Crescent City 1947
Monrovia 1968
|
No |
Name |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comm |
Fate |
|
AP40, 2.1943- APA21 |
Crescent City (ex-Del Orleans) |
4338 |
Bethlehem, Sparrows Point // Alabama DD |
1939 |
17.2.1940 |
8.1940 // 10.1941 |
to Maritime Comm. 9.1946 |
|
AP58, 2.1943- APA28 |
Charles Carroll (ex-Del Uruguay) |
4362 |
Bethlehem, Sparrows Point |
3.1942 |
1942 |
8.1942 |
stricken 10.1958 |
|
AP64, 2.1943- APA31 |
Monrovia (ex-Del Argentina) |
4364 |
Bethlehem, Sparrows Point |
3.1942 |
19.9.1942 |
12.1942 |
stricken 11.1968 |
|
AP65, 2.1943- APA32 |
Calvert (ex-Del Orleans) |
4363 |
Bethlehem, Sparrows Point |
1942 |
19.9.1942 |
10.1942 |
stricken 8.1966 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
8409 |
|
Displacement full, t |
14247 |
|
Length, m |
151.8 |
|
Breadth, m |
17.2 |
|
Draught, m |
8.10 |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 set General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
17 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1751 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
15500(15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
|
Military load |
22 LCVP, 2 - 4 LCM(3), 2300 t of cargo, 1160 troops by 1945: 4 LCM(6), 20 LCVP, 3 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 2700 t of cargo, 1237 marines |
|
Electronic equipment |
AP58, 64, 65: presumably SC or SE or SF or SL radar (part of class) |
|
Complement |
534 |
Project history: USN military transport vessels were sectioned into two groups: ÀÐ for transportation of troops and ÀÊ for carriage of goods and technics. The majority of them were built on the basis of standard types Ñ2, Ñ3 and Ñ4 and differed from usual cargo ships a little.
For delivery of troops and cargoes directly to a beaching place assault landing transport ships (ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ) served, which main difference from ÀÊ and ÀÐ consisted that they were extra equipped with disembarkation craft of LCVP, LCM and LCP (L) types; with their help delivery of people and cargoes to beach also was effected.
Originally similar ships were not outlined in own subclass and were registered as ÀÐ and ÀÊ. In February, 1943 reorganisation was done and assault transports have received indexation ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ.
Two ships of Doyen class, projected even on the eve of war for landing operations in Caribbean basin, became the first American assault military transports. The overwhelming majority of remaining ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ has been converted from merchant cargo and cargo-passenger vessels or constructed in hulls of standard cargo vessels built by the big series in days of war. An exception were specially projected as assault transports Gilliam (ÀÐÀ) and Artemis (ÀÊÀ) classes.
Besides the large landing transport ships of ÀÐÀ and ÀÊÀ classes, small landing parties and subversive groups were landed by fast landing transports (APD) converted from become outdated Wickes and Clemson classes destroyers and destroyer escorts of Buckley and Rudderow classes.
Crescent City class transports were built in standard C3 Delta type hulls.
Modernizations: by 1945 all ships were armed with
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 11 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 4, SC or SF or SL or SN or SO or SU radar1/1946: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 11 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, SC or SF or SL or SN or SO or SU radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Crescent City
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