Propeller - Freedom Park - Omaha, NE - Ship Screws and Aircraft Props on Waymarking.com

This propeller is the largest on display (10 other props at the same location) at the park.

According to Wikipedia: USS General A. W. Brewster (AP-155) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship for the U.S. Navy in World War II. The ship was crewed by the U.S. Coast Guard throughout the war. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Andre Walker Brewster. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General A. W. Brewster in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS General A. W. Brewster (T-AP-155). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Philadelphia, before being scrapped some time after November 1987.


The plaque states:

Propeller

U.S.S. Gen. A.W. Brewster AP 155

Diameter 21'-8"
Weight 43,800 Pounds

23 April 1945 to 26 July 1955

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