GENERAL OMAR BUNDY

AP  152

 

BUILT:   1944 BEAM:   71'-6" DRAFT:   24'
LENGTH:  522'-10"  CARGO [cu ft]: 32,800  PASS [troop ship]:  3,005
PROPULSION:  Turbine RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  13,000
TYPE:  C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: yes

Named after Maj Gen Omar Bundy, Class of 1883, USMA, who served in the Sioux Indian War, the Spanish-American War, and WW I.   He commanded the Second Division in the AEF.  Known to have made a trip to Yokohama in Feb 1946.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22152.htm 

 

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Photo courtesy of Bruce Eastley

 

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The USS Bundy. It transported my mother, bother and myself to Japan in the late spring / early summer of 1947.  I believe we landed in Yokohama.  Ben Castaneda