In the picture above, Gal. Meigs in Guanabara Bay at Rio de Janeiro with 4300 Brazilian troops from Brazilian Expeditionary force which fought in Italian front. Photo. www.navsource.org by Capt. USN Ret. Jerry Mason.
Specifications:
Displacement 11,450 t.(lt) 20,175 t.(fl)
Length 622' 7".
Beam 75' 6".
Draft 25' 6".
Speed 20.6 kts.
Complement 465.
Troop Accommodations 5,142.
Armament : Four single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, four quad 1.1" AA gun mounts replaced by twenty 20mm AA gun mounts.
Propulsion steam turbines, twin shafts, 17,000hp.
After two round-trip, troop-carrying voyages between
Departing Naples 10 October, she embarked additional troops at Bizerte, Tunisia, and at Oran, French Morocco, before returning to New York 22 October.Between 7 November and 8 March 1945 General M. C. Meigs made two similar round-trip voyages from the United States to Italy and North Africa via Brazil, carrying thousands of American and Brazilian troops to Europe for the remaining drive against Nazi Germany and returning several thousand others to the United States and Brazil.
General M. C. Meigs deployed troops to
Sailing again 23 June, she transported occupation troops to
Photo. www.navsource.org by Capt. USN Ret. Jerry Mason
DANFS DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS
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