USNS Marine Carp

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameMarine Carp
Operator Matson Navigation Co.
Orderedas a Type C4-S-A3 hull, MCE hull 2362 [1]
Builder Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington
Cost$8,000,000 [2]
Yard number509 [1]
Way number12
Laid down6 December 1944
Launched5 July 1945
Sponsored byMrs. Elizabeth Nyberg
Acquired11 October 1945
FateTurned over to American Export Lines, 22 August 1946
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameMarine Carp
OperatorAmerican Export Lines
In service22 August 1946
Out of service23 May 1949
Fate
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameMarine Carp
NamesakeA merchant name retained
Operator Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)
In service15 September 1952
Out of service9 October 1957
Stricken11 September 1958
Identification
Fate
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameGreen Springs
OperatorCentral Gulf Steamship Corp
In service20 July 1967
Out of service13 July 1979
Identification IMO number:  5224754
FateSold for scrapping, 13 July 1979
General characteristics [3]
Class and type Marine Adder-class transport
Type Type C4-S-A3
Displacement
  • 6,720 long tons (6,830  t) (light load)
  • 10,210 long tons (10,370 t) (full load)
Length523 ft (159 m)
Beam72 ft (22 m)
Draft26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power13,750  shp (10,250  kW)
Propulsion
Speed18  kn (33  km/h; 21  mph)
Capacity53,000 cu ft (1,500 m3)
Troops3,451
Service record
Operations: Korean Summer-Fall 1953 (6–10 July 1953)
Awards:

USNS Marine Carp (T-AP-199) was a Marine Adder-class transport that saw service with the US Navy for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas. She was of the C4-S-A3 design type.

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Construction

Marine Carp, approved 18 April 1944, was laid down by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington, 6 December 1944, as MC Hull no. 2362; launched 5 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Nyberg; and delivered to her operator, Matson Navigation Co., 11 October 1945. [4]

Service history

Marine Carp departed the west coast 14 November 1945, and steamed to the Philippines to embark Pacific war veterans for return to the United States. She returned to Los Angeles, from Manila, just before Christmas, thence sailed on a trooplift run from the Mediterranean late in January 1946. Steaming via the Panama Canal, she embarked troops at Naples, Italy, and Le Havre, France, in February, and steamed back to the United States arriving New York, early in March. After completing another trip to the Mediterranean and back in the spring of 1946, she entered the Maritime Commission National Defense Reserve Fleet. [4]

Between 1947 and 1952, she was berthed in the Hudson River Group. Acquired by the Navy 17 March 1952, Marine Carp steamed to Baltimore, Maryland, 1 April; was placed in service there 15 September 1952; and assigned to duty under Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS). [4]

Manned by a civil service crew, Marine Carp steamed to New York, 16 to 18 September, to prepare for transatlantic duty. She departed New York, 27 September, and made a round trip run to La Pallice, France, and Bremerhaven, West Germany, returning to the United States, 21 October. Between 28 October and 15 February 1953, she completed three more voyages to European ports and back; thence, she sailed for the Far East 28 May. [4]

Steaming via Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal, Marine Carp reached Sasebo, Japan, 30 June. A week later she embarked homeward bound US troops at Inchon, South Korea, and on 9 July, she sailed for the United States. She touched at Hawaii 19 July; transited the Panama Canal; and reached New York, 10 August. She went into reduced operational status 4 September. [4]

Marine Carp resumed operations 20 July 1954, and sailed 15 September, to carry out supply and replenishment operations in Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. She steamed to Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, and to Thule, Greenland, thence returned via Norfolk, Virginia, to New York, 10 October. Between 15 October and 21 November, she carried out a second Arctic run, and on 25 November, she returned to reduced operational status. [4]

Departing New York, 18 February 1955, Marine Carp resumed transatlantic service to Bremerhaven and back. She returned to New York from her third round trip 6 May, and on 23 May, sailed for additional duty off Greenland. During the next 2 months she made two runs to Goose Bay, Labrador, and to Thule and Sondrestrom, Greenland; and, after returning to New York, 18 July, she resumed reduced operational status until May 1956. From 21 May to 22 July 1956, she undertook two more support runs to Greenland before returning to reduced status at New York. [4]

Following the Hungarian Revolution in late October 1956, Marine Carp departed New York 18 December, for Bremerhaven, where she arrived 28 December, to embark Hungarian refugees traveling to the United States. [4]

Fate

She returned to New York 16 January 1957; served in reduced status until 20 May; thence sailed 21 May, to resume support duty along the Greenland coast. After returning to New York, 1 July, she steamed to Orange, Texas, 23 to 30 September, and was inactivated 9 October. She transferred permanently to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 11 September 1958, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Beaumont, Texas. Her name was struck from the Navy list 11 September. Marine Carp was sold 20 July 1967, to Central Gulf Steamship Corp., converted to a general cargo ship and renamed Green Springs. [4]

On 13 July 1979, Green Springs was sold to Chin Ho Fa Steel & Iron from scrapping. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kaiser Vancouver 2010.
  2. ↑ MARCOM.
  3. ↑ Navsource 2007.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DANFS 2015.
  5. ↑ MARAD.

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