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&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_McCawley_APA-4.jpg) USS McCawley circa 1941–42
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS McCawley |
| Namesake | Charles G. McCawley |
| Builder | Furness Shipbuilding Company, England |
| Christened | Santa Barbara |
| Acquired | 26 July 1940 |
| Commissioned | 11 September 1940 |
| Renamed | McCawley, 29 July 1940 |
| Reclassified | AP-10 to APA-4, 1 February 1943 |
| Honors and awards | Five battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Sunk off Guadalcanal, 30 June 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | McCawley-class attack transport |
| Displacement | 9,600 tons (fl) |
| Length | 486 ft 6 in (148.29 m) |
| Beam | 63 ft 6 in (19.35 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Propulsion | Sulzer "DR" type drive, no boilers, 2 x propellers, designed shaft 8,000 hp (6,000 kW) |
| Speed | 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) (sources vary) |
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| Complement | Officers 41, Enlisted 437 |
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USS McCawley (APA-4) was a McCawley-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Charles G. McCawley, eighth Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, she was the lead ship in her class.
The second McCawley, formerly SS Santa Barbara, was completed in 1928 by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Haverton Hill-on-Tees, England; she was acquired by the Navy from Grace Lines 26 July 1940, and renamed McCawley (AP-10) 29 July 1940. The ship was commissioned on 11 September 1940. She was reclassified as an attack transport, APA-4, on 1 February 1943.