohio, Panama, and Maryland before retiring 1 August 1925. General Sturgis died 6 March 1933 at Washington, D.C.    		 Bill Gonyo
    General S D Sturgis 42k USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) departing Manila for Japan, 26 August 1945. Note she is painted in camouflage pattern measure 32/13T.
    US Navy photo.    		 Medical Department, US Army "Surgery in World War II - Activities of Surgical Consultants Vol. II"
    USAT General S. D. Sturgis
    General S D Sturgis 285k USATGeneral S. D. Sturgis arriving with returning GIs, from Germany, circa 1946 Pat Garrison
    General S D Sturgis 367k
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    General S D Sturgis 85k USATGeneral S. D. Sturgis moored pierside, Bremerhaven, Germany, circa 1949 Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137)
    General S D Sturgis 70k USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137) underway, circa 21 March to 14 April 1950 enroute from Naples Italy to Sydney Australia with immigrants.(Note she is still painted in USAT service colors). Jim Szabo
    General S D Sturgis 58k Artist sketch of USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137) underway, date unknown. Bill Valashinas
    General S D Sturgis 71k USNS General S. D. Sturgis (T-AP-137) underway, date and place unknown. William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
    President, MSC Retiree Association
    Commercial Service
    General S D Sturgis 59k Ex-USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) in commercial service as SS Green Port moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, August 1976. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
    General S D Sturgis 95k SS Green Port moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany, August 1976. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
    General S D Sturgis 181k SS Green Port moored pierside at San Francisco, CA. in October 1979, just prior to being scrapped. Photo by Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus
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