GENERAL A W GREELY AP 141

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

General G. O. Squier Class Transport Keel Laid July 18 1944 - Launched November 15 1944 Acquired by U.S. Navy March 22 1945 USS GENERAL A. W. GREELY AP-141 Commissioned March 22 1945 - Decommissioned March 29 1946 Struck from Naval Register March 29 1946 Returned to Maritime Commission March 29 1946 Transferred to U.S. Army Transportation Service USAT GENERAL A. W. GREELY Commissioned March 29 1946 - Decommissioned 1950 Title transferred to U.S. Navy March 1 1950 Assigned to Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) USNS GENERAL A. W. GREELY T-AP-141 Placed In Service 1950 - Out of Service August 24 1959 Struck from Naval Register August 1959 Laid up August 29 1959 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Olympia Sold April 10 1968 to Pacific Far East Line HAWAII BEAR (Commercial Service) Delivered to Pacific Far East Line May 16 1968 and renamed Converted to Container Ship AUSTRAL GLADE Sold January 19 1976 to Farrell Lines Inc. New York, and renamed PACIFIC ENTERPRISE Sold August 23 1979 to Austral Glade owner Ltd and renamed CARIBE ENTERPRISE Sold August 14 1981 to Vanessa Trading Inc. and renamed Sold 1986 for scrap

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 2# 15736 Branch

1946-02-06

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

NAMESAKE - Adolphus Washington Greely (March 27 1844 - October 20 1935)
Greely enlisted as a Private in the 19th Massachusetts Infantry 26 July 1861 and participated in numerous battles throughout the Civil War. Appointed Second Lieutenant in 1867, between 1871 and 1881 he served in Texas and in Montana and Dakota Territories, where he helped construct 2,000 miles of telegraph lines. A pioneer in polar exploration, he studied Arctic weather and climate, and from 1881 to 1884 led an ill-fated expedition during the establishment of a chain of circumpolar research stations. In 1882 his party pushed farther northward than any previous expedition; but, suffering great hardships, only seven men, including Greely, survived the ordeal. From 1887 until 1906 he served as Chief Signal Officer and administered the Weather Bureau and Signal Corps. During the Spanish-American War he supervised the construction of more than 25,000 miles of telegraph lines in Cuba, Puerto Rico, China, and the Philippine Islands. Also a pioneer in the use of wireless communications, he established several radio stations in Alaska. Promoted to Major General February 10 1906, he commanded military relief operations following the San Francisco Earthquake April 18-19. General Greely retired March 27 1908 and died in Washington, D.C., October 20 1935. By special legislation of Congress, he was awarded the Medal of Honor March 21 1935 for his life of outstanding public service

 

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