Gilliam class attack transport
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| Gilliam attack transports | |
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 USS Gilliam (APA-57) |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Class and type: | "Gilliam attack transport" |
| Displacement: | 6,800 tons (full load) 7,080 (limiting) |
| Tons burthen: | tons burthen |
| Tonnage: | 2,600 tons, 85,000 cu. ft. |
| Length: | LOA: 426 feet LWL: 400 feet |
| Beam: | 58 feet |
| Draft: | 16 feet |
| Propulsion: | Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers - 450 psig, 750o F
Two Westinghouse turbo-electric; two main-shaft motors; Horse Power: 6,600 Twin screws |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Range: | range |
| Endurance: | endurance |
| Test depth: | test depth |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 15xLCVPs 1xgig |
| Capacity: | capacity |
| Complement: | 27 Officers 295 Enlisted |
| Time to activate: | time to activate |
| Troops | 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | sensors |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | EW |
| Armament: | 1x5"/38 caliber gun 4x2x40mm cannon 10x20mm cannon |
| Armor: | armor |
| Aircraft carried: | aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: | aircraft facilities |
| Notes: | notes |
Gilliam Class Attack Transports were a new type of attack transport serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Established under a Maritime Commission contract, Type S4 SE2 BD1, and built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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