McCawley Class, U.S. Transports


Photograph of USS McCawley

Naval Historical Center #NH 97721

Specifications:

Tonnage 9600 tons displacement
Dimensions 486'6" by 63'6" by 25'6"
148.3m by 19.4m by 7.8m
Maximum speed       15 knots
Complement 304
Armament 1 5"/38 dual-purpose gun
4 3"/50 dual-purpose guns
2x2 40mm Bofors AA guns
18 20mm Oerlikon AA guns


The McCawleys were passenger steamers completed in 1928 in British shipyards and acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1940.


Units in the Pacific:

McCawley     
arrived 1942-4     
Sunk by aircraft 1943-6-30 off New Georgia
Barnett
arrived 1942-4

References

DANFS

NavSource.org (accessed 2007-7-7)

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