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ONI 222 |  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 8920 tons light 12,900 tons fully loaded |
| Dimensions | 492' by 69'6" by 26'6" 150.0m by 21.2m by 3.2m |
| Maximum speed | 18 knots |
| Complement | 575 |
| Armament | 2 5"/38
dual-purpose guns 2x2 40mm Bofors AA guns 18 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft General Electric geared
turbine (8500 shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1282 tons |
| Cargo | 3980 deadweight tons or 180,536 cubic feet (5112 cubic meters) |
| Passengers | Normal 82 officers and 1420 men Maximum 2000 |
| Modifications |
Light antiarcraft increased to 4x2 40mm, 12x2 20 mm |
The Bayfields
were completed from 1943 to 1945.
They were Maritime
Commission standard
C3-S-A2 passenger and cargo
ships converted to troop
transports. They
had three sets of triple Welin davits on each side and had a nominal 4 LCMs, 18 LCVPs, 3 LCPLs and 2 LCPRs to get the
troops and cargo ashore. They also had two 30-ton booms and six 10-ton
booms.
The class is sometimes divided by builder, those
built by Western Pipe being assigned to the Bayfield class and those built by
Ingalls assigned to the Custer
class. They differed only in detail, the Custers having a slightly smaller
displacement (7845 tons light displacement).
Six units were fitted out as squadron
flagships/relief AGCs
for division headquarters by
extending the superstructure aft of the funnels to add a flag plot and
flag bridge and by adding a small deckhouse aft of the superstructure
for a CIC, general's cabin, and other staff quarters. The forward set
of Weilin davits was removed to compensate the weight. These ships are
sometimes listed separately as the Cambria
class.
| Alpine |
completed 1943-9-30 (San Francisco) | |
| Callaway | arrived 1943-10 | |
| Bolivar | arrived 1943-10-15 | |
| DuPage | arrived 1943-10-17 | |
| Cambria | arrived 1943-12 | Completed as squadron flagship |
| Fayette | arrived 1943-12-6 | |
| Custer | arrived 1943-12-18 | |
| Clay | completed 1943-12-21 (San
Francisco) |
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| Elmore | arrived 1944-1-1 | Completed as squadron flagship |
| Cavalier | arrived 1944-2 | Refitted as squadron flagship |
| Fremont | arrived 1944-3-1 | |
| Leon | arrived 1944-3-23 | |
| Knox | arrived 1944-4-14 | |
| Lamar | arrived 1944-5-20 | |
| Barnstable |
completed 1944-5-22 (Portland) | |
| Cecil | completed 1944-9-15 (Portland) | |
| Hansford | completed 1944-10-12 (San Francisco) | |
| Bayfield | arrived 1944-11 | Refitted as squadron flagship |
| Goodhue | completed 1944-11-11 (San Francisco) | |
| Chilton | arrived 1944-12 | Completed as squadron flagship |
| Burleigh | arrived 1944-12-13 | |
| Goshen | arrived 1944-12-13 | |
| Lavaca | completed 1944-12-17 (Portland) | |
| Mendocino | arrived 1944-12-17 | |
| Henrico | arrived 1944-12-20 | Completed as squadron flagship |
| Dade | arrived 1944-12-21 | |
| Grafton | completed 1945-1-5 (San Francisco) | |
| Montour | arrived 1945-1-15-4 | |
| Riverside | arrived 1945-1-30 | |
| Dauphin | arrived 1945-2-21 | |
| Westmoreland | arrived 1945-2-28 | |
| Hanover | arrived 1945-5-13 | |
| Hampton | arrived 1945-5-26 | |
| Sitka | arrived 1945-7-11 |
References
NavSource.Org (accesssed 2008-1-11)
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