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USNS Stuart Heintzelman (T-AP-159)
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 USAT Stuart Heintzelman (1946 - 1950)
 USS Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159) (1945 - 1946)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Papa - Echo
 NDPE
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
Third Row - Korean Service Medal - 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 716) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Inc., Yard No. 3, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 21 April 1945
  • Acquired from the Maritime Commission by the US Navy, and commissioned, USS General Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159), 12 September 1945, CDR. M. S. Clark in command
  • Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at Hoboken, N.J.
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission, for transfer to the Army Transportation Service
  • Commissioned, USAT General Stuart Heintzelman (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Reacquired by the US Navy, 1 March 1950, assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
  • Placed in service as USNS General Stuart Heintzelman (T-AP-159)
  • Placed out of service, 24 June 1954
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Returned to the Maritime Administration, 7 March 1960, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, TX.
  • Transferred to Sea Land Inc. (MARAD Exchange Program), 11 April 1968, renamed SS Mobile, converted to a Containership
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 June 1984, to Han Sung Salvage Co. Korea
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,950 t.(lt) 17,250 t.(fl)
    Length 522' 10"
    Beam 71' 6"
    Draft 26' 6"
    Speed 16.5 kts.
    Complement 356
    Troop Accommodations 3,823
    Armament
    four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts
    four twin 1.1" gun mounts (replaced by four twin 40mm AA gun mounts)
  • sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion geared turbine, single shaft, 8,500hp
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    Namesake

    Stuart Heintzelman, born in New York, N.Y., 19 November 1876, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1899. He served with the 6th Cavalry in China during the Boxer Rebellion and in the Philippines during the insurrection. Subsequently stationed in South Dakota, the Philippines, and at Princeton University, during World War I he served with the A.E.F. in France and Italy. He participated in the French Chemin des Dames Offensive in French operations in Italy, and as Chief of Staff, 2d Army Zone. After the war, General Heintzelman was on duty at Washington, D.C., Illinois, Hawaii, New York, and Kansas until his death at Hot Springs, Ark., 6 July 1935. For his services during World War I, General Heintzelman was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the French Legion of Honor, and Croix de Guerre with Palm, and the Order of the Crown of Italy (Commendatore).
    Photo: Unites States Military Academy    		 Bill Gonyo
    LSM-397 89k USS LSM-397 alongside USNS General Stuart Heintzelman (T- AP-159), North Star Bay, Greenland. Note: the specially constructed ramp for transfer of contractor personal between ships, date unknown)
    US Navy photo # NH 47756 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
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