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Gilliam Class Attack Transports were a type of attack transport (APA) serving in the United States Navy during World War II. Built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation in Wilmington, California under a Maritime Commission contract, Type S4 SE2 BD1.

The Gilliam class was a new type of troop carrier to fill the needs for a smaller, faster transport to reduce the chance of being sunk by submarine, and to reduce the losses if one were. Previous to this, cargo-type ships were converted to attack transports by installing landing-boat davits. The Gilliam class was one of the first purpose-built amphibious troop carriers.

Consolidated Steel built its Wilmington yard in 1941 and with four ways, later increased to eight. Novel, assembly-line techniques were employed to reduce build time, (laying down to commissioning), to three months. Thirty-two Gilliam class APAs were built before being supplanted by the Haskell class, also built by Consolidated.

All Gilliams were used in the Pacific war. Iwo to Occupation. 12 LCVPs, 2 Lxxxs & 1 Lyyy.

The ships were a wartime commodity. Eleven of the ships were scrapped within two years of the end of the war. Of the remaining, nineteen were involved in Operation Crossroads in July 1946; sixteen as targets. (All the APAs used in the tests were Gilliam class.) Two were sunk outright by Test Able. Ten suffered radiation damage from the unexpectedly high contamination of the underwater Test Baker and were not re-manned. After testing, they were scuttled in 1948. Most of the rest were sunk as gunnery targets. Only five survived into the 1950s.

The following table shows significant dates for the thirty-two ships of the class. The build times (in days - laying down to commissioning) show the phenomanal rates that were achieved. The life times (in years - measured from commissioning) were, in general, very short.

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valign="top" ! APA ! Name ! Laid down ! Launched ! Commissioned ! Last date ! width=15 | ! On slip ! Fitting ! Build ! Life

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} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Gilliam|}} || 30 Nov 1943 || 28 Mar 1944 || 01 Aug 1944 || 01 Jul 1946 || || 118 || 126 || 244 || 2.3

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Appling|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Appling|}} || 07 Dec 1943 || 09 Apr 1944 || 22 Aug 1944 || 12 Dec 1954 || || 123 || 135 || 258 || 10.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Audrain|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Audrain|}} || 01 Dec 1943 || 21 Apr 1944 || 02 Sep 1944 || 11 Jul 1972 || || 141 || 134 || 275 || 28.2

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Banner|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Banner|}} || 24 Jan 1944 || 03 May 1944 || 16 Sep 1944 || 16 Feb 1948 || || 99 || 136 || 235 || 3.8

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Barrow|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Barrow|}} || 28 Jan 1944 || 11 May 1944|| 28 Sep 1944|| 11 May 1948 || || 103 || 140 || 243 || 4.0

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Berrien|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Berrien|}} || 23 Feb 1944 || 20 May 1944|| 08 Oct 1944|| 01 Jan 1966 || || 86 || 141 || 227 || 21.6

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Bladen|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Bladen|}} || 08 Mar 1944 || 31 May 1944|| 18 Oct 1944|| 01 Jan 1960 || || 84 || 140 || 224 || 15.6

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Bracken|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Bracken|}} || 13 Mar 1944 || 10 Jun 1944|| 04 Oct 1944|| 10 Mar 1948 || || 89 || 116 || 205 || 3.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Briscoe|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Briscoe|}} || 29 Mar 1944 || 19 Jun 1944|| 29 Oct 1944|| 06 May 1948 || || 82 || 132 || 214 || 3.9

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Brule|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Brule|}} || 10 Apr 1944 || 30 Jun 1944|| 31 Oct 1944|| 11 May 1948 || || 81 || 123 || 204 || 3.9

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Burleson|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Burleson|}} || 22 Apr 1944 || 11 Jul 1944|| 08 Nov 1944|| 20 Sep 1968 || || 80 || 120 || 200 || 24.2

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Butte|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Butte|}} || 04 May 1944 || 20 Jul 1944|| 22 Nov 1944|| 12 May 1948 || || 77 || 125 || 202 || 3.8

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Carlisle|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Carlisle|}} || 12 May 1944 || 30 Jul 1944|| 28 Nov 1944|| 01 Jul 1946 || || 79 || 121 || 200 || 1.9

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Carteret|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Carteret|}} || 22 May 1944 || 15 Aug 1944|| 03 Dec 1944|| 19 Apr 1948 || || 85 || 110 || 195 || 3.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Catron|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Catron|}} || 01 Jun 1944 || 28 Aug 1944|| 28 Nov 1944|| 06 May 1948 || || 88 || 92 || 180 || 3.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Clarendon|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Clarendon|}} || 12 Jun 1944 || 12 Sep 1944|| 14 Dec 1944|| 01 Jun 1946 || || 92 || 93 || 185 || 1.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Cleburne|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Cleburne|}} || 20 Jun 1944 || 27 Sep 1944|| 22 Dec 1944|| 07 Jul 1947 || || 99 || 86 || 185 || 2.8

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Colusa|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Colusa|}} || 01 Jul 1944 || 07 Oct 1944|| 20 Dec 1944|| 14 Aug 1947 || || 98 || 74 || 172 || 2.9

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Cortland|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Cortland|}} || 12 Jul 1944 || 18 Oct 1944|| 01 Jan 1945|| 31 Mar 1948 || || 98 || 75 || 173 || 3.4

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Crenshaw|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Crenshaw|}} || 21 Jul 1944 || 27 Oct 1944|| 04 Jan 1945|| 30 Jun 1946 || || 98 || 69 || 167 || 1.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Crittenden|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Crittenden|}} || 31 Jul 1944 || 06 Nov 1944|| 17 Jan 1945|| 06 Oct 1947 || || 98 || 72 || 170 || 2.9

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Cullman|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Cullman|}} || 16 Aug 1944 || 17 Nov 1944|| 25 Jan 1945|| 01 Aug 1965 || || 93 || 69 || 162 || 20.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Dawson|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Dawson|}} || 29 Aug 1944 || 27 Nov 1944|| 04 Feb 1945|| 19 Apr 1948 || || 90 || 69 || 159 || 3.4

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Elkhart|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Elkhart|}} || 13 Sep 1944 || 05 Dec 1944|| 08 Feb 1945|| 01 Jan 1964 || || 83 || 65 || 148 || 19.1

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Fallon|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Fallon|}} || 28 Sep 1944 || 14 Dec 1944|| 14 Feb 1945|| 11 Mar 1948 || || 77 || 62 || 139 || 3.2

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Fergus|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Fergus|}} || 07 Oct 1944 || 24 Dec 1944|| 20 Feb 1945|| 04 Sep 1947 || || 78 || 58 || 136 || 2.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Fillmore|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Fillmore|}} || 19 Oct 1944 || 04 Jan 1945|| 25 Feb 1945|| 01 Sep 1966 || || 77 || 52 || 129 || 21.7

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Garrard|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Garrard|}} || 28 Oct 1944 || 13 Jan 1945|| 03 Mar 1945|| 03 Jun 1963 || || 77 || 49 || 126 || 18.4

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Gasconade|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Gasconade|}} || 07 Nov 1944 || 23 Jan 1945|| 11 Mar 1945|| 21 Jul 1948 || || 77 || 47 || 124 || 3.5

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Geneva|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Geneva|}} || 18 Nov 1944 || 31 Jan 1945|| 22 Mar 1945|| 02 Nov 1966 || || 74 || 50 || 124 || 21.8

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Niagara|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Niagara|}} || 20 Nov 1944 || 10 Feb 1945|| 29 Mar 1945|| 05 Feb 1950 || || 82 || 47 || 129 || 5.0

| {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Name2Num|Presidio|}} || {{User:Saintrain/S2/APA Link Name|Presidio|}} || 06 Dec 1944 || 17 Feb 1945|| 09 Apr 1945|| 01 May 1965 || || 73 || 51 || 124 || 20.2

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