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| Tonnage | 6,556 tons light 13,910 tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 459'2" by 63' by 23' 140.0m by 19.2m by 7.0m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 276 |
| Armament | 4x1 3"/50
AA guns 12x1 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft geared turbine (6000 shp) 2 Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1500 tons |
| Passengers | 1575 troops |
| Cargo | 2000 tons 130,000 cubic feet (3680 cubic meters) |
The La Salles were Maritime Commission type C2-S-B1 cargo ships converted to
small transports. They were originally acquired to transport Seabees to beachheads as soon after
an amphibious assault
as possible. The ships were rather unsatisfactory, with cramped
quarters and inadequate distilling and electrical capacity. They lacked
the communications facilities and survivability needed by ships
operating in the combat zone. However, assault transports were at such
a premium that the ships were "temporarily" equipped with 2 LCM(3) and 6 LCVP. In effect, as one commander noted, they were
"operating as ... APA[s]
with AP facilities."
| La Salle |
Completed 1943-4-6 (San Francisco) |
| Comet |
Completed 1944-2-15 (San Francisco) |
| War
Hawk |
Arrived 1944-4 |
| John Land |
Completed 1944-4-8 (San Francisco) |
| Winged
Arrow |
Completed 1944-4-21 (San Francisco) |
| Herald of the Morning
|
Completed 1944-4-22 (Alameda) |
| Golden City |
Completed 1944-5-29 (Oakland) |
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