Conversion of Passenger and Troop Quarters Performed on the USAT "General C. G. Morton.".
by (PHOTOGRAPHY: NAVAL)
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Pacific Ship Repair Inc. [Pier 25], 1949-50. Oblong folio album of twenty-two original photographs. Each 13 x 10 inches and backed on thick paper. Original plastic spiral binding. A very good copy.This album documents the work done by the employees of Pacific Ship Repair to convert the U.S. Navy ship General G. C. Morton to a Military Sea Transportation Service vessel. The album shows workers rehabing all parts of the ship. USS General C. G. Morton (AP-138) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Charles Gould Morton. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General C. G. Morton in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General C. G. Morton. She was activated again for the Korean War and received three battle stars for service in that campaign. She was finally scraped in 1980.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72758
- Title
- Conversion of Passenger and Troop Quarters Performed on the USAT "General C. G. Morton.".
- Author
- (PHOTOGRAPHY: NAVAL)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pacific Ship Repair Inc. [Pier 25]
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1949-50
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Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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