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SS MARINE SERPENT
COMDR. THOMAS DUNOP
CHIEF ENGINEER
LTCOMDR. KENNETH C. SCHULTZ *5>r engineer
IT ARNOLD LUNDSHOJ
STEWARD
CAPTAIN_____JOHN JENSEN i_COMMANping
Lfsg.GR:AD? CHANDLER
FIRST MATE
LTs^ WILLIAM BUICK
SECOND MATE
mix
Length.................522' 10*"
Beam........................72*	6*
lenage........*..........12U20
Soeel, Cruising............lS.O
Maximum.........17 .5
Troop, Capacity............15^0
Carried............3735
Shaft HorBepower...........9000
Ie?l Laid 30 Hot. 1?UU LaonchaA	12	June	I9U5
Builder Kaiser Co. Inc.
Vancouver, Wash.
We boarded the S. S. Marine Serpent troop ship on 26 November 1945 and departed Augusan, Mindanao, Philippine Islands headed for the United States and home. We arrived in San Francisco on 11 December 1945.


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