Benewah-class barracks ship
USS Benewah | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Benewah class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Built | 1943-1946 |
| In commission | 1944-1971 |
| Planned | 16 |
| Completed | 16 |
| Active |
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| Laid up | 1 |
| Retired | 13 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barracks ship |
| Displacement | 4,000 long tons (4,064 t) |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft |
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| Installed power |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 24,000 nmi (44,000 km; 28,000 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) while displacing 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 or 6 x LCVPs |
| Capacity | 2,975 Bbls (diesel) |
| Troops | 26 officers, 1200 enlisted men |
| Complement | 12 officers, 129 enlisted men |
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The Benewah-class barracks ship was a class of barracks ships of the United States Navy after the Second World War, in the late 1940s.