USS General M. B. Stewart
General M. B. Stewart in 1951
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | General M. B. Stewart |
Namesake | Merch Bradt Stewart |
Builder | |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 15 October 1944 |
Acquired | 3 March 1945 |
Commissioned | 3 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 24 May 1946 |
In service |
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Out of service |
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Renamed | |
Reclassified | T-AP-140, 1 March 1950 |
Identification | IMO number: 6810677 |
Fate | Scrapped July 1987[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | transport ship |
Displacement | 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full) |
Length | 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m) |
Beam | 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) |
Draft | 24 ft (7.32 m) |
Propulsion | single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Capacity | 3595 troops |
Complement | 356 (officers and enlisted) |
Armament |
USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) was a
Operational history
General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) was launched 15 October 1944 under
Following shakedown out of
Between late August and early November, General M. B. Stewart made two round-trip "
The ship was turned over to WSA for duty in Army Transport Service, who rebuilt her to 12,521 gross tons.[2]
On 12 February 1948 USAT General M. B. Stewart arrived in
The transport was reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950 for use by
At that time, she was sold to Albany River Transport Inc. of
In 1978, Mission Viking was central to a dispute between Mission Viking, Inc. and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA inspectors cited two workers aboard the vessel while it was docked at Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc. in Mobile, Alabama. Because of the nature of the work involved on the vessel, OSHA believed it had the authority to enforce its regulations aboard the barge. The owners, however, insisted that because the vessel was licensed with the Coast Guard and the work performed was done by crew members, that the Coast Guard, and not OSHA, had authority over the vessel's operations. In an appeal heard in 1981, OSHA's view prevailed.[5]
In 1981 Mission Viking was transferred to Manufacturers Hanover Leasing Corp. of Panama.[2] The ship was scrapped in July 1987.[1]
General M. B. Stewart received one
References
- ^ a b c d "Ship Descriptions - G". The Ships List. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
- ^ a b "Immigrant Ships, Transcribers Guild, SS General Stewart". ImmigrantShips.net. 29 July 2001. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
- ^ a b Tündern-Smith, Ann (31 December 2006). "Ships of the Fifth Fleet". FifthFleet.net. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
- ^ "PUGET SOUND TUG & BARGE; MISSION VIKING, INC.; NORTHWESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC., OSHRC Docket No. 76-4905; OSHRC Docket No. 78-617; OSHRC Docket No. 76-5155". Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 30 April 1981. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of General M. B. Stewart at NavSource Naval History