GENERAL  LeROY ELTINGE

AP   154

 

BUILT:  1945  BEAM:  71'-6"  DRAFT:  24' 
LENGTH:  522'-10"   CARGO [cu ft]:  31,000   PASS [troop ship]:  3071  
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  13,000
TYPE:   C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS / JAPAN:  ?

Named in honor Brigadier General LeRoy Eltinge, USMA 1896, who served in the Philippines and Cuba in the Spanish-American War, later in Mexico, and in France in WWI.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22154.htm

 

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