HENRY GIBBINS - gibbins.htm

U.S.N.S. HENRY GIBBINS

AP 183

BUILT: 1943	BEAM: 73'	DRAFT: 27'
LENGTH: 533'	CARGO [cu ft]:	PASS [troop ship]: 3,000
PROPULSION: Turbine	RADIUS [miles]:	TONS: 19,600
TYPE: C3	SPEED [knots]: 19	DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Named in honor of Major General Henry Gibbins, Quartermaster General of U.S. Army. Converted in 1946 to carry 452 military dependents ..... U. S. to Europe.

Ref: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22183.htm

Courtesy Louis Cafiero who was a crewman on this ship