Retired Director of Licensing and Regulation, WA State Liquor Control Board.
Participant in Marine Corps League "Leatherneck Honor Guard" providing military honors for veteran's funerals at Tahoma National Cemetary.
Enjoying cruising with my wife. Well over a dozen cruises to Alaska, Mexico, Panama Canal, South America, Canada, Hawaii, and Europe. Far better than my 3 cruises across the Pacific on troopships!!!
Other Comments:
Life Member Marine Corps League
Member Navy League
Member West Coast Drill Instructors Association
Life Member Veterans Of Foreign Wars
Decommissioned on 3 June 1946, and turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal, Admiral W. S. Benson was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 3 July 1946. Transferred to the Army Transport Service, the ship was renamed General Daniel I. Sultan in honor of the late General Daniel Isom Sultan, USA
Name:
USS Admiral W. S. Benson (AP-120)
Namesake:
Admiral William S. Benson, US Navy
Builder:
Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc.,
Alameda, California
Laid down:
10 December 1942
Launched:
22 November 1943
Sponsored by:
Miss Dorothy Lucille Benson
Completed:
26 January 1944
Identification:
IMO number: 8332837
Renamed:
USAT General Daniel I. Sultan, circa 1946
Namesake:
General Daniel I. Sultan, USA
Renamed:
USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (T-AP-120), 1 March 1950
