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*REDIRECT [[Attack cargo ship]]
|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:TollandClassAKA.jpg|300px]] Typical ''Tolland'' class attack cargo ship <br/>
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!colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"| General Characteristics
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|Hull Type:
| [[Type C2 ship|C2-S-AJ3]]
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|[[Ship measurements|Displacement]]:
| 8,635&nbsp;tons light, 13,910&nbsp;tons loaded
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|[[Ship measurements|Length]]:
| 459&nbsp;ft 2&nbsp;in (140&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Beam]]:
| 63&nbsp;ft (19.2&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship measurements|Draft]]:
| 26&nbsp;ft 4&nbsp;in (8.0&nbsp;m)
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|[[Ship propulsion|Propulsion]]:
| GE geared steam turbine drive, single propeller, <br/>6,000&nbsp;[[Ship measurements|shp]] (4.5&nbsp;MW)
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|Speed:
| 16.5&nbsp;[[knot (speed)|knots]]  (30.6&nbsp;km/h)
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|[[Ship measurements|Complement]]:
| 395 (62 officers, 333 men), plus embarked troops
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|Armament:
| 1 × [[5" /38 caliber gun|5"/38 caliber DP gun]], <br/> 4 × [[40mm/56 caliber gun|twin 40&nbsp;mm AA guns]], <br/>16 × [[20mm antiaircraft gun|20&nbsp;mm AA guns]]
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|Boats:
| 14 [[LCVP]], <br/>8 [[LCM]]
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| colspan="2" | <small>NOTES: Some sources report different displacements for ships of this type. Speed and complement may have changed as the ship or her mission were modified. Often one or two LCVPs were replaced by [[LCPL]]s. 20mm AA guns were sometimes removed.</small>
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The '''''Tolland'' class [[attack cargo ship]]s''' were built by [[North Carolina Shipbuilding Co.]] in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] during the latter stages of [[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&nbsp;mm was seen as the best antiaircraft gun. The older 20&nbsp;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==
* [[Andromeda class attack cargo ship|''Andromeda''-class attack cargo ship]]
* [[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]]
 
==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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