USS General C . H . Muir ( AP - 142 ) USS " General C . H . Muir " ( AP - 142 ) was a for the U . S . Navy in World War II . The ship was crewed by the U . S . Coast Guard until decommissioning . She was named in honor of U . S . Army general Charles Henry Muir . She was transferred to the U . S . Army as USAT " General C . H . Muir in 1946 . On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) as USNS " General C . H . Muir " ( T - AP - 142 ) . She was later sold for commercial operation under the names SS " Chicago and SS " San Juan " , and was scrapped some time after 1985 . Operational history . " General C . H . Muir " ( AP - 142 ) was launched 24 November 1944 under Maritime Commission contract ( MC # 709 ) by Kaiser Co . , Inc . , Yard 3 , Richmond , California ; sponsored by Mrs . John H . Deasy ; acquired and commissioned 12 April 1945 at Portland , Captain J . D . Conway in command . Following shakedown off San Diego , " General C . H . Muir " departed 13 May from San Francisco for her first troop - carrying voyage to the war zones of the Pacific . The ship brought troops to Pearl Harbor , Eniwetok , Ulithi , and Leyte ; served briefly as a receiving ship in the Philippines ; and returned to New York via the Panama Canal 14 August 1945 . The long Pacific war over , " General C . H . Muir " sailed 3 September to pick up returning veterans at Mediterranean and Indian Ocean ports . She arrived New York 1 November , and then , retracing her steps to bring home another full contingent of troops , she finally returned New York 9 January 1946 . The ship made three subsequent voyages , one to New Orleans and two to Europe , before decommissioning at Baltimore 18 June 1946 . She was returned to the Maritime Commission on that day and turned over to the Army Transportation Service . Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950 , " General C . H . Muir " began operations under MSTS and was re - designated T - AP - 142 . On 16 March 1950 USNS " General C . H . Muir " arrived in Sydney with 1 , 278 displaced person s from Europe . This voyage was one of almost 150 " Fifth Fleet " voyages by some 40 ships bringing refugees of World War II to Australia . " General C . H . Muir " made one more such trip herself , arriving in Melbourne with 1 , 280 refugees on 26 October 1950 . In Ancestry . com link she is mentioned arriving in New York carrying refugees from Bremen Germany 17 May 1951 . On the list were 4 Latvian DPs . In addition to runs to Australia , the transport supported American forces in Europe , and on eastward crossings of the Atlantic brought back to the United States thousands of refugees under the International Refugee Organization . In late 1952 the ship sailed from New York through the Mediterranean and thence through the Suez Canal bringing reinforcements to U . N . troops fighting in Korea . She made another long rotation voyage , stopping at many European and Asian ports before being placed in Reduced Operational Status at New York 30 September 1953 . In August 1954 " General C . H . Muir " steamed through the Panama Canal to San Francisco and sailed once more to Korea with replacement troops . Upon her return the ship was placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego , 7 February 1955 . She was returned to the Maritime Administration in 1960 . She entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet 30 June , and was berthed at Suisun Bay , California until 1968 . At that time , the ship was sold to Sea - Land Service of Wilmington , Delaware . Sea Land had Todd Shipyard , Galveston convert her to an 18 , 455 - gross ton container ship . Named SS " Chicago " when she entered service in 1969 , she was sold in 1975 to the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority of San Juan , Puerto Rico who renamed her SS " San Juan " . The veteran ship operated through 1985 , and was scrapped some time after that . " General C . H . Muir " received two battle star s for Korean War service .