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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 7980 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 492' by 69'6" by 21'1" 149.96m by 21.18m by 6.43m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 369 |
| Armament | 4 3"/50
AA guns 2x2, 2x1 40mm Bofors AA guns 8x2 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft General Electric geared
turbine (8500 shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage |
3900 tons |
| Passengers | 2095 |
| Cargo |
600 tons 154,798 cubic feet (4384 m3) |
The Elizabeth C. Stantons
were completed from 1940 to
the end of the war. They were Maritime
Commission standard C-3
Cargo merchants converted to troop
transports,
which did not make for particularly comfortable troop
compartments. Still,
they were large and fast with good range, with a maximum boom capacity of 30 tons.
| Florence Nightingale | arrived 1944-12-25 |
| Lyon | arrived 1944-12-31 |
| Anne Arundel | arrived 1945-1 |
| Elizabeth C. Stanton | arrived 1945-1-15 |
References
NavSource.org (accessed 2012-2-8)
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