Armadillo class tanker

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Class overview
Completed: 18
General characteristics
Type: Liberty tanker
Displacement: 14,245 tons
Length: 441 ft 6 in (135 m) overall
427 ft (130 m) waterline
417 ft 9 in (127 m) between perpendiculars
Beam: 57 ft (17 m)
Draft: 27 ft 9 in (8 m)
Propulsion: 2,500 hp
Speed: 11 kn (20 km/h)
Capacity: 10,674 tonnes dead
7,219 tonnes gross
272,978 ft³ (6,937 m³, 64,826 barrels)
Complement: 81 officers and men
Armament: Typically 1 × 5-inch 38 caliber dual purpose gun
1 × 3-inch gun
8 × 20 mm cannon

The Armadillo class of tankers were those Type Z-ET1-S-C3 Liberty tankers that were commissioned into the United States Navy. They were given the hull classification symbols of unclassified miscellaneous vessels.