USS General William Mitchell ( AP - 114 ) USS " General William Mitchell " ( AP - 114 ) was a troopship that served with the United States Navy in World War II and the Korean War . " General William Mitchell " was launched 31 October 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Kearny , New Jersey ; acquired 15 January 1944 and commissioned 4 days later , Captain Henry Coyle , USCG , in command . World War II . From 3 March to 20 August 1944 " General William Mitchell " made five round trip transport voyages out of Norfolk , Virginia and New York to Casablanca and Liverpool , carrying fighting men to the North Africa n Theater and participating in the buildup prior to the Allied invasion of Northern France . On the return leg of these frequent voyages , she carried casualties and rotation troops home to the United States , ensuring a steady flow of men and equipment between America and war - torn Europe . During the autumn of 1944 and through the spring of 1945 , " General William Mitchell " called twice at Bombay , India , as she redeployed and rotated troops in the China - Burma - India theater . On the first of these voyages she sailed from New York via Panama and Australia , putting in at Bombay 7 October and embarking veterans for passage to Australia and America , and finally mooring at San Diego , California 17 November 1944 . Her second passage to India took her from San Pedro via Tasmania to embark Allied troops and Italian prisoners of war at Bombay ; she subsequently off - loaded the POW ' s at Melbourne and returned to San Pedro 3 March 1945 . The ship then brought troops from San Francisco to Espiritu Santo , Guadalcanal , Manus , and Leyte as the European war neared conclusion and the Pacific Theater gained priority , " General William Mitchell " sailed to Livorno and Naples , Italy , to transport seasoned fighting men and redeploy them for the anticipated assault on Japan ' s homeland . These troops debarked at Ulithi and the Philippines in the summer of 1945 , and the ship returned to San Francisco 6 December 1945 at war ' s end filled with homeward - bound warriors . As part of the Magic Carpet fleet , this busy transport carried sailors from San Francisco to the Philippines , returning servicemen from Hollandia to Seattle , and troops from the Philippines and Guam to San Francisco , through the spring of 1946 . Postwar service . Subsequently , from April 1946 until 1949 " General William Mitchell " sailed from West Coast ports and shuttled troops and supplies to and from Japan , China , Guam , and Hawaii . She underwent alterations for peacetime service at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in March 1947 and then returned to San Francisco and her transpacific schedule . In October 1949 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service ( later known as the Military Sealift Command ) and in 1950 continued her West Coast - Orient travels . In that year , too , two round trip voyages from New Orleans and New York were made to Bremerhaven to rotate and supply troops in Europe . Korean War . She made an around - the - world cruise out of New York in the summer of 1951 , visiting Germany , North Africa , Ceylon , Indochina , Korea , and Japan before mooring at San Francisco 26 September 1951 . " General William Mitchell " continued to transport men and material from West Coast ports to Japan and Korea , supporting the United Nations forces in the latter country . Final years . Her frequent shuttle runs followed this pattern with the addition of numerous calls at Formosa and Pacific Islands until returned to the Maritime Administration 1 December 1966 . " General William Mitchell " entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet and was berthed in Suisun Bay , California . She was sold for scrapping on 29 June 1987 for the sum of $ 1 , 270 , 000 , and scrapped in Taiwan in 1988 . She continued her service during the early years of the Vietnam War ferrying servicemen to stations in Japan , Korea , Midway , Okinawa , Taiwan , and Guam , the largest staging station for the war . Awards . " General William Mitchell " received four service star s for Korean War service .