Crosley-class high speed transport

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Class overview
Name	Crosley class
Operators	United States Navy  Mexican Navy  Republic of Korea Navy  Republic of China Navy  Colombian National Navy
Preceded by	Charles Lawrence class
Planned	55
Completed	51
Cancelled	4
Preserved	ARC Cordoba
General characteristics
Type	High speed transport
Displacement	1400 BRT
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)
Propulsion	Turbo-electric, 2 shafts
Speed	23.5 knots (27.0 mph; 43.5 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	12 officers, 192 enlisted.
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 6 × 40mm Bofors AA (3 × 2) 6 × 20mm Oerlikon AA (6 × 1)
Aircraft carried	None
Aviation facilities	None

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.

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.

By hull number, converted from[]

• APD-87 USS Crosley (DE-226)
• APD-88 USS Cread (DE-227)
• APD-89 USS Ruchamkin (DE-228)
• APD-90 USS Kirwin (DE-229)
• APD-91 USS Kinzer (DE-232)
• APD-92 USS Register (DE-233)
• APD-93 USS Brock (DE-234)
• APD-94 USS John Q. Roberts (DE-235)
• APD-95 USS William M. Hobby (DE-236)
• APD-96 USS Ray K. Edwards (DE-237)
• APD-97 USS Arthur L. Bristol (DE-281)
• APD-98 USS Truxtun (DE-282)
• APD-99 USS Upham (DE-283)
• APD-100 USS Ringness (DE-590)
• APD-101 USS Knudson (DE-591)
• APD-102 USS Rednour (DE-592)
• APD-103 USS Tollberg (DE-593)
• APD-104 USS William J. Pattison (DE-594)
• APD-105 USS Myers (DE-595)
• APD-106 USS Walter B. Cobb (DE-596)
• APD-107 USS Earle B. Hall (DE-597)
• APD-108 USS Harry L. Corl (DE-598)
• APD-109 USS Belet (DE-599)
• APD-110 USS Julius A. Raven (DE-600)
• APD-111 USS Walsh (DE-601)
• APD-112 USS Hunter Marshall (DE-602)
• APD-113 USS Earheart (DE-603)
• APD-114 USS Walter S. Gorka (DE-604)
• APD-115 USS Rogers Blood (DE-605)
• APD-116 USS Francovich (DE-606)
• APD-117 USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674)
• APD-118 USS Don O. Woods (DE-721)
• APD-119 USS Beverly W. Reid (DE-722)
• APD-120 USS Kline (DE-687)
• APD-121 USS Raymon W. Herndon (DE-688)
• APD-122 USS Scribner (DE-689)
• APD-123 USS Diachenko (DE-690)
• APD-124 USS Horace A. Bass (DE-691)
• APD-125 USS Wantuck (DE-692)
• APD-126 USS Gosselin (DE-710)
• APD-127 USS Begor (DE-711)
• APD-128 USS Cavallaro (DE-712)
• APD-129 USS Donald W. Wolf (DE-713)
• APD-130 USS Cook (DE-714)
• APD-131 USS Walter X. Young (DE-715)
• APD-132 USS Balduck (DE-716)
• APD-133 USS Burdo (DE-717)
• APD-134 USS Kleinsmith (DE-718)
• APD-135 USS Weiss (DE-719)
• APD-136 USS Carpellotti (DE-720)

Converted after completion as Rudderow-class destroyer escort:

• APD-139 USS Bray (DE-709)

References[]

• Navsource: High-speed Transport (APD) Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR) Photo Index
• High speed transports: Crosley class

External links[]

Media related to Crosley class high speed transports at Wikimedia Commons