Paul Revere-class attack transport

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]

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 & 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

Development

Two type C4 cargo ships were converted into attack transports for the United States Navy since the middle stages of the 1950s.^[2] Both ships were decommissioned on 1 January 1980 and later sold to the Spanish Navy in the same year.^{[citation needed]}

The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipment to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes. The ships' armaments had been slightly changed and relocated in order for the ships to carry out their new roles.^[1][3]

Ships in the class

Paul Revere class attack transport
Hull no.	Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
APA-248 / LPA-248	Paul Revere	New York Shipbuilding Corp.	15 May 1952	11 April 1953	3 September 1958	1 January 1980	Sold to Spain as Castilla (L-21), 17 January 1980
APA-249 / LPA-249	Francis Marion		?	13 February 1954	6 July 1961	1 January 1980	Sold to Spain as Aragón (L-22), 11 July 1980