GEORGE S. SIMONDS 

 

BUILT:  19  BEAM:    DRAFT:  
LENGTH:   CARGO [cu ft]:   PASS [troop ship]:  
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]:  TONS:  
TYPE:    SPEED [knots]:   DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Former names: GREAT NORTHERN, COLUMBIA, H. F. ALEXANDER.

Used in WW I as the H. F. ALEXANDER. 

Acquired 1942 and named in honor of Maj Gen George S. Simonds.

She was laid up in the Jame River Fleet Activity at some point shortly after WW II - status unknown.

 

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