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s were each powered by two eight-cylinder, two-cycle, 4,000 horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel engines yielding a total horsepower of 8000 and a top speed of around 16 knots (30 km/h). In commercial service they carried 150 passengers and had a gross tonnage of 8000. After conversion to attack
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class goes back to a United States government decision in the 1920s that allowed foreign-built ships to retain eligibility for US mail contracts. Accordingly, the
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class is amongst the few classes of attack transport that were converted from pre-war tonnage rather than being built during the war from either
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hull types. The two ships of this class also hold the distinction of being the only attack transports not to be built in the United States.
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was decommissioned along with most other attack transports in early 1946, and sold into commercial service not long thereafter.
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transports, they had a troop capacity of about 1,300 and a cargo capacity of about 165,000 cubic feet (4,700 m).
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weaponry to protect themselves and their vulnerable cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.
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one and only campaign. After participating in the initial landings in August 1942 as the
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invasions. Attack transports carried a substantial number of integral
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dual-purpose guns and a variable assortment of secondary armament.
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Both ships saw their first action in the long and bitterly fought
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World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
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in late 1940. The conversions were duly carried out, and
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class (seen here when still designated AP-10 in 1941/42)
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The origin of the two ships which were to become the
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on the night of 30 June 1943 and sunk by torpedoes.
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722:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
334:for making the assault, and were well armed with
322:Like all attack transports, the purpose of the
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262:164,561 cu ft (4,659.8 m)
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197:486 ft 6 in (148.29 m)
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205:~63 ft 6 in (19.35 m)
393:. These ships were the first large
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401:to sail under the American flag.
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717:McCawley-class attack transports
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444:They were each armed with four
256:88-89 officers, 1,207 enlisted
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375:Furness Shipbuilding Company
287:dual-purpose guns, 2 x twin
59:Furness Shipbuilding Company
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272:41 officers, 437 enlisted
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306:-class attack transport
221:2 x 8-cylinder 2-cycle
167:General characteristics
379:Haverton Hill-on-Tees
458:Guadalcanal campaign
512:invasion of Okinawa
352:Maritime Commission
29:, lead ship of the
573:Guadalcanal Marine
545:2012-02-10 at the
477:Richmond K. Turner
81:United States Navy
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100:Succeeded by
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597:Grace Lines
540:Grace Lines
475:of Admiral
432:Description
420:became USS
418:Santa Maria
391:Santa Maria
367:Grace Lines
125:Commercial:
87:Preceded by
711:Categories
566:References
558:p.61, Lane
452:In service
342:Background
328:amphibious
269:Complement
230:horsepower
218:Propulsion
121:In service
522:Footnotes
514:in 1945.
397:-powered
373:from the
293:20mm guns
289:40mm guns
281:McCawley:
143:Completed
138:1940-1946
127:1928-1940
69:Operators
649:McCawley
635:McCawley
580:McCawley
543:Archived
504:Normandy
481:PT boats
466:McCawley
438:McCawley
422:McCawley
363:McCawley
348:McCawley
324:McCawley
304:McCawley
277:Armament
248:Capacity
176:McCawley
55:Builders
48:McCawley
31:McCawley
27:McCawley
681:Heywood
656:Barnett
589:Barnett
516:Barnett
488:Barnett
460:in the
426:Barnett
383:England
310:US Navy
254:Troops:
178:-class
159:Retired
105:Heywood
63:England
672:Harris
496:Sicily
469:'s
395:diesel
260:Cargo:
240:15-17
223:Sulzer
194:Length
92:Harris
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683:class
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591:AP-11
582:APA-4
500:Italy
242:knots
237:Speed
232:8,000
210:Draft
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113:Built
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506:and
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151:Lost
116:1928
44:Name
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