Class overview

Operators	United States Navy
Built	November 1944 – August 1945
In service	1945–1967
Completed	7
Lost	0
Retired	7
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Type	transport
Displacement	6,720 long tons (6,830 t) light 10,210 long tons (10,370 t) full load
Length	523 ft (159 m)
Beam	72 ft (22 m)
Draft	26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power	13,750 shp (10,250 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Steam turbine 1 x propeller
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity	53,000 cu ft (1,500 m³)
Troops	3,451

The Marine Adder class of transports were Type C4-class ship built for the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. They were converted after the war for use by the United States Navy (USN) for troop transports. Marine Adder-class ships also served in the Korean War.^[1]^[2]

Marine Adder-class transport

Citations

American Merchant Marine at War - C4 ships
US Maritime Commission Details and Outboard Profiles of Maritime Commission Vessels, The C4 Cargo Ship, Conversions and Subdesigns
US Maritime Commission overview
US Maritime Commission - Technical Specifications for Ships including definitions of terms
From America to United States: The History of the long-range Merchant Shipbuilding Programme of the United States Maritime Commission, by L.A. Sawyer and W.H. Mitchell. London, 1981, World Ship Society
Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II, by Frederic C. Lane ISBN 0-8018-6752-5

v t e Marine Adder-class transports
Marine Adder Marine Lynx Marine Phoenix Marine Carp Marine Jumper Marine Marlin Marine Serpent
List of destroyers of the United States Navy

v t e Type C4-S-A3 ships
Ernie Pyle Louis McH. Howe Marine Adder Marine Cardinal Marine Carp Marine Falcon Marine Flasher Marine Jumper Marine Lynx Marine Marlin Marine Perch Marine Phoenix Marine Serpent Marine Shark Marine Swallow Marine Tiger Mount Davis Mount Greylock Mount Mansfield Mount Rogers Mount Whitney Scott E. Land Willis Vickery