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U.S. Navy. Via Navsource.Org |  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 5386 displacement tons 7800 gross register tons 12,500 deadweight tons |
| Dimensions | 492' by 69'6" by 28'6" 150m by 21.2m by 8.7m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement |
534 |
| Armament |
1 5"/51 dual-purpose gun 4 3"/50 AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft General Electric geared
turbine (8500 shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1935 tons |
| Passengers |
1160 |
| Modification |
By war's end the ships were
typically equipped with a 5"/38
in place of the 5"/50 and additional light antiaircraft armament of up
to 2x2, 2x1 40mm
Bofors AA guns and 14x1 20mm Oerlikon AA guns. |
The Crescent Citys were Maritime Commission standard C3 passenger and cargo ships converted to troop transports.
| Crescent
City |
arrived 1941-12 |
| Calvert |
arrived 1943-9 |
| Monrovia |
arrived 1943-9 |
| Charles Carroll
|
arrived 1943-12 |
References
NavSource.Org (accesssed 2009-5-16)
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