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| Keywords: Barracks ship General Hugh J. Gaffey (IX-507) at Pearl Harbor c1986.JPEG The U S Navy transport ship USS General Hugh J Gaffey IX-507 moored at quay F5 at Pearl Harbor Hawaii USA Formerly the transport AP-121 the ship had been commissioned as USS Admiral W L Capps AP-121 an Admiral W S Benson-class transport in 1944 She was decommssioned in 1946 and recommissioned in 1950 The ship was originally transferred to the U S Army and had been renamed USAT General Hugh J Gaffey Retaining her Army name the transport was not re-commissioned but instead was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS General Hugh J Gaffey T-AP-121 until being decommissioned again in 1969 General Hugh J Gaffey was placed in service in November 1978 at Bremerton Washington to serve as a barracks ship for the crews of ships undergoing major overhaul She was struck from the Naval Register in 1993 and sunk during exercise RIMPAC 2000 as a missile target on 16 June 2000 location 023° 35' 01 0 North 159° 50' 00 2 West http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN DN-ST-87-03912 1987-02-20 Don S Montgomery USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Troop transports of the United States Navy Pearl Harbor in the 1980s | ||||
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