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Artemis

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
AKA21	Artemis	1882	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	11.1943	20.5.1944	8.1944	stricken 2.1947
AKA22	Athene	1883	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1.1944	18.6.1944	9.1944	stricken 8.1947
AKA23	Aurelia	1884	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	2.1944	4.7.1944	10.1944	stricken 6.1946
AKA24	Birgit	1885	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	2.1944	18.7.1944	10.1944	stricken 5.1946
AKA25	Circe	1886	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	4.8.1944	11.1944	stricken 5.1946
AKA26	Corvus	1887	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	24.9.1944	11.1944	stricken 1946
AKA27	Devosa	1888	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	12.10.1944	11.1944	stricken 1946
AKA28	Hydrus	1889	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	28.10.1944	12.1944	stricken 6.1956
AKA29	Lacerta	1890	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	7.1944	10.11.1944	12.1944	stricken 1946
AKA30	Lumen	1891	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	7.1944	20.11.1944	12.1944	stricken 1946
AKA31	Medea	1892	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	8.1944	30.11.1944	1.1945	stricken 10.1946
AKA32	Mellena	1893	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	9.1944	11.12.1944	1.1945	stricken 7.1946
AKA33	Ostara	1894	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	10.1944	21.12.1944	1.1945	stricken 4.1946
AKA34	Pamina	1895	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	5.1.1945	2.1945	survey ship AGS15 Tanner 5.1946
AKA35	Polana	1896	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	12.1944	17.1.1945	2.1945	stricken 5.1946
AKA36	Renate	1897	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1944	31.1.1945	2.1945	survey ship AGS16 Maury 7.1946
AKA37	Roxane	1898	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	12.1944	14.2.1945	3.1945	stricken 7.1946
AKA38	Sappho	1899	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	12.1944	3.3.1945	3.1945	stricken 10.1946
AKA39	Sarita	1900	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	12.1944	23.2.1945	3.1945	stricken 2.1947
AKA40	Scania	1901	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1.1945	17.3.1945	4.1945	stricken 9.1947
AKA41	Selinur	1902	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1.1945	28.3.1945	4.1945	stricken 5.1946
AKA42	Sidonia	1903	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	2.1945	7.4.1945	4.1945	stricken 4.1946
AKA43	Sirona	1904	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	2.1945	17.4.1945	5.1945	stricken 7.1946
AKA44	Sylvania	1905	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	2.1945	25.4.1945	5.1945	stricken 2.1947
AKA45	Tabora	1906	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	3.1945	3.5.1945	5.1945	stricken 7.1946
AKA46	Troilus	1907	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	3.1945	11.5.1945	6.1945	stricken 7.1946
AKA47	Turandot	1908	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	3.1945	20.5.1945	6.1945	stricken 4.1947
AKA48	Valeria	1909	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	4.1945	29.5.1945	6.1945	stricken 4.1946
AKA49	Vanadis	1910	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	4.1945	8.6.1946	7.1945	stricken 6.1946
AKA50	Veritas	1911	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	4.1945	16.5.1945	7.1945	stricken 4.1946
AKA51	Xenia	1912	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	5.1945	27.6.1945	7.1945	stricken 9.1946, to Chile (Presidente Errázuriz)
AKA52	Zenobia	1913	Walsh-Kaiser, Providence	1945	6.7.1945	8.1945	stricken 11.1946, to Chile (Presidente Pinto)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4087
Displacement full, t	6740
Length, m	121.9 wl 129.9 oa
Breadth, m	17.7
Draught, m	4.72
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Westinghouse turbine-generators, 2 electric motors, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	oil 1400
Endurance, nm(kts)	9500(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Military load	13 LCVP, 2 LCM(3), 1 LCPL, 980 - 2900 t of cargo, 252 marines
Electronic equipment	presumably SF or SG or SO or SU radar
Complement	303

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Project history

USN military transport vessels were sectioned into two groups: АР for transportation of troops and АК for carriage of goods and technics. The majority of them were built on the basis of standard types С2, С3 and С4 and differed from usual cargo ships a little.

For delivery of troops and cargoes directly to a beaching place assault landing transport ships (АРА and АКА) served, which main difference from АК and АР consisted that they were extra equipped with disembarkation craft of LCVP, LCM and LCP (L) types; with their help delivery of people and cargoes to beach also was effected.

Originally similar ships were not outlined in own subclass and were registered as АР and АК. In February, 1943 reorganisation was done and assault transports have received indexation АРА and АКА.

Two ships of Doyen class, projected even on the eve of war for landing operations in Caribbean basin, became the first American assault military transports. The overwhelming majority of remaining АРА and АКА has been converted from merchant cargo and cargo-passenger vessels or constructed in hulls of standard cargo vessels built by the big series in days of war. An exception were specially projected as assault transports Gilliam (АРА) and Artemis (АКА) classes.

Besides the large landing transport ships of АРА and АКА classes, small landing parties and subversive groups were landed by fast landing transports (APD) converted from become outdated Wickes and Clemson classes destroyers and destroyer escorts of Buckley and Rudderow classes.

Artemis class ships were purpose-built S4-SE2-BE1 type.

Modernizations

None.

1/1946: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SF or SG or SO or SU radar

Naval service

No significant events.