Freeware CFS2 AP(A) attack transport.  Multi LOD, includes DP.  Model, paint, DP and config by Psullykeys. Guns modelled by COLLIN and used with permission.  Extra texture for late war Pacific as requested by TALON included.

Instructions:  Place in the CFS2/Ships folder.     To use the late war Pacific skin, add g behind the texture= in the ship.cfg file.  (It opens in wordpad)Remove the g if you want to revert to the original skin.

Specifications(Haskell class based on the "VC2 Victory Ship"):

Tonnage: 	7200 (gross), 4300 (net), 10,600 (deadweight)[1]
Displacement: 	15200 tons (at 28-foot draft)[1]
Length: 	455 feet (139 m)[1]
Beam: 	62 feet (19 m)[1]
Draft: 	28 feet (7.6 m)[1]
Depth of hold: 	38 feet (11.5 m)[1]
Speed: 	15 to 17 knots (28 to 31 km/h)
Armament: 	

The VC2-S-AP5 Haskell-class attack transports were armed with the 5 inch (127 mm) stern gun, one quad 40mm Bofors cannon, four dual 40mm Bofors cannon, and ten single 20mm cannon. The Haskells were operated and crewed exclusively by US Navy personnel. (This CFS2 model has 1X1 5 inch, 3 X2 40mm and 12 X1 20mm)


History: ( Information from Department of the Navy)

In the early 1940s, as the Navy expanded in response to the threat of involvement in World War II, a large number of civilian passenger ships and larger freighters were acquired, converted to transports and given hull numbers in the AP series. Some of these were outfitted with heavy boat davits and other arrangements to enable them to handle landing craft for amphibious assault operations. In 1942, when the AP number series had already extended beyond 100, it was decided that these amphibious warfare ships really constituted a separate category of warship from conventional transports. Therefore, the new classification of Attack Transport (APA) was created and new numbers were assigned to fifty-eight APs (AP #s 2, 8-12, 14-18, 25-27, 30, 34-35, 37-40, 48-52, 55-60, 64-65 and 78-101) then in commission or under construction.

As World War II went on, dozens of new construction merchant ships of the Maritime Commission's S4, C2, C3 and VC2 ("Victory") types were converted to attack transports, taking the list of APA numbers to 247, though fourteen ships (APAs 181-186 and APAs 240-247) were cancelled before completion. 117 Haskall class AP vessels were built during WW2.


Acknowledgements: Special thanks to Collin, for his help with FSDS and his supurbly modelled guns. Also Tango Romeo, Simonu, Crashaz and Good2be for some shipbuilding insights. I receive great support from the dirty dozen!

Legal:  Freeware, may not be included in any payware without written permission of the author.  If used in freeware, please acknowledge author. I'm not responsible for difficulties with your computer due to the use of this freeware.

Enjoy!

Psullykeys 05/17/2010