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_in_the_1960s.jpg) USS Monrovia (APA-31), a ship of the Crescent City class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Crescent City-class |
| Builders | Bethlehem Steel |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Preceded by | Harry Lee class |
| Succeeded by | President Jackson class |
| In commission |
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| Completed | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Crescent City-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 7,300 tons (light), 13,910 tons (full) |
| Length | 459 ft 3 in (139.98 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft (19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × General Electric geared drive turbine, 2 × Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 1 × propeller, designed shaft horsepower 6,000 |
| Speed | 16 - 16.5 knots |
| Capacity | Troops: Officer 83-91 Enlisted 1,465-1475 Cargo: 150,000 cu ft, 2,700 tons |
| Complement | 42-46 officers, 478 enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun mounts, 4 × twin 20mm gun, 12 - 18 × 20 mm single gun mounts. |
| Notes | MCV hull type C2-S-B1 |
The Crescent City-class attack transport was a class of U.S. Navy attack transports that saw service in World War II and the Korean War. There were four ships in the class: USS Crescent City, USS Charles Carroll, USS Monrovia, and USS Calvert.
Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Crescent City ships was to transport troops and their equipment to foreign shores in order to execute amphibious invasions using an array of smaller assault boats integral to the attack transport itself. Also like all the attack transports, the class was armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect itself and its cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.