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USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
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USAF General H. H. Arnold (1961 - 1964)
USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139) (1950 - 1958)
USAT General R. E. Callan (1946 - 1950)
USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) (1944 - 1946)

International Radio Call Signs
USS General R.E. Callan (AP-139) 1944 International Radio Call Sign Nan - Jig - Dog - Charlie NJDC	USAT General R.E. Callan 1946 International Radio Call Sign Able - Mike - Dog - Fox AMDF	USNS General R.E. Callan (T-AP-139) 1950 International Radio Call Sign Novemter - Juliet - Delta - Charlie NJDC	USNS General H,H, Arnold (T-AGM-9) 1964 International Radio Call Sign November - Alpha - Papa - Delta NAPD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)

National Defense Service Medal
General R. E. Callan (AP-139)

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp)

General G. O. Squier Class Transport:

Laid down in 1943 as a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-A1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 682) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Yard No. 3. Richmond, CA.

Launched, 27 April 1944

Acquired by the US Navy 7 July 1944

Commissioned USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139), 17 August 1944, CDR. Robert Calwell Starkey in command

During World War II USS General R. E. Callan transported passengers in both the Asiatic-Pacific and the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theaters of Operation

Decommissioned, 24 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission at Boston, MA. for simultaneous transfer to the US Army

Commissioned by the US Army Transportation Service as USAT General R. E. Callan, 24 May 1946

Reacquired by the Navy, 1 March 1950

Assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS) and placed in service as USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139), 28 April 1950

While assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service USNS General R. E. Callan was assigned to Occupation service in Europe for the following periods: Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp)

1952	1953	1955
20 February to 3 March	4 to 17 January	13 to 15 February
27 March to 8 April	3 to 7 March	3 to 5 April
11 to 20 May	31 March to 2 April	21 to 23 August
2 to 19 June	1 to 18 May
20 to 29 July	12 to 14 July
28 August to 9 September	10 to 12 August
6 to 18 October	7 to 9 September
28 November to 10 December	9 to 11 October
	5 to 22 November
	17 to 18 December

Placed out of service, in May 1958

Struck from the Naval Register, in May 1958

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 May 1958, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Hudson River Group

Custody assigned to the US Air Force, 6 June 1961

Converted to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship and commissioned USAF General H. H. Arnold, 16 July 1961

Decommissioned by the US Air Force and reacquired by the US Navy, 1 July 1964

Placed in service with MSTS as USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9), 1 July 1964

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register in January 1982

Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD), 25 March 1982, at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 October 1982, to Eastern Overseas Inc.,

Specifications:
Displacement 9,950 t.(lt) 17,250 t.(fl)
Length 522' 10"
Beam 71' 6"
Draft 26' 6"
Speed 16.5 kts (trial)

AP-Complement

Officers 39

Enlisted 410

AP-Troop Capacity

Officers 356

Enlisted 2,924

Cargo Capacity1,900 DWT

non-refrigerated 70,000 Cu ft

AP-Armament

four single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

fifteen twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 13,300 Bbls

Propulsion

one Westinghouse geared turbine

two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 465psi 765°

double Westinghouse Main Reduction Gears

three 400Kw 240V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

single propeller, 9,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139)
	40k	*Namesake* Robert Emmet Callan was a distinguished United States Army Coast Artillery officer who served in the United States and overseas in places such as Puerto Rico, France and the Philippines. He saw frontline action in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Photo from Wikipedia Commons	Tommy Trampp
	117k	General R. E. Callan (AP-139) launching, 24 April 1944 at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Richmond, CA.	CAPT. Jerry Mason, USN
	37k	*USS General R. E. Callan* (AP-139)** in port, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
	160k	*USS General R. E. Callan* (AP-139)** under way, date and location unknown.	William Zarkas, Retired MSC Boatswain President, MSC Retiree Association
	107k	*USS General R. E. Callan* (AP-139)** during operation "Magic Carpet" arriving in San Francisco, CA., with returning WWII veterans, 9 April 1946.	Amanda Cook whose grandfather, Edwin Neuhouser, returned home as a passenger in USS General R.E. Callan
	109k	*USS General R. E. Callan* (AP-139)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. Wire photo.	Tommy Trampp
USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139)
	95k	Post Card image of *USNS General R. E. Callan* (T-AP-139)** underway, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
092213926	211k	*USNS General R. E. Callan* (T-AP-139)** underway, date and location unknown. U.S. Navy Military Sea Transportation Service photo	Nicholas Tiberio
USAF General H. H. Arnold
	75k	USAF General H. H. Arnold moored pierside, circa 1961-64, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
092213924	113k	USAF General H. H. Arnold moored pierside, circa 1961-64, location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
	135k	*Namesake* General Henry ("Hap") Arnold became one of the Army's first aviators certified under the Rules of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI). During World War II he commanded the Army Air Forces and became the first General of the Air Force in 1947. Throughout his career, he wore his original 1913 Military Aviator Badge (an eagle with crossed signal flags suspended from a bar inscribed "MILITARY AVIATOR") below his ribbon bars. Photo by U.S. Army Military History Institute	Bill Gonyo
	65k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** anchored at Fremantle, Australia in 1966. Associated Press photo	Ron Reeves
	46k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** moored pierside, Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, July 1968. US Navy photo	Robert Kelshaw
	41k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** moored pierside, Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan, July 1968. US Navy photo	Robert Kelshaw
	163k	*USS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** in port while refueling at Adak, Alaska, circa September - October 1968. US Navy photo	.
	69k	*USN General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** in port, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	.
	256k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Dan Kovalchik
092213925	173k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** underway, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
	121k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** in port, circa, December 1970. US Navy photo.	Ramon Jackson
	100k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** approaching Naval Station Adak, Alaska. Photo taken from Redwing (YTB-783) by Brian M. Godfrey USN, circa February 1976 - August 1977.	Robert Hurst
	343k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** moored at the Victor Wharf on Pearl Harbor’s Central Loch (on the lower west side of the Pearl City Peninsula), 22 May 1976.	Photo by Fred Sloop
	74k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9) at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79. Just visible in this photo is the bow of USS Badger (FF-1071)**.	Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
	69k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9) moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79. Also visible in this photo are the bows of USS Whipple (FF-1062) and USS Badger (FF-1071)**.	Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
	98k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI., circa 1977-79.	Photo by Dr. Kenneth Hartman
	309k	*USNS General H. H. Arnold* (T-AGM-9)** moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, HI. in October 1979.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

USS / USAT / USNS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) / USAF / USNS H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Starkey, Robert Calwell	17 August 1944 - 16 July 1945
02	CDR. Spillers, Charles Lee, USNR	16 July 1945 - 17 September 1945
03	CAPT. Starkey, Robert Calwell	17 September 1945 - 24 May 1946


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USNS General H. H. Arnold (T-AGM-9)
ex
USAF General H. H. Arnold (1961 - 1964)
USNS General R. E. Callan (T-AP-139) (1950 - 1958)
USAT General R. E. Callan (1946 - 1950)
USS General R. E. Callan (AP-139) (1944 - 1946)