GENERAL  ALEXANDER M. PATCH

[FORMERLY ADM R. E. COONTZ]

AP   122

 

BUILT:  1944  BEAM:  75'-6"  DRAFT:  26'-6" 
LENGTH:  608'-11"   CARGO [cu ft]:  36,720   PASS [troop ship]:  4,758  
PROP: Turbine-elec 2   RADIUS [miles]: 15,000 TONS:  17,000
TYPE:   P2 SPEED [knots]:  19 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: Yes

Named originally in honor of  Adm Robert Edward Coontz, Spanish-Am War, Governor of Guam 1912-13, Chief Naval Opns 1919, C-in-C U.S. Fleet 1923. 

Renamed Gen Alexander M Patch.

Believed to be in storage at the James River Reserve Fleet Activity at James River, Virginia.

Ref:  http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22122.htm 

 

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        Courtesy Bruce Eastley

 

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