PRESIDENT  TYLER

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BUILT:  1920  BEAM:  62' DRAFT:  32' 
LENGTH:  522'-8"   CARGO [cu ft]: 173,000   PASS [troop ship]:  2,175  
PROP: Recip-eng 2   RADIUS [miles]: 11,856 TONS:  10,533
TYPE:   SPEED [knots]:  13.5 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Built1920.  Under conversion to become a hospital ship and to be re-named the Howard A McCurdy in honor of Capt Howard A McCurdy, first dental officer killed in WW II; however, with the end of the war she was selected for carrying 622 military dependents ... U. S. to Europe.

 

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