- (Class - Transport:)
- Laid down, 10 December 1942, as a
Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1) hull, under Maritime
Commission contract (MC hull 678) at Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard
Inc., Alameda, CA.
- Launched, 22 November 1943
- Completed, delivered to Maritime
Commission and transferred to the US Navy, 26 January 1944
- Acquired by the US Navy from the
Maritime Commission, 23 August 1944
- Commissioned USS Admiral W. S. Benson
(AP-120), 23 August 1944, CAPT. Francis H. Gardner in command
- During and after World War II USS
Admiral W. S. Benson operated in both the Europe-Africa-Middle
East and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters
- Decommissioned, 3 June 1946
- Struck from the Naval Register, date
unknown
- Transferred to the Maritime Commission
for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
- Acquired by the US Army Transport
Service and renamed USAT General Daniel I. Sultan
- Reacquired by the Navy, 1 March 1950
and placed in service by the Military Sea Transportation Service
(MSTS) as USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120)
- During the Korean War USNS General
Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120) participated in the following
campaigns:
- North Korean Offensive - 30
to 31 July 1950
- Communist China Aggression - 8 to
25 December 1950
- During the Vietnam War USNS General
Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120) participated in the campaign:
- Vietnam Defense Campaign - 28
August 1965
- Placed out of service, 7 November 1968
- Transferred to MARAD for lay up in the
National Defense Reserve Fleet
- Final Disposition, scrapped in Taiwan
in 1987
- USNS General Daniel I. Sultan received
two battle stars for Korean war service and one campaign star
for Vietnam War service
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- Displacement 9,676 t.(lt) 20,120 t.(fl)
- Length 608' 11"
- Beam 75' 6"
- Draft 26' 11"
- Speed 19 kts.
- Complement
- Troop Accommodations
- Officers 280
- Enlisted 4,431
- Cargo Capacity 100,000 cu. ft.
- Armament
- four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun
mounts
- four twin 40mm AA gun mounts
- fourteen twin 20mm AA gun mounts
- Propulsion
- two propellers, 18,000shp
- two General Electric turbo-electric
engines
- four Combustion Engineering D-type
boilers, 600psi
- 840° Ships Service Generators
- four turbo-drive 400Kw 450V A.C.
- two turbo-drive 200Kw 120V/240V D.C.
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