Paul Revere-class attack transport

	USS Francis Marion in 1960s
Class overview
Name	Paul Revere class
Builders	New York Shipbuilding Corp.
Operators	United States Navy; Spanish Navy;
Preceded by	Haskell class
Succeeded by	none
Built	1952–1954
In service	1958–1980
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Attack transport; type C4-S-1A;
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	1 × propeller; 19,250 shp (14,355 kW); 620 psi (4,275 kPa);
Propulsion	1 × geared turbine; 1 × Babcock & Wilcox WT-type boilers;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	12 × LCVPs; 7 × LCM-6s; 2 × LCPLs;
Capacity	1,680 t (1,653 long tons); 10,487 sq. ft. vehicle; 876 bbls gasoline;
Troops	100 officers ; 1,500 enlisted;
Complement	414 officers and enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-40 air-search radar; 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar;
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.

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