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USNS General M. B. Stewart (T-AP-140)
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 USAT General M. B. Stewart (1946 - 1950)
 USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) (1945 - 1946)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Delta - Echo
 NJDE
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 or Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) transferred to the US Army following WWII, reacquired by US Navy Military Sea Transportation Service
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 707) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Yard No. 3, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 15 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140), 3 March 1945, at San Francisco, CA., CAPT. Minor Charles Heine in command
  • During World War II USS General M. B. Stewart transported passengers in both the Asiatic-Pacific and the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theaters of Operation
  • Following World War II USS General M. B. Stewart was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 18 to 22 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, 24 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for use by the US Army Transportation Service
  • Commissioned, USAT General M. B. Stewart
  • Re-acquired by the US Navy, 1 March 1950
  • Assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS), and placed in service as a USNS General M. B. Stewart (T-AP-140)
  • While assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service USNS General M. B. Stewart was assigned to Occupation service in Europe for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp)
                    1951                 1952             1953             1954             1955
    26 to 28 August15 to 17 January2 to 4 January15 to 17 January15 to 16 February
    18 to 21 September10 to 12 February3 to 5 February24 to 26 July19 to 21 March
    21 to 23 October10 to 12 March9 to 11 August 17 to 19 April
    15 to 19 November8 to 11 April10 to 12 December  
    18 to 20 December25 to 27 October   
     3 to 7 December   

  • Placed in reduced status, 9 April 1955
  • Placed out of service, 21 May 1958, and transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River, N.Y.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold in 1967 for commercial service, rebuilt as a cargo ship and renamed SS Albany entering service in 1968
  • In 1974 Albany was converted to a drilling barge and renamed SS Mission Viking
  • Final Disposition, broken up in July 1987
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,950 t.(lt) 17,250 t.(fl)
    Length 522' 10"
    Beam 71' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 18 kts.
    Complement 449
    Troop Accommodations 3,823
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 DP gun mounts
    four twin 1.1" AA gun mounts (replaced by four twin 40mm gun mounts)
    15 twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp
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    USS General M.B. Stewart (AP-140)
    General M. B. Stewart 80k USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) underway, date and location unknown. Malcolm L Grounds MM3, USS General M. B. Stewart, 1945-46.
    General M. B. Stewart 32k USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
    USAT General M.B. Stewart
    General M.B> Stewart 64k USAT General M.B. Stewart departing Bremerhaven, late-1940s-early-50s. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    USNS General M.B. Stewart (T-AP-140)
    General M.B> Stewart 73k USNS General M.B. Stewart (T-AP-140) departing Bremerhaven, early-1950s. Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    General M. B. Stewart 90k Troops of the Army's 43rd Infantry Division prepare to embark in USNS M. B. Stewart (T-AP-140) for overseas duty, at Hampton Roads, VA., 10 October 1951. At right, Red Cross workers are passing out doughnuts and coffee to the men.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-433593, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    General M.B> Stewart 48k USNS General M.B. Stewart (T-AP-140) underway, circa 1952, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    USS General M B Stewart (AP-140) / USNS General M B Stewart (T-AP-140)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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