GENERAL  H. B. FREEMAN

AP   143

 

BUILT:  1945  BEAM:  71'-6"  DRAFT:  24' 
LENGTH:  522'-10"   CARGO [cu ft]:  27520   PASS [troop ship]:  3,040  
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  13,000
TYPE:   C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: Yes

Named in honor of  Maj Gen Henry Blanchard Freeman, Civil War, Indian Campaigns, Spanish-Am War. Built 1945. 

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22143.htm 

 

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Courtesy Charles W. Hickisch - Class 1951

 

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Courtesy Donna S Knecht - Narimasu '56