USS Paul Revere

USS Paul Revere
History
United States
NameUSS Paul Revere
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey;
Laid down15 May 1952
Launched11 April 1953, as SS Diamond Mariner
Acquiredby the USN, 14 September 1956
Commissioned9 October 1958
Decommissioned1 January 1980
RenamedPaul Revere, 4 June 1957
Reclassified
  • APA-248, 4 June 1957
  • LPA-248, 1 January 1969
Stricken1 January 1980
FateSold to Spain, 17 January 1980
Spain
NameCastilla
Acquired17 January 1980
Decommissioned6 June 1998
IdentificationL-21
FateScrapped 2000
General characteristics
Class and typePaul Revere-class attack transport
Displacement16,828 long tons (17,098 t)
Length563 ft 6 in (171.75 m)
Beam76 ft (23 m)
Draft27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion
  • Geared turbine, 19,250 hp (14,350 kW)
  • 2 × Foster Wheeler boilers, 620 psi (4,300 kPa) PSI[1]
  • Single screw
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Troops1500
Complement414
Armament4 × 3"/50 caliber guns
Aircraft carriedUp to 8 helicopters (Sikorsky HO4S and Sikorsky H-34 have landed on the deck)
Aviation facilitieselevated aft flight deck

USS Paul Revere (APA/LPA-248) was the lead ship of the Paul Revere class of attack transport in the United States Navy. She was named for the early patriot and Founding Father, Paul Revere (1735–1818). She later served in the Spanish Navy as Castilla (L-21).

The ship was designed under project SCB 14 and laid down as Maritime Administration Hull 27 on 15 May 1952 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey, and was launched on 11 April 1953 as SS Diamond Mariner, sponsored by Mrs. Franklin Ewers. The ship was delivered to MARAD on 22 December 1953, and was operated by the Prudential Steamship Corporation for MARAD until placed in the Maritime Reserve Fleet on 24 July 1954. She was acquired by the US Navy on 14 September 1956, classified APA-248 and named Paul Revere on 4 June 1957, converted by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, and commissioned at Long Beach, California on 3 September 1958.

  1. ^ NAVSHIPS SIB-APA248, 1967