GENERAL J. C. BRECKINRIDGE

AP  176  

 

BUILT:  1945  BEAM:  75'-6"  DRAFT:  25' 
LENGTH:  622'-7"   CARGO [cu ft]:  78,525   PASS [troop ship]:  5,250  
PROPULSION: Turb 2 RADIUS [miles]: 12,000 TONS:  17,911
TYPE:  P2  SPEED [knots]:  19 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: Yes

Named in honor of  Maj Gen James Carson Breckinridge, USMC, Spanish-American War, service in the Phillipines, China and Central America. 

Transferred to MSTS in Oct 1949.

Sold 1987 for salvage for $1,345,600.00, scrapped 1988 in Taiwan.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22176.htm

 

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