GENERAL HARRY TAYLOR - taylor.htm

GENERAL HARRY TAYLOR

AP 145

BUILT: 1943	BEAM: 71'-6"	DRAFT: 24'
LENGTH: 522'-10"	CARGO [cu ft]: 32,000	PASS [troop ship]: 3,224
PROPULSION: Turbine	RADIUS [miles]: 15,000	TONS: 13,000
TYPE: C4	SPEED [knots]: 17	DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Named in honor of Gen Harry Taylor, USMA Class 1884, Chief Engineer, AEF WW I, Chief Corps of Engineers U. S. Army.

Taken over by the Air Force in 1961, renamed the Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg, and converted to a missile ship: T-AGM10.

July 64 re-acquired by the Navy for MSTS.

Sold and scheduled for use in the Florida Keys as a man made reef.

Ref: http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22145.htm

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