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USAT Charles P. Steinmetz

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from to to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal -Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation
Transport:
  • Laid down, 4 February 1943, as SS Charles P. Steinmetz a Maritime Commission type (EC2-S-C1) Cargo Ship under Maritime Commission contract (MCE 471) at Kaiser Permanente No.2, Richmond, CA.
  • Launched, 4 March 1943
  • Delivered, 15 March 1943, to the War Shipping Administration, allocated the the War Department the same day
  • Accepted by the Quartermaster Department and allocated to the US Army Transportation Corp. ATS Pacific, commissioned USAT Charles P. Steinmetz
  • USAT Charles P. Steinmetz was assigned to the Southwest Pacific area and participated in operations at Milne Bay, New Guinea and made three trips to the Philippines between 5 November 1944 and 4 February 1945
  • Decommissioned and returned to the War Shipping Administration for lay up, 30 September 1946, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Brunswick River, Wilmington, N.C.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 April 1961, to Union Mining & Alloys (PD-X-600 dated 17 March 1961 for $53,639,89, withdrawn, 3 May 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 4,023 t.(lt) 14,550 t.(fl)
    Length 441' 6"
    Beam 56' 11"
    Draft 28' 4"
    Speed 12.5 kts.
    Complement
    Officers unknown
    Enlisted unknown
    Cargo Capacity 7,700 DWT
    non-refrigerated 404,274 Cu ft
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
    one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    NSFO 7,285 Bbls
    Propulsion
    one General Machine Corp. vertical triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine
    two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers, 220psi 450°
    Ship's Service Generators
    three recip-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    one turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.
    single propeller, 2,500shp
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    Charles P. Steinmetz 13k
    Namesake
    Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz, April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers. He made ground-breaking discoveries in the understanding of hysteresis that enabled engineers to design better electromagnetic apparatus equipment including especially electric motors for use in industry.     		Tommy Trampp
    Charles P. Steinmetz 48k SS Charles P. Steinmetz underway near her builders yard, Kaiser Permanente No.2, Richmond, CA., circa 15 March 1943. BirtwistleWiki
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