The USS Calvert’s origin story and design details
This 22 page document, a .pdf file, highlights the origin of the USS Calvert and her five sister ships. Included are details on the design, construction, and mechanical details of the USS Calvert as designed and initially built in 1941-1942.
View and download the document here: USS Calvert: An Introduction, Origin Story, and Design Details
Schematic and profile drawings
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Radio call sign: NEQS
Calvert’s general characteristics. Source: The Calvert’s Wikipedia Page:
| General characteristics – CIRCA LATE 1945 | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Crescent City-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,889 tons (light tons), 14,247 t.(fl) |
| Length: | 491 ft (150 m) oa
465.0 ft pp |
| Beam: | 65 ft 6 in (19.96 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric geared drive turbine, 1 screw 2 × boilers, Designed shaft horsepower 7,800 (5.8 MW) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots |
| Capacity: | Troops: 92 officers, 1,191 enlisted Cargo: 130,000 cu ft, 2,700 tons |
| Complement: | 48 officers, 510 enlisted |
| Armament: | 1 × 5″/38 cal. DP gun mount; 3 × 3″/50 cal. DP gun mounts, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, 4 × twin 20 mm gun mounts. |
Great Web Site, I was a 20 year old Private USMC from Sandiago to Iwakuni Japan. November 1960. It was a great experience and all of the crew had to put up with all of us Marines. We intermingled together great. I found this web site by accident and it brings back great memories. I wish I had made pictures.
we spent 3 days in Hawaiie, 3 glorious days in Yukosuka… and on to Iwakuni where I spent a year. Then back to the states on the USS Rhinefield APA. The Calvert was the better of the two
Fortunately it was peace time. Later I missed Vietnam. I was discharged December 1962.
I wish
Again thanks for the memories.