Windsor-class attack transport

Windsor-class

USS Windsor (APA-55), lead ship of the Windsor class, 1943
Class overview
Builders	Bethlehem Steel (x7) Ingalls Shipbuilding (x2)
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Doyen class
Succeeded by	Ormsby class
In commission	June 1943 - June 1946
Completed	9
Active	None
General characteristics
Type	attack transport
Displacement	7,970 tons (lt), 13,132 t. (fl)
Length	472–492 ft (144–150 m)
Beam	66–69.5 ft (20.1–21.2 m)
Draft	25–26.5 ft (7.6–8.1 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbine engine, single propeller, 8,000 shp (6,000 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	Troops: Officer 94 Enlisted 1,463 Cargo:150,000 cu ft (4,200 m3), 1,600 tons
Complement	91 officers, 522 enlisted
Armament	Variable, but usually 1 x 5"/38 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 2 x twin 20mm gun mounts, 18 x single 20mm gun mounts
Notes	MCV hull types C3-S-A1, C3-S-A3, possibly also C3-S-A2 or C3-S1-A3

The Windsor-class attack transport was a class of nine US Navy attack transports. Ships of the class saw service in World War II.

Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Windsors was to transport troops and their equipment to foreign shores in order to execute amphibious invasions using an array of smaller assault boats integral to the attack transport itself. The class was well armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect itself and its cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.