USS General C . G . Morton ( AP - 138 ) USS " General C . G . Morton " ( AP - 138 ) was a for the U . S . Navy in World War II . She was named in honor of U . S . Army general Charles Gould Morton . She was transferred to the U . S . Army as USAT " General C . G . Morton in 1946 . On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) as USNS " General C . G . Morton " ( T - AP - 138 ) . She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS " Green Wave , before being scrapped in 1980 . Operational history . " General G . G . Morton " ( APA - 138 ) was built by the Kaiser Co . of Richmond , California , in 1943 - 44 ; acquired by the Navy on 18 May 1944 ; and commissioned 7 July 1944 , Comdr . S . K . Hall in command . After shakedown out of San Pedro , California , she stood out independently for Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands , on 1 August , arriving 16 days later and loading homeward - bound troops . On 20 August she got underway arrived San Francisco 3 September , sailed on to San Diego and departed there 16 September for the Russell Islands 39 days later in the Solomons . Embarking troops , she proceeded to Espiritu Santo , New Hebrides , and thence to Nouméa , New Caledonia , before putting in at San Francisco 24 October . " General C . G . Morton " steamed to San Diego and departed with a convoy 10 November , calling at Pearl Harbor six days later and reaching Guadalcanal 29 November . On 3 December she sailed for San Francisco via New Guinea , Manus Island , and Nouméa , arriving on the last day of 1944 . After loading passengers at Long Beach , Calif . , " General C . G . Morton " stood out 11 January 1945 bound for Calcutta , India , via Melbourne , Australia ; she reached Melbourne 1 February and called at Calcutta 19 days later . Returning via Melbourne , Manus , Ulithi , Tinian , and Saipan , the transport arrived at San Francisco 25 April , only to get underway again 5 May for the Southwest Pacific , Hollandia , New Guinea , Leyte , and Manila , Philippines , were ports of call . " General C . G . Morton " touched at San Francisco 5 July before sailing three days later for the east coast . She transited the Panama Canal 17 July and put in at Boston six days later . Following drydocking , the busy ship departed 12 August for France , touching at Marseille 22 August and returning to Newport News , Virginia , 2 September 1945 . On her next voyage , the transport sailed via the Suez Canal to Karachi , India , and returned by the same route to New York . In early January 1946 " General C . G . Morton " repeated this trip , but sailed around the world calling at Singapore and Manila before docking at San Francisco in early March 1946 . The ship ' s captain was to be discharged from the service upon arrival , the elongated second trip was due to the his desire to see as much of the world as possible while in the Navy . As a result of the delay the troops coming home from India would boo the captain whenever he appeared on deck , which resulted in them being listed as ' mutinous ' . " General C . G . Morton " was delivered to the War Department for use by the Army in May 1946 . In the aftermath of the 1948 eruption of Philippine volcano Mount Hibok - Hibok , USAT " General C . G . Morton " was dispatched from Manila to assist in evacuations . Due to a lack of wharves at Camiguin ( Mount Hibok - Hibok ’ s location ) , all those fleeing had to board the ship from small craft . In the confusion no accurate number of those evacuated was available . She was reinstated on the Navy List in March 1950 and assigned to MSTS Reserve . During the Korean War , " General C . G . Morton " was reactivated and participated in the following campaigns : On 15 February 1951 , east of Tokyo , Swedish tanker MV " Christer Galen " struck a submerged rock , breaking off a portion of the ship ’ s bow . After receiving distress calls , " General C . G . Morton " and SS " Marine Phoenix " both helped to rescue all 47 passengers and crew . In August 1952 , " General C . G . Morton " arrived in San Francisco with 526 Army and Navy Korean War veterans , and 284 civilians from Hawaii . In 1953 ( month unknown ) , " General C . G . Morton " departed San Francisco with an unspecified number of troops for the Korean War . The Troops included members of the Air Force 315th Air Division , " Combat Cargo " . Struck again from the Navy List on 29 May 1958 , " General C . G . Morton " was sold to Central Gulf Lines in 1967 and renamed SS " Green Wave " . She was scrapped in Taiwan in February 1980 . " General C . G . Morton " received three battle star s for Korean War service .