GENERAL  R. L. HOWZE

AP    134

 

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. 

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