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USAT General. William J. Sutton
ex
 USAT Hickory Knoll (1950 - 1974)


- National Defense Service Medal
Freighter:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as MV Hickory Knoll a Maritime Commission hull type C1-M-AV1 at Consolidated Steel, Long Beach CA
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission in 1945
  • Leased to Great Britain, B.M.S.M, 20 June 1945
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission, 20 August 1947, for lay up in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Chartered, by the US Army Transportation Corp., 24 November 1950, Commissioned, USAT Hickory Knoll
  • Renamed USAT General William J. Sutton in November 1974
  • Retired by US Army in May 1987, returned to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, VA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 June 1988
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,382 t.(lt) 6,240 t.(fl)
    Length 338' 3"
    Beam 50'
    Draft 21'
    Speed 12 kts,
    Complement 85
    Propulsion Diesel, single propeller, 1,700shp
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    USAT Hickory Knoll

    301308201    		 298k A U.S. Army UH-19 Chickasaw helicopters transfers cargo from experimental "ship wings" installed aboard USAT Hickory Knoll, circa 1963. Hickory Knoll was chartered to Great Britain during the Second World War.
    Photo from US Navy "All Hands" magazine May 1963, p. 26.    		 Robert Hurst
    Tommy Trampp
    USAT General William J. Sutton

    301308203    		 42
    Namesake
    Lieutenant Colonel William J. Sutton, circa 1942 to 1943. (Courtesy of Colonel & Mrs. William J. Sutton, III)
    Major General William J. Sutton - (04/09/1908 - 09/09/1972), Chief of the Army Reserve. Major General Sutton was regimental commander, chief of staff and assistant division commander of Texas' 90th Infantry Division. He then went to Washington and was Chief of the Army Reserve from 1 September 1963 31 May 1971.     		Tommy Trampp

    301308204    		 101k USAT General. William J. Sutton moored pierside at Fort Eustis, VA. during the US Army logistics exposition PROLOG’85.
    US Army photo by SSGT Arnold W. Kalmanson.    		 John Spivey

    301308205    		 68k USAT General. William J. Sutton moored pierside at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in 1988
    US Army photo    		 John Spivey
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