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#REDIRECT [[Attack cargo ship]]
|colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:USSRolette.jpg|300px]]<br>Typical ''Andromeda'' class attack cargo ship
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|General Characteristics
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|Hull Type:
| [[Type C2 ship|C2-S-B1]]
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|Displacement:
| 6,761 tons empty
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|Length:
| 459 ft 2 in (140 m)
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|Beam:
| 63 ft (19.2 m)
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|Draft:
| 26 ft 4 in (8.0 m)
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|Speed:
| 16.5 [[knot (speed)|knots]]  (31 km/h)
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|Complement:
| 247 (varies)
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|Armament:
| 1 × [[5"/38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber dual purpose gun mount]], <br/> 4 × twin 40mm gun mounts, <br/>16 × 20 mm gun mounts
|}
 
The '''''Andromeda'' class [[attack cargo ship]]s''' were built by [[Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.]] in [[Kearny, New Jersey]] and [[Moore Dry Dock Co.]], in [[Oakland, California]];during [[World War II]].
 
Like all [[attack cargo ship|AKA]]'s, they were designed to carry [[combat loading|combat loaded]] military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and troops on enemy shores during [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious operations]].
 
All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship:
 
The armament varied, as did that of the other ships of the day. During 1944-1945, the 5"/38 was recognized as the best gun for the dual role of [[antiaircraft]] and [[naval gunfire support]], and the 40 mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20 mm and .50 caliber guns had been recognized as of limited value, and were being phased out, though they appeared on some of these ships. The 20 mm's were later removed from all of them, but it is not clear just when this happened.
 
The complement varied as well, but the [[DANFS]] figures sometimes seem to confuse ship's company with embarked troops in determining a ship's complement.
 
==See also==
* [[Arcturus class attack cargo ship|''Arcturus''-class attack cargo ship]]
* [[Artemis class attack cargo ship|''Artemis''-class attack cargo ship]]
* [[Charleston class amphibious cargo ship|''Charleston''-class amphibious cargo ship]]
* [[Tolland class attack cargo ship|''Tolland''-class attack cargo ship]]
 
==References==
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.usmm.org/c2ships.html United States Maritime Commission C2 Type Ships]
 
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