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Tonnage |
9679 tons standard displacement 10,120 tons fully loaded |
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Dimensions |
608' by 75'6" by 29' 185.3m by 23.0m by 8.8m |
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Maximum speed |
19 knots |
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Complement |
399 crew 4711 passengers |
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Armament |
4 5"/38
dual-purpose guns 4x2 40mm Bofors AA guns 14x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft General Electric turbo-electric (18,000
shp) 4 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers |
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Bunkerage |
3900 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
5800 nautical miles (9300 kilometers) at 15 knots |
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Cargo |
100,000 cubic feet (2800 m3) |
The Admirals were completed in 1944-1945 as troop ships based on Maritime Commission standard P2-SE2 -R1 hulls. They operated with Coast Guard crews. None were lost during the war, and all were turned over to the Army postwar.
| Admiral W.S. Benson
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Completed 1944-8-23 (Alameda) |
| Admiral W.L. Capps | Completed 1944-9-18 (Alameda) |
| Admiral R.E. Coonts | Completed 1944-11-21 (Alameda) |
| Admiral E.W. Eberle | Completed 1945-1-24 (Alameda) |
| Completed 1945-1-31 (Alameda) | |
| Admiral H.T. Mayo |
Arrived 1945-7-22 |
| Admiral
Hugh Rodman |
Completed 1945-7-10 (Alameda) |
References
NavSource.Org (accessed 2012-8-22)
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