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 USS General John Pope (AP-110)
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John Pope, born 18 March 1822 at Louisville, KY., graduated from the Military Academy in 1842 and
joined the Topographical Engineers. After serving in Florida and helping survey the northeastern (boundary line between the United States and Canada, he fought gallantly
at Monterey and Buena Vista during the war with Mexico. At the beginning of the Civil War he served as mustering officer at Chicago but was soon appointed Brigadier
General of Volunteers. In May 1861 General Pope assumed command of the District of North and Central Missouri and forced the Confederates to retreat southward. He
cooperated with Flag Officer Foote in taking New Madrid and Island No. 10. Subsequently he commanded the Army of the Mississippi during the siege of Corinth, winning a
promotion to Major General. He headed the newly formed Army of Virginia after the collapse of the Peninsular Campaign. He was relieved after the Second Battle of Bull
Run. Following the Civil War, he served with distinction in the Indian wars. General Pope retired in 1886 and died 23 September 1892 at the Ohio Soldiers' Home near
Sandusky, Ohio.
Digital ID: cwpb 06341 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) being launched, 21 March 1943, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.
US Navy photo # NH 75612 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) docked at B/S Pier 6, US Army Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, , Newport News, VA., about to sail with troops and cargo. this photo was taken immediately before her maiden voyage
Official US Army photo produced by US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, October 6, 1943. Photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/07/94 |
The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photographic Collection |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) under way, date and location unknown. A halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1943, when the ship was first completed with Welin boat davits, or circa 1945-1946, after these davits were reinstalled. |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) under way, 25 August 1943, location unknown.
US Navy photo. |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) underway near Norfolk Navy Yard, 6 October 1943, just after her Welin boat davits had been
mistakenly removed and replaced with life rafts.
US Navy photo, caption courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Stern view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2163-44. |
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Broadside view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2165-44. |
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Bows on view USS General John Pope (AP-110) off San Francisco, 6 April 1944. Note Alcatraz in the background.
Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2167-44. |
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Port side view of USS General John Pope (AP-110), 7 November 1944, wearing
camouflage scheme 32/11a (dull black, ocean gray and light gray) while under way in San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Photo No. 3175-44-S4 |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) photographed while at anchor between October 1943 and March 1945, most likely in Californian waters in early 1945. The lifeboats and Welin boat davits normally carried amidships and aft in this class were removed from USS General John Pope at the end of September 1943 at Norfolk and replaced with inclined nests of liferafts shown here. The ship got its boats and davits back between November 1944 and March 1945, most likely in March 1945 at Hunters Point shipyard at San Francisco.
US Navy photo # NH 82334 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Vivienne Riddell, 1974. |
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USS General John Pope (AP-110) in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946, at the end of a Magic Carpet voyage from the western Pacific. Thousands of homeward-bound troops are on deck. Note that her lifeboats and Welin boats davits, which had been removed in September 1943, have been reinstalled.
US Navy photo # NH 78646 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974. |
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 USAT General John Pope
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Post card image of USAT General John Pope under way, date and location unknown. |
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USAT General John Pope underway, date and location unknown. |
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USAT General John Pope underway, date and location unknown.
Photo from Flickr by Jim |
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110)
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) passing under the Golden Gate Bridge while departing San Francisco Bay, date unknown. |
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) under way in San Francisco Bay, CA., between her reactivation in 1950 and her reconfiguration in 1953. Except for the absence of armament and the presence of Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) markings on her stacks, her appearance has changed little since World War II.
US Navy photo # NH 104267 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) moored pierside at Busan, South Korea in July 1953. |
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) under way between her reconfiguration in 1953 and her reduction to Reduced Operating Status in 1955. In 1953 her World War II Welin boat davits were removed and her lifeboats redistributed.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photos # NH 104269 and NH 104268. |
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The MSTS Reserve Fleet nest at the Navy Industrial Reserve Shipyard, Everett, WA., 25 June 1957, looking north. The ships, from right to left, are;
USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110),
USNS General M. C. Meigs (T-AP-116),
USNS General William Weigel (T-AP-119),
USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134),
USNS Marine Phoenix (T-AP-195),
USNS Marine Adder (T-AP-193), and
USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194).
They are in MSTS Ready Reserve status. All were moved to the Maritime Administration reserve fleets at Olympia and Astoria in 1958. During World War II this site was occupied by the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., which built net laying ships, non-self propelled barracks ships, self-propelled covered lighters and small harbor tugs. Larger ships were repaired at the piers where the MSTS ships were later moored.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #'s NH 104591 and NH 104592 |
Robert Hurst |
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The MSTS Reserve Fleet nest at the Navy Industrial Reserve Shipyard, Everett, WA., 25 June 1957, looking west. The ships, from front to rear, are;
USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110),
USNS General M. C. Meigs (T-AP-116),
USNS General William Weigel (T-AP-119),
USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134),
USNS Marine Phoenix (T-AP-195),
USNS Marine Adder (T-AP-193), and
USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194).
They are in MSTS Ready Reserve status. All were moved to the Maritime Administration reserve fleets at Olympia and Astoria in 1958. During World War II this site was occupied by the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., which built net laying ships, non-self propelled barracks ships, self-propelled covered lighters and small harbor tugs. Larger ships were repaired at the piers where the MSTS ships were later moored.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 104594 |
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The MSTS Reserve Fleet nest at the Navy Industrial Reserve Shipyard, Everett, WA., 25 June 1957, looking east. The ships, from back to front , are;
USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110),
USNS General M. C. Meigs (T-AP-116),
USNS General William Weigel (T-AP-119),
USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134),
USNS Marine Phoenix (T-AP-195),
USNS Marine Adder (T-AP-193), and
USNS Marine Lynx (T-AP-194).
They are in MSTS Ready Reserve status. All were moved to the Maritime Administration reserve fleets at Olympia and Astoria in 1958. During World War II this site was occupied by the Everett Pacific Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., which built net laying ships, non-self propelled barracks ships, self-propelled covered lighters and small harbor tugs. Larger ships were repaired at the piers where the MSTS ships were later moored.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 104593 |
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USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) underway in San Francisco Bay, CA., in 1968.
US Navy photo # NH 104590 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet
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Bow and stern views of ex-USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., date unknown.
US Maritime Administration photos. |
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Ex-USNS General John Pope (T-AP-110) being withdrawn from the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.,
5 May 2010, after being sold for scrapping.
Photo by Jankertown (real name unknown) |
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