USNS Marine Carp
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Marine Carp |
| Operator | Matson Navigation Co. |
| Ordered | as a Type C4-S-A3 hull, MCE hull 2362 |
| Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
| Cost | $8,000,000 |
| Yard number | 509 |
| Way number | 12 |
| Laid down | 6 December 1944 |
| Launched | 5 July 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Elizabeth Nyberg |
| Acquired | 11 October 1945 |
| Fate | Turned over to American Export Lines, 22 August 1946 |
| United States | |
| Name | Marine Carp |
| Operator | American Export Lines |
| In service | 22 August 1946 |
| Out of service | 23 May 1949 |
| Fate |
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| United States | |
| Name | Marine Carp |
| Namesake | A merchant name retained |
| Operator | Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) |
| In service | 15 September 1952 |
| Out of service | 9 October 1957 |
| Stricken | 11 September 1958 |
| Identification |
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| Fate |
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| United States | |
| Name | Green Springs |
| Operator | Central Gulf Steamship Corp |
| In service | 20 July 1967 |
| Out of service | 13 July 1979 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5224754 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 13 July 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Marine Adder-class transport |
| Type | Type C4-S-A3 |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 523 ft (159 m) |
| Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power | 13,750 shp (10,250 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Capacity | 53,000 cu ft (1,500 m3) |
| Troops | 3,451 |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | Korean Summer-Fall 1953 (6–10 July 1953) |
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USNS Marine Carp (T-AP-199) was a Marine Adder-class transport that saw service with the US Navy for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. She was of the C4-S-A3 design type.