MARINE LYNX

AP 194 

 

BUILT:    1945 BEAM:   71' DRAFT:  29' 
LENGTH:   523' CARGO [cu ft]:  12,420  PASS [troop ship]:  
PROPULSION: Turbine RADIUS [miles]:   TONS:  12,420
TYPE:   C4 SPEED [knots]:   17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Handed over to the Army in 1946 and taken over by the Navy in 1950 for MSTS.  Laid up in Suisun Bay in 1960 and later rebuilt. Sold under other names.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in June 1988 as per Hudson Waterways Corp.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22194.htm 

 

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Courtesy of  Bruce Eastley

 

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Courtesy Sandra Hammond Hall