Artemis-class attack cargo ship

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USS Zenobia – a typical Artemis-class AKA
Class overview
Builders	Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc.
Operators	United States Navy
Built	1944–1945
Completed	32
General characteristics
Type	S4-SE2-BE1
Displacement	4,087 tons
Length	426 ft (130 m)
Beam	58 ft (18 m)
Draft	16 ft (5 m)
Speed	16.9 kn (31 km/h)
Complement	303 (varies)
Armament	1 × 5-inch 38 caliber dual purpose gun mount 4 × twin 40 mm gun mounts 10 × 20 mm guns gun mounts

The Artemis-class attack cargo ships were a series of

Like all AKAs, they were designed to carry combat loaded military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and troops on enemy shores during amphibious operations. Compared to other classes of AKAs, the Artemis class had a much shallower draft, and a lower main deck aft. All these ships were built on the same standard hull design, but there were some differences from ship to ship: The hull was a S-Type Special-Purpose Ships, same as S3-M2-K2 Landing Ship, Tank.^[1]

The armament varied, as did that of the other ships of the day. During 1944–1945, the

• Andromeda-class attack cargo ship
• Arcturus-class attack cargo ship
• Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship
• Tolland-class attack cargo ship
• Haskell-class attack transport
• List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

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