USS General R. L. Howze

USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134) underway at sea, in the 1950s
History
United States
Name	General R. L. Howze
Namesake	Robert Lee Howze
Builder	Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California
Laid down	22 July 1942
Launched	23 May 1943
Acquired	31 December 1943
Commissioned	7 February 1944
Decommissioned	6 August 1947
In service	1948 (Army) 1 March 1950 (MSTS)
Out of service	1 March 1950 (Army) 15 July 1957 (MSTS)
Renamed	SS Austral Glen
Reclassified	T-AP-134, 1 March 1950
Identification	IMO number: 6904832
Fate	Scrapped 1980[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	General G. O. Squier-class transport ship
Displacement	9,950 tons (light), 17,250 tons (full)
Length	522 ft 10 in (159.36 m)
Beam	71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.32 m)
Propulsion	single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	3,530 troops
Complement	356 (officers and enlisted)
Armament	4 × 5"/38 caliber guns 8 × 1.1"/75 AA guns 16 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns

USS General R. L. Howze (AP-134) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard throughout the war.^[1] She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Robert Lee Howze. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General R. L. Howze in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General R. L. Howze (T-AP-134). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Austral Glen, before being scrapped in 1980.^[1]