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USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154)
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 USAT General LeRoy Eltinge (1946 - 1950)
 USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154) (1945 - 1946)

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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
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Fourth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal
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 706) at Kaiser Co. Inc., Yard No. 3, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 20 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154), 21 February 1945, CAPT. W. Wakefield in command
  • During World War II USS General LeRoy Eltinge transported troops in both the Asiatic-Pacific and Europe-Africa-Middle East Theaters
  • Decommissioned, 29 March 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission for assignment to the US Army Transportation Service
  • Struck from the Naval Register in June 1946
  • Commissioned USAT General LeRoy Eltinge in 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission Olympia, WA., 17 February 1950
  • Reacquired and reinstated on the Naval Register, 20 July 1950
  • Placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154)
  • Placed in reduced status at San Francisco, 1 August 1962
  • Returned to service, 13 May 1965
  • During the Vietnam War USNS General LeRoy Eltinge participated in the following campaign:
    Vietnam War Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
  • Placed in ready reserve status in January 1967
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 July 1968, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Commercial Service
  • Title transfer to Waterman SS Corp. (Exchange Program), 27 January 1969
  • Renamed SS Robert E. Lee in September 1969
  • Renamed SS Robert Toombs 3 October 1973
  • Sold (at sea) to Waterman SS Corp., (Trade-in and Build Program), 21 November 1978
  • Title returned to Maritime Administration (MARAD), 2 May 1980
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 2 May 1980, to Chien Yu Steel Industrial Col, Ltd., Taiwan
  • USNS General LeRoy Eltinge earned one campaign star for Vietnam 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" 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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    USAT General LeRoy Eltinge
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    Namesake

    LeRoy Eltinge, born 17 September 1872 in Ulster County, N.Y., graduated from the Military Academy in 1896 and served in the Philippines 1898-99, for which service he received the Silver Star. He served in the Operations Section of the A.E.F. General Staff Headquarters during World War I and later became Deputy Chief of Staff of A.E.F. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding service in World War I. Brigadier General Eltinge died 13 May 1931 at Omaha, Neb.
    Digital ID: ggbain 29155 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.    		 Bill Gonyo
    General LeRoy Eltinge 64k USAT General LeRoy Eltinge underway, date and place unknown. Ron Cheshire
    General LeRoy Eltinge 65k USAT General LeRoy Eltinge underway, date and place unknown. Ron Cheshire
    USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154)
    General LeRoy Eltinge 149k USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) with Korean War Veterans departing Sasebo, Japan for home, 1951
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-428657, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    General LeRoy Eltinge 90k USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP 154) receives a sendoff from Navy patrol craft and the harbor tug Kittaton (YTB 406), as she leaves Sasebo, Japan, en route to the U.S. with over 1500 Korean War Army veterans on board, 30 April 1951.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-428659, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    General LeRoy Eltinge 91k 303rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, US Air Force, boarding USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) at Charleston, S.C., June 1953. The unit was sailing to Bremerhaven, Germany for assignment to a new Air Force base at Sembach, Germany. Note Navy band playing on pier. Photo by Don Peacock S/SGT USAF
    General LeRoy Eltinge 85k USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) departing Charleston S.C. in June 1953 for Bremerhaven, Germany, with the 303rd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 66th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, US Air Force, on board. Photo by Don Peacock S/SGT USAF
    General LeRoy Eltinge 42k USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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