Crescent City Class, U.S. Attack Transports

Photograph of Crescent City, an attack transport

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
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
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.

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