_Magic_Carpet_28_January_1946.jpg) USSGeneral M. M. Patrick (T-AP-150), probably arriving in thePort of Los Angeles, California, at the conclusion of a "Magic Carpet" voyage from thePhilippines, 28 January 1946. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | General M. M. Patrick |
| Namesake | Mason Mathews Patrick |
| Ordered | as aType C4-S-A1 hull,MC hull 702 |
| Awarded | 3 March 1942 |
| Builder | Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No. 3,Richmond, California[1] |
| Cost | $9,967,243.62[2] |
| Yard number | 16 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 24 January 1944 |
| Launched | 21 June 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. William E. Lyne |
| Commissioned | 4 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 8 March 1946 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Transferred to theMaritime Commission (MARCOM), 30 August 1946 |
 USATGeneral M. M. Patrick, underway offTacoma, Washington, in August 1948. The gun tubs are still in place but the armaments have been removed. Additional lifeboats added with war-time life rafts removed. | |
| United States | |
| Name | General M. M. Patrick |
| Operator | US Army |
| In service | 1946 |
| Out of service | 1950 |
| Fate | Transferred to the US Navy, 1 March 1950 |
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| United States | |
| Name | General M. M. Patrick |
| Operator | Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) |
| In service | 1 March 1950 |
| Out of service | 16 October 1958 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: T-AP-150 |
| Honors & awards | 2 × Battle Stars |
| Fate | Laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet,Olympia, Washington, 16 October 1958 |
 United States | |
| Name | Boston |
| Owner | Container Ship Chartering Service, Inc. |
| Operator | Sea-Land Service, Inc. |
| Renamed | June 1968 |
| Refit | converted to container ship, 1968 |
| Fate | Sold toLitton Industries Leasing Corp., 17 September 1968 |
| United States | |
| Name | Boston |
| Owner | Litton Industries Leasing Corp. |
| Fate | Sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp., 28 February 1975 |
| United States | |
| Name | Boston |
| Owner | Reynolds Leasing Corp. |
| Fate | Sold to Sea-Land Service, Inc., 12 February 1987 |
| United States | |
| Name | Boston |
| Owner | Sea-Land Service, Inc. |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, May 1988 |
| General characteristics[3] | |
| Class & type | General G. O. Squier-classtransport ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m) |
| Beam | 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) |
| Draft | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16.5 kn (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Capacity | 3,343 troops |
| Complement | 425 (officers and enlisted) |
| Armament |
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USSGeneral M. M. Patrick (AP-150) was aGeneral G. O. Squier-classtransport ship built for theUS Navy inWorld War II. She was named in honor ofUS Army generalMason Mathews Patrick, a graduate of theUS Military Academy in 1886. Promoted tomajor general in 1918, duringWorld War I, he was appointedChief of the Army Air Service, the position he held until his retirement in 1927. After theArmistice, he represented theA.E.F. at theParis Peace Conference.
She was transferred to the US Army asUSATGeneral M. M. Patrick in 1946. On 1 March 1950, she was transferred to theMilitary Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) asUSNSGeneral M. M. Patrick (T-AP-150). She was later sold for commercial operation and rebuilt as acontainer ship.
General M. M. Patrick was laid down on 24 January 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 707, byKaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3,Richmond, California; sponsored by Mrs. William E. Lynd; she was launched on 21 June 1944. She was acquired by theUS Navy on 4 September 1944; and commissioned atSan Francisco.[2]
After shakedown,General M. M. Patrick departed San Francisco, 14 October, and transported nearly 3,000 troops toPearl Harbor andGuam, before returning to San Francisco, 18 January 1945, with military passengers. Between 19 February and 6 March, she carried more troops fromSeattle toHawaii, and returned sailors to San Francisco. With a full load of troops embarked, she then sailed 16 March, for the Southwest Pacific, where she arrivedSan Pedro Bay, Philippines, 18 April. After shuttling troops from Allied bases along the northern coast ofNew Guinea toLuzon, she departedManila, 16 May, and brought home returning veterans, arriving San Francisco, 12 June. Once again departing San Francisco, 28 June, she transported 3,000 troops and passengers toFremantle, Australia; steamed toCalcutta, India, to embark passengers; then sailed via theSuez Canal toNew York, where she arrived 3 September.[4]
On 22 September 1945,General M. M. Patrick departed on anotherMagic Carpet voyage to Calcutta, and back toNew York, arriving 16 November. Departing New York, 9 days later, she embarked still more troops at Calcutta,Karachi, andTuticorin, India; steamed viaCeylon andSingapore, for the West Coast; and arrivedSan Pedro, 28 January 1946.[4]
She decommissioned 8 March, and was returned toWSA 11 March, for use as an Army transport under the Army Transportation Service.[4]
General M. M. Patrick was reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950, and assigned to duty as an overseas transport underMSTS. Manned by a civilian crew, during theKorean War she operated between Seattle and the Far East, and carried tens of thousands of combat troops toKorea. After the armistice, she continued steaming from Seattle toYokohama, Japan, and back, returning veterans of the Korean fighting to the United States and deploying troops to theFar East.[4]
On 29 November 1952, USNSGeneral M. M. Patrick steamed from Yokohama to Seattle, with some 118 paintings, sculptures, and examples of applied arts destined for the 1953 exhibitionJapanese Painting and Sculpture. This exhibition was a pivotal exhibition of Japanese art in America, and was seen at theNational Gallery of Art, theMetropolitan Museum of Art, theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, theArt Institute of Chicago, and theSeattle Art Museum.Secretary of DefenseCharles Erwin Wilson – a member of the Honorary Committee for the exhibition – arranged for the use ofGeneral M. M. Patrick for the exhibit, the only international art exhibition ever to receive such support by the Defense Department.[5]
General M. M. Patrick was returned to theMaritime Administration 17 October 1958, and entered theNational Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) atOlympia, Washington.[4]
The ship was sold for commercial use 6 November 1967, to Container Ship Chartering Service Inc., and in spring 1968, was converted byTodd Shipyard,Galveston, Texas, to acontainer ship and renamedBoston, in June 1968. On 17 September 1968, she was sold toLitton Industries Leasing Corp. On 28 February 1975, she was sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp. On 12 February 1987, while at sea, she was sold toSea-Land Services, Inc. She was sold for scrapping in May 1988.[3][6]
On 15 April 2010, she headed to San Francisco, for preparation to go through thePanama Canal to Texas, for scrapping. She left San Francisco Bay, in early May, destined for the Texas scrapyard.[citation needed]
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