 USS Francis Marion in 1960s
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Paul Revere class |
| Builders | New York Shipbuilding Corp. |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Haskell class |
| Succeeded by | none |
| Built | 1952–1954 |
| In service | 1958–1980 |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | |
| Displacement | 16,828 t (16,562 long tons), full load |
| Length | 563 ft 6 in (171.75 m) |
| Beam | 76 ft (23 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | |
| Capacity | |
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| Complement | 414 officers and enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Armament | 4 × dual 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
The Paul Revere-class attack transport was a ship class of attack transports of the United States Navy during the Cold War. Both ships were converted from the Type C4-S-1A cargo ships, and would be the last attack transports to be procured by the Navy.[1]
Development
Two type C4 cargo ships were converted into attack transports for the United States Navy since the middle stages of the 1950s.[2] Both ships were decommissioned on 1 January 1980 and later sold to the Spanish Navy in the same year.
The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipment to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armaments had been slightly changed and relocated in order for the ships to carry out their new roles.[1][3]
Ships in the class
| Paul Revere class attack transport | |||||||
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| Hull no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
| APA-248 / LPA-248 | Paul Revere | New York Shipbuilding Corp. | 15 May 1952 | 11 April 1953 | 3 September 1958 | 1 January 1980 | Sold to Spain as Castilla (L-21), 17 January 1980 |
| APA-249 / LPA-249 | Francis Marion | ? | 13 February 1954 | 6 July 1961 | 1 January 1980 | Sold to Spain as Aragón (L-22), 11 July 1980 | |
References
- Photo gallery of Attack Transport (APA)/Amphibious Transport (LPA) Index at NavSource Naval History no nationality or prefix;
- United States Navy. 1959-1991. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
- 2002. U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-250-1.
- ^ a b U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 2002. ISBN 1-55750-250-1.
- ^ "New Role for the Paul Revere". U.S. Naval Institute. 2021-07-01. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Embarkation. United States Marine Corps. 1961. pp. 154–155.
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