WWII photo notecard USN SHIP GENERAL WH GORDON AP 117 troop transport signed

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WWII photo notecard USN SHIP GENERAL WH GORDON AP 117 troop transport signed:
$7.95

notecard with attached real photo of WW2 US navy Ship General W.H. Gordon

cardis about 5.5\" by 4\" folded, actual photo size is 4\" by 2\"

some light soiling

rare and hard to find

USS General W. H. Gordon (AP-117) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II. After the war, she was transferred to the US Army and served as USAT General W. H. Gordon. With the outbreak of the Korean War, she was reacquired by the Navy as a civilian-manned Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) vessel, and redesignated USNS General W. H. Gordon (T-AP-117). She served again under the same designation in the Vietnam War.

General W. H. Gordon was launched under Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Kearny, New Jersey, 7 May 1944; and commissioned, after being acquired by the Navy, 29 June 1944, Captain R. E. Wood, USCG, in command