Photo A0004: UNSNS General Simon B. Buckner. Hull laid down, 15 February 1943, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1), under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 801), at Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc., Alameda, CA.
* Launched, 4 June 1944
* Commissioned USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123) (date unknown), with a Coast Guard crew;
* Decommissioned, 8 May 1946
* Transferred to the US Army Transportation Service, (date unknown)
* Placed in service as USAT General Simon B. Buckner
* Reacquired by the Navy, 1 March 1950, Assigned to the Military Sea Transport Service (MSTS)
* Placed in service as USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123)
* Placed out of service in 1967
* Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
* Struck from the Naval Register, 20 August 1990
* Title Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 14 July 1993
* Final Disposition, dismantled in May 1999 at International Shipbreaking Co., Brownsville, TX. Courtesy of ww.NavySource.org