USS General Stuart Heintzelman
USS General Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159) at anchor, circa in 1945 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | General Stuart Heintzelman |
| Namesake | Stuart Heintzelman |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 21 April 1945 |
| Acquired | 12 September 1945 |
| Commissioned | 12 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 12 June 1946 |
| In service |
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| Out of service |
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| Reclassified | T-AP-159, 1 March 1950 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6903187 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1984 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | General G. O. Squier-class transport ship |
| Displacement | 9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full) |
| Length | 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m) |
| Beam | 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion | single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Capacity | 3,823 troops |
| Complement | 356 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament |
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USS General Stuart Heintzelman (AP-159) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Stuart Heintzelman. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General Stuart Heintzelman in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General Stuart Heintzelman (T-AP-159). She was later sold for commercial operation before being scrapped in 1984.