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USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
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 USAFS General H. H. Arnold (1961 - 1964)
 USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139) (1950 - 1958)
 USAT General R. E. Callan (1946 - 1950)
 USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) (1944 - 1946)


General H.H. Arnold International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Papa - Delta
NAPD

General R. E. Callan International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet -Delta - Charlie
NJDC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)

National Defense Service Medal
General R. E. Callan (AP-139)

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
General G. O. Squier Class Transport:
  • Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract, at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Yard No. 3. Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 27 April 1944
  • Acquired by the US Navy 7 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139), 17 August 1944, CDR. Robert C. Starkey in command
  • Decommissioned, 24 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission at Boston, MA. for simultaneous transfer to the US Army
  • Commissioned by the US Army Transportation Service as USAT General R. E. Callan, 24 May 1946
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 1 March 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139), 28 April 1950
  • Placed out of service, in May 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register, in May 1958
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 May 1958, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group
  • Custody assigned to the US Air Force, 6 June 1961
  • Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship and commissioned USAFS General H. H. Arnold, 16 July 1961
  • Decommissioned by the US Air Force and reacquired by the US Navy, 1 July 1964
  • Placed in service with MSTS as USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9), 1 July 1964
  • Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in January 1982
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 25 March 1982, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 October 1982, to Eastern Overseas Inc.,
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,950 t.(lt) 17,250 t.(fl)
    Length 522' 10"
    Beam 71' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    AP-Complement 449
    AP-Troop Capacity 3,823
    AP-Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 1.1" gun mounts (replaced by four twin 40mm gun mounts)
    fifteen twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp
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    USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139)
    General R E Callan 117k General R. E. Callan (AP-139) launching, 24 April 1944 at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Richmond, CA; Capt Jerry Mason, USN
    General R. E. Callan 37k USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) in port, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    General R. E. Callan 160k USS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139) underway, date and location unknown. William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain
    President, MSC Retiree Association
    USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
    H. H. Arnold 135k
    Namesake

    General Henry ("Hap") Arnold became one of the Army's first aviators certified under the Rules of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). During World War II he commanded the Army Air Forces and became the first General of the Air Force in 1947. Throughout his career, he wore his original 1913 Military Aviator Badge (an eagle with crossed signal flags suspended from a bar inscribed "MILITARY AVIATOR") below his ribbon bars.
    Photo by U.S. Army Military History Institute    		 Bill Gonyo
    H. H. Arnold 46k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) moored pierside, Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, July 1968.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Kelshaw
    H. H. Arnold 41k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) moored pierside, Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, July 1968.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Kelshaw
    H. H. Arnold 163k USS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) in port while refueling at Adak, Alaska, circa September - October 1968.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    H. H. Arnold 69k USN General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) in port, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    H. H. Arnold 256k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Dan Kovalchik
    H. H. Arnold 121k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) in port, circa, December 1970
    US Navy photo    		 Ramon Jackson
    H. H. Arnold 74k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79. Just visible in this photo is the bow of USS Badger (FF-1071). Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
    H. H. Arnold 69k UJSNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79. Also visible in this photo are the bows of USS Whipple (FF-1062) and USS Badger (FF-1071). Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
    H. H. Arnold 98k USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79. Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
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