USS Cread

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Flag of the United States.svg United States
NameCread
NamesakeWalter Irving Cread (US Navy, KIA on 12 December 1942)
OperatorFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Laid down6 October 1943
Launched2 February 1944
Sponsored byH. Bergman
Commissioned29 July 1945
Decommissioned15 March 1946
Reclassified17 July 1944
Stricken1 June 1960
Honors and
awards
FateSold for scrapping, 16 March 1961.
General characteristics
Displacement1,400 tons
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 7 in (4 m)
Propulsion
Speed23.6 knots (27.2 mph; 43.7 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		4 LCVPs
Troops
  • 12 officers
  • 150 enlisted
Complement
  • 12-15 officers
  • 189-192 enlisted
Armament

USS Cread (APD-88) was a Crosley-class high speed transport that served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1961.

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Namesake

Walter Irving Cread was born on 18 November 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve 18 August 1941. He was rated fireman third class 18 October 1941 and assigned to duty on USS Hornet. As fireman second class, Cread was killed in action 12 December 1942 while attached to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two.

History

USS Cread was laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort "DE-227" on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to a Crosley-class high speed transport before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 29 July 1945.

Decommissioning and fate

The war ended before her training was complete and she was decommissioned on 15 March 1946, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 1 June 1960, and sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Company on 16 March 1961.

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