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Gilliam Class Attack Transport: Laid down as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under a Maritime Commission contract at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington CA.; Launched, 28 March 1944; Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 31 July 1944; Commissioned USS Gilliam (APA-57), 1 August 1944; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sunk by Test Able, 1 July 1946 at Bikini Atoll.
Specifications: Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl); Length 426'; Beam 58'; Draft 16'; Speed 16.9kts; Complement 27 Officers 295 Enlisted; Troop Capacity 47 Officers, 802 Enlisted; Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 2,600 t.; Armament 1 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 4 twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 single 20mm gun mounts; Propulsion Westinghouse turbo-electric drive, 2 boilers, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 6,000.
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