Andromeda Class, U.S.
Attack Cargo Ships (original) (raw)
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| Displacement | 6556 tons light displacement |
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| Dimensions | 459' by 63' by 26'139.9m by 19.2m by 7.9m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 404 |
| Armament | 1 5"/38 dual-purpose gun4 3"/50 AA guns12 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery | 1-shaft General Electric geared turbine (6000 shp)2 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers |
| Bunkerage | 1680 tons fuel oil20,000 gallons (76,000 liters) diesel fuel for landing craft |
| Cargo | 393,160 cubic feet (11,133 m3)4895 deadweight tons |
| Passengers | 174 officers and men |
| Modifications | By the end of the war, the 3"/50s had been replaced by 4x2 40mm Bofors AA guns |
The Andromedas were completed in 1943-45. They were Maritime Commissionstandard C2-S-B1 hulls armed and manned by Navy crews for landing cargo on the beach duringamphibious assaults. They carried 1 LCP(L), 8 LCM(3), and 15-16 LCVPlanding craft for transporting their cargoes ashore. They were equipped with a 12,000 gallon (45,000 liter) per day distilling plant and with 4 35-ton, 2 10-ton, and 4 5-ton booms.
Units in the Pacific:
| Thuban | arrived 1943-7-6 | |
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| Virgo | arrived 1943-8-31 | Conducted the first successful experiments in underway replenishment of general stores during the Iwo Jima campaign |
| Aquarius | arrived 1943-10 | |
| Centaurus | arrived 1943-12 | |
| Arneb | completed 1944-4-28 (Portland) | |
| Alshain | arrived 1944-5-13 | |
| Capricornus | completed 1944-5-31 (Portland) | |
| Algol | completed 1944-7-21 (Portland) | |
| Chara | arrived 1944-7-29 | |
| Uvalde | completed 1944-8-18 (Oakland) | |
| Diphda | arrived 1944-8-22 | |
| Warrick | completed 1944-8-30 (Oakland) | |
| Whiteside | completed 1944-9-11 (Oakland) | |
| Whitley | completed 1944-9-21 (Oakland) | |
| Wyandot | completed 1944-9-30 (Oakland) | |
| Yancey | completed 1944-10-11 (Oakland) | |
| Leo | arrived 1944-10-20 | |
| Cepheus | arrived 1944-12 | |
| Achernar | arrived 1944-12-25 | |
| Andromeda | arrived 1945-1 | |
| Theenim | arrived 1945-1-3 | |
| Sheliak | arrived 1945-1-10 | |
| Winston | arrived 1945-3-7 | |
| Ottawa | arrived 1945-3-18 | |
| Mathews | arrived 1945-5-15 | |
| Merrick | arrived 1945-5-22 | |
| Montague | arrived 1945-5-25 |
References
NavSource.Org (accessed 2007-4-27)
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