USS General LeRoy Eltinge
USS General LeRoy Eltinge (AP-154) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the US Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of US Army general LeRoy Eltinge. She was transferred to the US Army as USAT General LeRoy Eltinge in 1946. On 20 July 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154). She was later sold for commercial use and operated under the names SS Robert E. Lee and SS Robert Toombs, before being scrapped in 1980.
USNS General LeRoy Eltinge (T-AP-154) leaving Sasebo, Japan, on 30 April 1951
Photo aboard ship during Korean War
US soldiers aboard ship, Korean War
General G. O. Squier-class transport
The General G. O. Squier class of transport ships was built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The class was based upon the Maritime Commission's Type C4 ship. The class was named for United States Army Major General George Owen Squier.
Squier-class USNS General A.W. Greely (T-AP-141) in the early 1950s