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| Gilliam attack transport |
USS Gilliam (APA-57)
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| Class Overview |
| Builders: |
Consolidated Steel Corporation
Contract:Type S4 SE2 BD1 |
| Operators: |
US Navy |
| Following class: |
Haskell attack transport |
| Commissioned: |
1 August 1943
USS Gilliam |
| Decommissioned: |
24 January 1947
USS Catron |
| In service: |
1943
USS Gilliam |
| Out of service: |
1968
USS Burleson |
| Ships planned: |
Total ships planned |
| Ships in class: |
32 |
| Ships in active service: |
none |
| Ships building: |
Total ships building |
| Ships fitting out: |
Total ships fitting out |
| Ships converted to other roles: |
Total ships converted |
| Ships in storage: |
Total ships stored |
| Ships out of service: |
Total ships out of service |
| Sunk ships: |
Total ships sunk |
| Scuttled or target ships: |
7 |
| Scrapped ships: |
Total ships scrapped |
| Preserved ships: |
none |
| Ships planned but not completed: |
Total ships not completed |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
"Gilliam attack transport" |
| Tonnage: |
2,600 tons, 85,000 cu. ft. |
| Displacement: |
6,800 tons (full load)
7,080 (limiting) |
| Tons burthen: |
tons burthen |
| Length: |
LOA: 426 feet (129.8 m)
LWL: 400 feet (121.9 m) |
| Beam: |
58 feet (17.7 m) |
| Draft: |
16 feet (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Two Babcock & Wilcox boilers - 450 psig, 750° F
Two Westinghouse turbo-electric; two main-shaft motors; Horsepower: 6,600 (4.9 MW)
Two screws |
| Speed: |
17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: |
range |
| Endurance: |
endurance |
| Test depth: |
test depth |
Boats and landing
craft carried: |
15 × LCVPs
1 × gig |
| Capacity: |
capacity |
| Troops: |
47 Officers, 802 Enlisted |
| Complement: |
27 Officers 295 Enlisted |
| Time to activate: |
time to activate |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
sensors |
Electronic warfare
and decoys: |
EW |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun
• 4 × twin 40mm cannon
• 10 × 20mm cannon |
| Armor: |
armor |
| Aircraft carried: |
aircraft |
| Aviation facilities: |
aircraft facilities |
| Notes: |
notes |
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