Crosley-class high speed transport

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Class overview
NameCrosley class
Operators
Preceded by Charles Lawrenceclass
Planned55
Completed51
Cancelled4
Preserved ARC Cordoba
General characteristics
Type High speed transport
Displacement1400 BRT
Length306 ft (93 m)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Draft12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
PropulsionTurbo-electric, 2 shafts
Speed23.5 knots (27.0 mph; 43.5 km/h)
Range6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement12 officers, 192 enlisted.
Armament
Aircraft carriedNone
Aviation facilitiesNone

Crosley-class high speed transports were high speed transport ships that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Some stayed in commission long enough to serve in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. All of them were converted from Rudderow-class destroyer escorts during construction except for USS Bray (APD-139), which was converted a year after her construction. After World War II ended, several of the ships were sold to Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Colombia.

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Today, ARC Cordoba (DT-15), formerly USS Ruchamkin (APD-89) is the only surviving member of the class, preserved as a museum ship in Tocancipa, Colombia.

Ships in class

Ships in class
NameHull NumberBuilderLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate
Crosley APD-87 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 October 194312 February 194422 October 194415 November 1946Struck 1 June 1960, Sold to Ecuador as a power hulk
Cread APD-886 October 19432 February 194429 July 194515 March 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Ruchamkin APD-8914 February 194415 June 194416 September 194524 November 1969Transferred to Colombia, 24 November 1969; Museum ship at Jaime Duque Park
Kirwin APD-9014 February 194415 June 19444 November 194516 December 1968Struck 15 September 1974
Kinzer APD-91 Charleston Naval Shipyard 9 September 19439 December 19431 November 194418 December 1946Struck 1 March 1965, Sold to the Republic of China, 21 April 1965
Register APD-9227 October 194320 January 194411 January 194531 March 1946Struck 1 September 1966, Sold to the Republic of China, 1966
Brock APD-9327 October 194320 January 19449 February 19455 May 1947Struck 1 June 1960, Sold to Colombia for use as floating power plant January 1962
John Q. Roberts APD-9415 November 194311 February 19448 March 194530 May 1946Struck 1 June 1960
William M. Hobby APD-9515 November 19432 February 19444 April 19456 April 1946Struck 1 May 1967
Ray K. Edwards APD-961 December 194319 February 194411 June 194530 August 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Arthur L. Bristol APD-971 December 194319 February 194425 June 194529 April 1946Struck 1 June 1964
Truxtun APD-9813 December 19439 March 19449 July 194515 March 1946Struck 15 January 1966
Upham APD-9913 December 19439 March 194423 July 194525 April 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Ringness APD-100 Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard 23 December 19435 February 194425 October 19445 June 1946Struck 15 September 1974
Knudson APD-10123 December 19435 February 194425 November 19442 January 1958Struck 15 July 1972
Rednour APD-10230 December 194312 February 194430 December 194424 July 1946Struck 1 March 1967, Transferred to Mexican Navy, December 1969
Tollberg APD-10330 December 194312 February 194431 January 194520 December 1946Struck November 1964, Transferred to Colombia, 14 August 1965
William J. Pattison APD-1044 January 194415 February 194427 February 194518 June 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Myers APD-10515 January 194415 February 194426 March 194513 January 1947Struck 1 June 1960
Walter B. Cobb APD-10615 January 194423 February 194425 April 194529 March 1946Struck 15 January 1966
Earle B. Hall APD-1079 January 19441 March 194415 May 194515 January 1965Struck 1 February 1965
Harry L. Corl APD-10819 January 19441 March 19445 June 194521 June 1946Struck 15 January 1966
Belet APD-10926 January 19443 March 194415 June 194522 May 1946Struck 12 December 1963
Julius A. Raven APD-11026 January 19443 March 194428 June 194531 May 1946Struck 15 January 1966
Walsh APD-11127 February 194527 April 194511 July 194526 April 19461 May 1966
Hunter Marshall APD-1125 May 194517 July 194530 May 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Earheart APD-11320 March 194512 May 194526 July 194529 April 1946Struck 12 December 1963
Walter S. Gorka APD-1143 April 194526 May 19457 August 1945January 1947Struck 1 June 1960
Rogers Blood APD-11512 April 19452 June 194522 August 194519 March 1946Struck 1 June 1960
Francovich APD-11619 April 19455 June 19456 September 194529 April 1946Struck 1 April 1964
Joseph M. Auman APD-117 Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX 8 November 19435 February 194425 April 194510 July 194612 December 1963
Don O. Woods APD-1181 December 19439 February 194428 May 194518 June 1946Struck 12 December 1963
Beverly W. Reid APD-1195 January 19444 March 194425 June 194514 November 1969Struck 15 September 1974
Kline APD-120 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts 27 May 194427 June 194418 October 194410 March 1947Struck 15 January 1966
Raymon W. Herndon APD-12112 June 194415 July 19443 November 194415 November 1946Struck 1 September 1966
Scribner APD-12229 June 19441 August 194420 November 194415 November 1946Struck 1 August 1966
Diachenko APD-12318 July 194415 August 19448 December 1944Struck 15 September 1974
Horace A. Bass APD-1243 August 194412 September 194421 December 194430 July 1969Struck 15 September 1974
Wantuck APD-12517 August 194425 September 194430 December 194415 November 1957Struck 4 March 1958
Gosselin APD-126 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 17 February 194431 December 194411 July 1949Struck 1 April 1964
Begor APD-1276 March 194425 May 194414 March 194513 July 1962Struck 15 May 1975
Cavallaro APD-12828 March 194415 June 194413 March 194515 October 1959Struck 15 November 1974
Donald W. Wolf APD-12917 April 194422 July 194414 April 194515 May 1946Struck 1 March 1965
Cook APD-1307 May 194426 August 194425 April 194515 November 1969Struck 15 November 1969
Walter X. Young APD-13127 May 194430 September 19441 May 19452 July 1946Struck 1 May 1962
Balduck APD-13217 June 194427 October 19447 May 194528 February 1958Struck 15 July 1975
Burdo APD-13325 November 19442 June 194528 February 1958Struck 1 April 1966
Kleinsmith APD-1348 August 194427 January 194512 June 194516 May 1960Struck 16 May 1960
Weiss APD-13514 October 194417 February 19457 July 1945January 1970Struck 15 September 1974
Carpellotti APD-13631 October 194410 March 194530 July 194521 April 1958Struck 1 December 1959
Bray APD-139January 194415 April 19444 September 194410 May 1946Struck 1 June 1960

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USS <i>Myers</i> (APD-105)

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USS <i>Harry L. Corl</i> (APD-108)

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