USS Francis Marion in 1960s
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Class overview | |
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Name | Paul Revere class |
Builders | New York Shipbuilding Corp. |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Haskell class |
Succeeded by | none |
Built | 1952–1954 |
In service | 1958–1980 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | |
Displacement | 16,828 t (16,562 long tons), full load |
Length | 563 ft 6 in (171.75 m) |
Beam | 76 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | |
Troops |
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Complement | 414 officers and enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament | 4 × dual 3"/50 caliber guns |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
The Paul Revere-class attack transport was a ship class of attack transports of the United States Navy during the Cold War. Both ships were converted from the Type C4-S-1A cargo ships, and would be the last attack transports to be procured by the Navy.[1]