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The ''Windsor''-class attack transport was a class of US Navy attack transport. Ships of the class saw service in World War II. Like all attack transports, the purpose of the ''Windsor''s was to transport troops and their equipment to foreign shores in order to execute amphibious invasions using an array of smaller assault boats integral to the attack transport itself. Like all the attack transports, the ''Windsor''-class was well armed with antiaircraft weaponry to protect itself and its cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone. ==Class history== The ''Windsor'' class is inconsistently documented in the US Navy's official ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' (DANFS). Its small class of nine ships were based upon three variants of the Maritime Commission's ubiquitous C3 cargo type; unusually, they appear to be of more than one subtype. This is probably reflects the class entering service in fits and starts, the first two vessels from June 1943 and the remaining seven between July 1944 and January 1945. The early ''Windsors'' were based upon the C3-S-A1 hull, followed by several on the C3-S-A3; however, the last two, and , have length, beam and draft specifications which are inconsistent with their listed subtype, but consistent (in larger length and beam) with the C3-S-A2 hull.〔Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels: C3 Cargo Ship, Sub-Designs and Conversions ()〕 Also, ''Griggs'' and ''Grundy'' were built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where the large majority of C3-S-A2 based ships subsequently modified to s were produced. The other seven ''Windsors'' were built by Bethlehem Steel at its Sparrows Point Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland where few if any ''Bayfields'' were built. Since ships of a given class usually have the same dimensions either the ''Windsor''-class was constructed of three different C3 hull types, which would make it quite unusual, or DANFS has listed the subtype incorrectly. Other unusual aspects in regards to this class is that they are listed with a variety of different armaments. Early models had two five-inch guns while the later ships had only one; the ''Leedstown'' was at least initially fitted with 1.1" antiaircraft guns instead of 40mm; and ''Griggs'' is listed with 8 x 40mm guns and no 20mm, whereas the other ships are listed with a maximum of 2 x 40mm and 22 x 20mm. The ''Windsor''s also appear to be more lightly armed than most other attack transport classes, particularly with respect to the 40mm weapon which was considered far more effective than the 20mm gun which comprised most of the ''Windsors armament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Windsor-class attack transport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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