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USS ''General William Weigel'' (AP-119) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II. After the war, she was acquired by the US Army and became USAT ''General William Weigel''. On the outbreak of the Korean War, she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and designated USNS ''General William Weigel'' (T-AP-119), a designation she retained for her later service in the Vietnam War. AP-119 was laid down under Maritime Commission contract 15 March 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company of Kearny, New Jersey; named ''General C. H. Barth'' (AP-119) on 15 April 1944; renamed ''General William Weigel'' 24 August 1944; launched 3 September 1944; acquired by the Navy 4 January 1945; and commissioned at Bayonne, New Jersey, 6 January 1945, Captain Thomas Y. Awalt, USCG, in command. ==World War II== ''General William Weigel'' sailed from New York 11 February 1945 with 5,000 rotation troops; and, after delivering them safely to Le Havre, embarked US and French veterans at Southampton and returned to New York 19 April. Underway again 1 May with Navy men bound for Puerto Rico, the troopship touched at San Juan to debark them and to take on 5,000 Army fighting men for passage to Hawaii. As ''General William Weigel'' was steaming toward Pearl Harbor, one of her passengers became critically ill. To save his life, strict radio silence was broken to arrange a mid-ocean rendezvous with a seaplane out of Balboa. He was transferred to the seaplane 19 May and flown to a hospital; ''General William Weigel'' reached Honolulu 6 days later. This far ranging ship sailed 28 May for Marseilles to embark 5,000 soldiers and transferred them to Eniwetok and Manila to take part in the climactic Pacific battles. Subsequently she loaded passengers at Leyte and returned via Ulithi to moor at San Pedro, California, 25 August 1945. 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「USS General William Weigel (AP-119)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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