Paul Revere (APA 248) - Naval Cruise Book

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1'.x:'1'--,--U ml- -u5i :DFLSDNSQIN - , - 'I me SJ.e M9. I A LA 1 A-'A ' 'M MBNA 'MT WHAT IS NON NSS PAUL REVERE NAS ORICINALLY CHHISTENED SS DIANOND NARINER ON 11 APR 1953, THE NAME REINF DERIVED FROM THE POPULAR NICKNAME PCE THE STATE OF DELAWARE. CONRINED WITH THE SHTP'S CLASS NAME. SHE NAS THE SEC- oND OF FIVE NARINER CLASS SHIPS RHILT RY THE NEN YCHH SHIPSUILDING CDEP- ORATION AT CAMDEN, NPN JERSEY. THE CLASS NAS DESIGNED AS FAST DRY CARGO SHIPS AND WAS INTENDED T0 HAVE TNICE THE SPEED AND TWO AND CNE HALE TIMES AS NNCH CARGO CAPACITY AS THE CHTNCDED WORLD NAR II LIBERTY SHIPS. THE DIAMOND NARINER WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE NAVY ON SEP. IA, 1956 EOR THE CONVERSION TO THE EIRST NARINER CLASS APA. SHE WAS THEN MOVED TO THE SAN PEDRO YARDS OE THE TCDD SHIPRUILDINC CCPPCEATICN, WHERE THE S11,MMM,MMM RECONSTRUCTION JCE NAS UNDERTAKEN. . I , w - MAJOR FEATURES OE THE CONVERSION INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF A HELICOP' TER LANDING PLATFORM, TNC ONADROPOD NASTS MOUNTING BOTH 50 AND SS TON BOONS, THE REARRANGENENT OF THE INTERIOR AND CARGO SPACES TO PERNIT . BERTHING OF MORE THAN ISDN TROOPS AND THE INSTALLATION-OF A VARIETY OF ' MODERN ELECTRONIC AND RADAR EOHIPNENT. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSION WERE NANY ITENS DESIGNED TO MAKE SHIPSOARD LIVING MORE CONFORTADLE FOR BOTH CREW AND ENRARKED TROOPS. ' I ON COMPLETION OF HER CONVERSION PAUL REVERE WAS READY FOR CONNISSIONING INTO THE NAVY AS OUR FIRST ATTACK TRANSPORT CONVERSION IN MANY YEARS AND AS ONE OF THE NOST MODERN SHIPS IN OUR ANPHIRIOUS NARFARE FLEETS. SHE NAS ALSO THE FIRST ATTACK TRANSPORT CAPARLE OF,A SHSTAINED SPEED OF ZCTKNOTS. AND THE FIRST ONE EOUIPPED FOR COMBINED OVER-THE-BEACH AND VERTICAL ENVELOPENENT ASSAULT. - THE PAUL REVERE NAS FIRST CONNANDFD DY CAPT. E.S. ERLY USN, THEN BY CAPT. N.E. THOMPSON, NSN, AND PEESENTLY DY CAPT. A.E. OLSEN. HSN. AS AN ATTACY TRANSPORT PAUL REVERE HAS THE FOLLOWING MISSIONS: 1. TO TRANSPORT A SATTALION LANDING TEAM AND ITS EQUIPMENT TO A LANDING AREA AND OFFLOAD THEN VIA HELICOPTERS AND LANDING CRAET. 2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR A TRANSPORT SQHADRON COMMANDER AND AS ASSISS TANT DIVISION COMMANDER OF TROOPS. 3. TO PROVIDE LIMITED FACILITIES FOR CONTROL OF SUPPORTING ARNS AND AIR- CR punto - E ' A. TO EVACUATE AND CARE ECP INJDRED PERSONNEL AND PRISONERS OF NAR. I ' 5. TO ACT ASDA POINT-TO-POINT TRANSPORT. ' I X X , THE SHIP'S NAME, PAUL PEHEPE, HONORS THE REVOLDTIONARY WAR PATRIOT WHOSE MIDNIGHT RIDE ON IR APHIL 1775 CAVE NAPNINS OF THE APPROACH OF BRITISH TPCCPS. ALTHOUGH NOT CLCSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAVY, PAUL EEvEPE DID NAVE THE CCPPEP ANA QPASS FITTINGS PCE THE ORIGINAL USS CONSTITUTION AND THE COPPER RIVETS ECP THE FIRST HSS ESSEX. A ..-E-, . TNI- I-unvwu ' - .P 'fsvsv1f A A.. , -'I'-HP-r ,.-:QS-.-.-..v.,.E U -A ...A..-,,

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