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''General John McE. Hyde'' was a ferry boat built for the War Department by Charles Ward Engineering Works. The ferry was assigned to provide transportation services among the military facilities in Manila Bay, Philippines under administrative command of the Coast Artillery Corps. ''General John McE. Hyde'' was sunk during World War II during the Battle of Corregidor, by Japanese aircraft on 26 December 1941 after safely delivering nurses from Manila to establish Hospital #2 at Coclaban.〔, describes the sinking of ''General John McE. Hyde''〕〔Barr has a much later date that is contradicted by other sources.〕 ==Design and construction== ''General John McE. Hyde'' was among the hundreds of small vessels acquired after the Spanish American War and during the early part of the Twentieth Century to support overseas outposts that were owned and operated by the US Army for specific logistical purposes.〔 This vessel along with a sister-ship, ''General Frank M. Coxe'', was designed and built shortly after World War I, to ferry army personnel within strategic harbors. It was designed by the New York firm of Cox & Stevens,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=General Frank M. Coxe: River steamer, Design #244 )〕 who were renowned Naval Architects specializing in yachts and small commercial and military craft. The Hyde was built in 1921, followed in 1922 by ''General Frank M. Coxe'', to Cox & Stevens design #244.〔 The ships were built on the Kanawha River, by Charles Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, West Virginia, a firm which specialized in shallow draft vessels such as ferries, riverboats, and tugs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manuscript Collections ) Description of Charles Ward Engineering.〕 ''Hyde's'' keel was laid 18 July 1921 with launch on 11 March 1922. The ship was delivered to the War Department on 5 December 1922. The vessel was 900 gross tons,〔 539 tons unspecified measurement in some references,〔 in length between perpendiculars with a beam of and draft of .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USAT General John McE. Hyde」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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