World War II
Combat Loaded Attack Transports
Gilliam (APA-57) class
S4-SE2-BD1 hulls
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-101 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover book of engineering drawings, 159 pages)
Ships of class: USS Gilliam (APA-57), USS Appling
(APA-58), USS Audrain (APA-59), USS Banner (APA-60),
USS Barrow (APA-61), USS Berrien (APA-62), USS Bladen
(APA-63), USS Bracken (APA-64), USS Briscoe
(APA-65), USS Brule (APA-66), USS Burleson
(APA-67)(IX-67), USS Butte (APA-68), USS Carlisle
(APA-69), USS Carteret (APA-70), USS Catron (APA-71),
USS Clarendon (APA-72), USS Cleburne (APA-73), USS Colusa
(APA-74), USS Cortland (APA-75), USS Crenshaw
(APA-76), USS Crittenden (APA-77), USS Cullman
(APA-78), USS Dawson (APA-79), USS Elkhart (APA-80),
USS Fallon (APA-81), USS Fergus (APA-82), USS Fillmore
(APA-83), USS Garrard (APA-84), USS Gasconade
(APA-85), USS Geneva (APA-86), USS Niagara (APA-87)
and USS Presidio (APA-88).
LIST OF BLUEPRINTS
Gilliam (APA-57) class
|
Title |
Shipyard |
Date of |
Page |
|
Booklet of General Plans: outboard |
Combat Loaded Transport |
June 11, 1943 |
13-17 |
|
General arrangement, inboard profile, |
Combat Loaded Transport |
Dec. 11, 1943 |
18-19 |
|
General arrangement, compartment & |
do. |
Dec. 31, 1943 |
20-21 |
|
Compartment & access, inner bottom |
do. |
Oct. 14, 1943 |
22-23 |
|
Compartment & access, 1st & 2nd |
do. |
Oct. 19, 1943 |
24-25 |
|
Compartment & access, main & upper |
do. |
Nov. 12, 1943 |
26-27 |
|
Compartment & access, superstructure deck, navigating deck & top of house, |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1943 |
28-34 |
|
Lines plan, |
do. |
Jan. 14, 1944 |
35-37 |
|
Forward body, |
do. |
Dec. 11, 1953 |
38 |
|
Midship section, |
do. |
Sept. 16, 1943 |
39-40 |
|
Docking plan, |
do. |
Dec. 16, 1943 |
41-43 |
|
Shell expansion, fwd., |
do. |
Oct. 20, 1943 |
44-45 |
|
Shell expansion, aft, |
do. |
Sept. 30, 1943 |
46-47 |
|
Main deck, plating, |
do. |
Nov. 3, 1943 |
48-50 |
|
Upper deck, plating, |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1943 |
51-54 |
|
Superstructure deck plating & house |
do. |
Nov. 8, 1943 |
55-57 |
|
Navigating deck plating and top of |
do. |
Nov. 16, 1943 |
58-59 |
|
General arrangement, 2nd platform, |
do. |
Dec. 6, 1943 |
60-62 |
|
General arrangement, 1st platform, |
do. |
Oct. 15, 1943 |
63-65 |
|
General arrangement, main deck, |
do. |
do. |
66-68 |
|
General arrangement, upper deck, |
do. |
do. |
69-72 |
|
General arrangement, superstructure |
do. |
do. |
73-75 |
|
General arrangement, navigating deck |
do. |
do. |
76-77 |
|
General arrangement, wheel house & |
do. |
Feb. 21, 1944 |
78-80 |
|
General arrangement, weather decks, |
do. |
Dec. 28, 1944 |
81-82 |
|
Skeg, |
do. |
Sept. 23, 1943 |
83-84 |
|
Trash burner, arr=g=t.,
& details, on |
do. |
Feb. 1, 1944 |
85 |
|
24" searchlight platform on stack, |
do. |
Nov. 24, 1943 |
86-87 |
|
Ladders, accomodation, handling & |
do. |
Nov. 24, 1943 |
88-90 |
|
Ladders & grating in funnels, arr=g=t., |
do. |
Dec. 14, 1943 |
91-92 |
|
Taffrail log boom & brackets, |
do. |
Oct. 28, 1943 |
93-94 |
|
Stress diagram for top masts, |
do. |
Nov. 18, 1943 |
95-97 |
|
Stress diagram for king post & booms, |
do. |
Oct. 27, 1943 |
98-102 |
|
Rigging, 5 & 15 ton booms, at |
do. |
Nob. 14, 1943 |
103-105 |
|
Rigging, 5 & 15 ton booms, main mast |
do. |
Nov. 4, 1943 |
106-108 |
|
Cargo handling, arr=g=t., |
do. |
Nov. 11, 1943 |
109-110 |
|
Ventilation, 1st platform, aft, |
do. |
Dec. 15, 1943 |
111-113 |
|
Ventilation, main deck, aft, |
do. |
Dec. 16, 1943 |
114-116 |
|
Ventilation, main deck, fwd, |
do. |
Dec. 15, 1943 |
117-119 |
|
Ventilation, upper deck, aft, |
do. |
do. |
120-122 |
|
Ventilation, upper deck, fwd, |
do. |
Dec. 12, 1943 |
123-125 |
|
Ventilation, superstructure deck, |
do. |
Dec. 6, 1943 |
126-128 |
|
Ventilation, top of house & |
do. |
Dec. 21, 1943 |
129-131 |
|
Ventilation, forward machinery |
do. |
Nov. 13, 1943 |
132-133 |
|
Ventilation, forward machinery |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1943 |
134-135 |
|
Ventilation, after machinery space, |
do. |
Dec. 9, 1943 |
136-137 |
|
Ventilation, after machinery space, |
do. |
Dec. 6, 1943 |
138-140 |
|
Ventilation, after machinery space, |
do. |
Dec. 7, 1943 |
141-143 |
|
Ventilation, aux machinery space, |
do. |
Dec. 11, 1943 |
144-147 |
|
Arrg=t., of
machinery in engine room, |
do. |
Jan.15, 1944 |
148-152 |
|
Superstructure & 40/mm gun, forward, |
do. |
Dec. 3, 1943 |
153-155 |
|
Bridge front & foundation for 20/mm |
do. |
Nov. 14, 1943 |
156-159 |