USAT Charles P. Steinmetz
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USAT Charles P. Steinmetz |
| Owner | US Army Transportation Corp |
| Builder | Kaiser Permanente No 2, Richmond |
| Launched | 4 Mar 1943 |
| Completed | 15 Mar 1943 |
| In service | Mar 1943 |
| Out of service | 30 Sep 1946 |
| Fate | sold for scrapping, 18 April 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | EC2-S-C1 Liberty Cargo Ship |
| Tonnage | 14,550 tons |
| Length | 441'6" (134.57m) |
| Beam | 56' 11" (17.35m) |
| Depth | 28' 4" (8.63m) |
| Propulsion | single screw |
Remarks
USAT Charles P. Steinmetz was assigned to the Southwest Pacific area and participated in operations at Milne Bay, New Guinea and made three trips to the Philippines between 5 November 1944 and 4 February 1945.
Decommissioned and returned to the War Shipping Administration for lay up, 30 September 1946, in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Brunswick River, Wilmington, N.C. Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 April 1961, to Union Mining & Alloys (PD-X-600 dated 17 March 1961 for $53,639,89) withdrawn, 3 May 1961.
Armament
- one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount
- one single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mount
- two single 40mm AA gun mounts
- six single 20mm AA gun mounts
Named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz, April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) who was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers. He made ground-breaking discoveries in the understanding of hysteresis that enabled engineers to design better electromagnetic equipment including especially electric motors for use in industry.
Soldiers carried
Cairns to Milne Bay, New Guinea 8 - 10 August 1943
2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
- Raymond Victor Clough
- Harry Alfred Curtis
- Douglas John Elliott
- Stanley Upton Hammond
- William George Law
- † Wallace Nelson McLauchlan
- † Bernard Sydney Smailes
- † Eric Stanley Southern
- Stephen Charles Southern
- Edward Ernest Wilson
2/28th Battalion