[U S Army EOD]

Thanks, that ship played a part in the history of my family.

[capitan_refugio]

I hunted for a picture, but could not find one. I'll check an older Janes Fighting Ships to see if I can identify at least the class of transport the General Patch was in.

In the Korean and Vietnam Wars there was no submarine threat, so the days of packing 10,000 soldiers/marines onto a stripped down ocean liner were over. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I recall the sister ship of the Titanic was sunk as a hospital ship during WWI (Brittanic?). I think another sister ship was used as a fast troopship (Olympic?).

[capitan_refugio]

http://www.usmm.org/pships.html

LOL This time, I'll actually give you the link!