page_title: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176)
hierarchical_section_title: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176)
caption_attribution_description: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (T-AP 176) underway, date and location unknown.
context_page_description: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In October 1949 she was redesignated T-AP-176 but retained her Navy crew. Her namesake was United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge, who was the grandson of John Cabell Breckinridge, who served as Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
  USS General J. C. Breckinridge, a General John Pope class troop transport, was built under Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey.
context_section_description: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In October 1949 she was redesignated T-AP-176 but retained her Navy crew.  Her namesake was United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge (1877-1942), who was the grandson of John Cabell Breckinridge, who served as Vice President of the United States from 1857 to 1861.
  USS General J. C. Breckinridge, a General John Pope class troop transport, was built under Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company at Kearny, New Jersey.
caption: USS General J. C. Breckinridge (T-AP-176) underway
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