USS General T. H. Bliss

USS General T. H. Bliss circa 1943
History
United States
Name	General T. H. Bliss
Namesake	Tasker Howard Bliss
Builder	Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond, California
Laid down	22 May 1942
Launched	19 December 1942
Acquired	3 November 1943
Commissioned	24 February 1944
Decommissioned	28 June 1946
Renamed	SS Seamar, April 1964
Identification	IMO number: 6413778
Fate	Scrapped 1979[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	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Propulsion	single-screw steam turbine with 9,900 shp (7,400 kW)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	3,522 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 T. H. Bliss (AP-131) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Tasker Howard Bliss. Decommissioned in 1946, she was sold privately in 1964 and renamed SS Seamar, and was scrapped in 1979.^[1]