GENERAL H. F. HODGES 

AP 144 

 

BUILT:   1945 BEAM:  71'-6"  DRAFT:  24'  
LENGTH:  522'-10"  CARGO [cu ft]:  33,800  PASS [troop ship]: 3,129 
PROPULSION:  Turbine RADIUS [miles]:  15,000 TONS:  13,000
TYPE:  C4 SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Named in honor of Maj. Gen. Harry Foote Hodges, Class 1881, USMA, who served in the Spanish-American War and with the AEF in WW I.   He engaged in extensive River and Harbor work during most of his Army Career.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22144.htm 

 

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Photo courtesy of  Bruce Eastley

 

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France to USA -- 1953

Photo from James Keith, jwkeithjr@worldnet.att.net