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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 4247 tons light 7080 tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 426' by 58' by 15'6" 129.8m by 17.7m by 4.7m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 283 |
| Armament | 1 5"/38
dual-purpose gun 2x2 40mm Bofors AA guns 10 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Westinghouse turboelectric (6000 shp) 2 Babock and Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1400 tons |
| Passengers | 849 |
| Cargo | 2600 tons 85,000 cubic feet (2410 cubic meters) |
The Gilliams
were completed from 1944 to
1945. They were produced by the Wilmington
yard of Consolidated Steel
Corporation under contract to the Maritime
Commission
as standard type S4-SE2-BD1 ships. Intended from the start for military
use, they were small, had shallow drafts, and were designed to carry
large amounts of combat equipment along with their passengers. Landing
craft complement was 13 LCVP, 1 LCPL, and 1 LCPR. The last
of these ships was completed three months ahead of schedule.
| Gilliam | completed 1944-8-1 (Wilmington) |
| Appling | completed 1944-8-22 (Wilmington) |
| Audrain | completed 1944-9-2 (Wilmington) |
| Banner | completed 1944-9-16 (Wilmington) |
| Barrow | completed 1944-9-28 (Wilmington) |
| Bracken | completed 1944-10-4 (Wilmington) |
| Berrien | completed 1944-10-7 (Wilmington) |
| Bladen | completed 1944-10-18 (Wilmington) |
| Briscoe | completed 1944-10-29 (Wilmington) |
| Brule | completed 1944-10-31 (Wilmington) |
| Burleson | completed 1944-11-8 (Wilmington) |
| Butte | completed 1944-11-22 (Wilmington) |
| Carlisle | completed 1944-11-28 (Wilmington) |
| Catron | completed 1944-11-28 (Wilmington) |
| Carteret | completed 1944-12-2 (Wilmington) |
| Clarendon | completed 1944-12-14 (Wilmington) |
| Colusa | completed 1944-12-20 (Wilmington) |
| Cleburne | completed 1944-12-22 (Wilmington) |
| Cortland | completed 1944-12-31 (Wilmington) |
| Crenshaw | completed 1945-1-4 (Wilmington) |
| Crittenden | completed 1945-1-17 (Wilmington) |
| Cullman | completed 1945-1-24 (Wilmington) |
| Dawson | completed 1945-2-4 (Wilmington) |
| Elkhart | completed 1945-2-8 (Wilmington) |
| Fallon | completed 1945-2-14 (Wilmington) |
| Fergus | completed 1945-2-20 (Wilmington) |
| Fillmore | completed 1945-2-25 (Wilmington) |
| Garrard | completed 1945-3-3 (Wilmington) |
| Gasconade
|
completed 1945-3-11 (Wilmington) |
| Geneva | completed 1945-3-21 (Wilmington) |
| Niagara |
completed 1945-3-29 (Wilmington) |
| Presidio | completed 1945-4-9 (Wilmington) |
References
NavSource.org (accessed 2012-4-19)
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