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USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147)
ex
 USAT General Edgar T. Collins (1946 - 1950)
 USS General Edgar T. Collins (AP-147) (1944 - 1946)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Hotel - Victor
 NJHV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (5) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
General G. O. Squier Class Transport:
  • Laid down, as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 704) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 22 January 1944
  • Acquired from the Maritime Commission by the US Navy, and commissioned, USS General Edgar T. Collins (AP-147), 20 July 1944, CDR. E. J. Milner USNR in command
  • Decommissioned, 17 June 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Turned over to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the Army Transportation Service
  • Commissioned, USAT General Edgar T. Collins, 30 August 1946
  • Reacquired by the Navy, 1 March 1950 and assigned to the Military Seat Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed in service as USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147)
  • During the Korean War USNS General Edgar T. Collins participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Communist China Aggression
    11 to 30 December 1950     		Third Korean Winter
    21 to 22 February 1953
    15 April 1953
    25 to 26 April 1953
    First UN Counter Offensive
    2 April 1951     		Korea, Summer-Fall 1953
    9 to 10 June 1953
    27 July 1953
    Korean Defense Summer-Fall-1952
    17 to 18 May 1952
    14 to 15 July 1952
    27 to 28 August 1952
    10 October 1952
    5 to 6 January 1953     		.

  • Placed out of service, circa October 1954
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to Maritime Commission (MARAD), 21 March 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Permanent custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 30 June 1960
  • Commercial Service
    Title transfer to Sea-Land Services Inc. (MARAD Exchange Program), 10 September 1968, renamed SS New Orleans and sold to Puerto Rico Maritime
    Shipping Authority, 10 September 1968, at Suisun Bay, Benecia CA.
    Converted into a containership in 1968 at Willamette Iron & Steel Co., Portland, OR.
    Renamed SS Guayama, 28 February 1972
    Transferred to United Southern Shipping Ltd., Panamanian flag and registry, 2 April 1981
    Renamed SS Eastern Kin, 28 April 1981
    Final Disposition, scrapped, January 1982
  • USNS General Edgar T. Collins received five 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 16.5 kts (trial)
    Complement
    Officers 32
    Enlisted 442
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 228
    Enlisted 3,545
    Cargo Capacity 70,000 cu. ft. (non-refrigerated), 1,900 DWT
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts)
    fifteen twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity NSFO 13,300 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one Westinghouse geared turbine
    two Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 465psi 765°
    double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears
    three turbo-drive 400Kw 240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 9,000shp
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    USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147)
    General Edgar T. Collins 55k USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147) riding at anchor at Inchon, South Korea, June 1954. Note the LCU alongside. Photo by Douglas W. Downey, former Sgt AUS
    General Edgar T. Collins 1714k Post card of USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147) entering San Francisco Bay, circa 1954.
    Photo John P. Hurley.    		 Lucas Velásquez Peláez
    General Edgar T. Collins 109k USNS General Edgar T. Collins (T-AP-147) embarking troops while at Inchon, South Korea, June 1954. Photo by Douglas W. Downey, (former Sgt AUS
    Commercial Service
    General Edgar T. Collins 363k Ex-USS General Edgar T. Collins (AP-147) in commercial service for Sea-Land Services as SS New Orleans moored at Bremerhaven, Germany in August 1971. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
    General Edgar T. Collins 302k SS New Orleans moored pierside at Bremerhaven, Germany in August 1971. Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus
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