BUILT: 1943 |
BEAM: 71'-6" |
DRAFT: 24' |
LENGTH: 522'-10" |
CARGO [cu ft]: 32,600 |
PASS [troop ship]: 3384 |
PROPULSION: Turbine |
RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 |
TONS: 13,000 |
TYPE: C4 |
SPEED [knots]: 17 |
DEPENDENTS / JAPAN: ? |
Named in honor Major General Robert Lee Howze, USMA 1983, who
participated in the Sioux Indian War, the Spanish-American War, on the Mexican Border, and
in the Meuse-Argone offensive of WW I. Ref:
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22134.htm
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