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Compiled by Anne McCarthy
The US Navy converted a number of destroyer escorts to
high speed transports (APD). Some ships were converted during the building process and
others converted after having first served as a destroyer escort. The DE was not the only
type ship to be converted to a APD. WW I type (four piper) destroyers were altered
to have light troop transport capabilities. APD hull numbers 1-36 were converted
destroyers.
APDs were created by two opposite but complementary
situations. The first was a need for light transports with relatively shallow drafts and a
capacity to move light army or marine units rapidly to myriads of Pacific islands. The
second was a growing excess of DEs in the Atlantic, permitting several to be converted.
To the DE, another deck was added along with troop
berthing and messing accommodations. A very large davit was installed on either
side, each of which could launch and recover two 36 foot assault landing craft (LCVP). It
could carry underwater demolition teams (UDT) or move troops, supplies, light trucks and
jeeps to and from the staging areas.
The 3"/50 caliber main battery was replaced with a
more efficient destroyer type 5"/38 caliber gun forward in a movable mount.
Torpedoes, hedgehogs and K-guns were removed. (1)
Major Characteristics
Length Overall: 306'
Extreme Beam: 37'
Trial Displacement: 1,650 tons
Limiting Draft: 12'7"
Trial Speed: 23.6 k
Accommodations
Ship's Company: 12-15 Officers, 189-192 Enlisted
Troop Capacity: 10 Officers, 150 Enlisted
Armament
Gun Mounts: (1) 5"/38 single, (3) 40mm. twin
Engines
Manufacturer: GE
Type Drive: Turbo-Electric (steam)
Propulsion
2 Props, 12,000 shaft hp
The list of DE to APD conversions notes the DE hull number, ship name, APD hull number and additional historic data.
BU - broken up, comm - commissioning,
dam - damaged, recl - reclassified, scr - scrapped, str -
stricken
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53 CHARLES LAWRENCE APD-37,
recl 10/23/1944; str Sep 1964; BU |
54 DANIEL T. GRIFFIN APD-38,
recl 10/23/1944; to Chile 12/01/1966 as VIRGILIO URIBE; training ship 1995. New Info |
576 BARR APD-39, recl 07/31/1944;
str 1960; BU |
637 BOWERS APD-40,
recl 06/25/1945; kamikaze dam 04/16/1945; rec 02/06/1951; to The Philippines Apr 1961; BU
1966 |
635 ENGLAND APD-41 (not converted); Presidential Unit Citation for sinking six subs;
kamikaze damage; sold 11/26/1946; BU |
60 GANTNER APD-42,
recl 02/23/1945; str 01/15/1966; to Taiwan as WEN SHAN May 1966; str 1991 |
62 GEORGE W. INGRAM APD-43,
recl 02/23/1945; GEORGE WASHINGTON INGRAM; str 01/01/1967; to Taiwan 05/19/1967 as KANG
SHAN; discarded 1978 |
63 IRA JEFFERY APD-44,
recl 02/23/1945; laid down as JEFFERY; str 06/01/1960; sunk during July 1962 tests |
65 LEE FOX APD-45,
recl 02/23/1945; str 09/01/1964; sold 01/31/1966; scr |
66 AMESBURY APD-46,
recl 02/23/1945; str 06/01/1960; sold 10/24/1962; BU |
68 BATES APD-47,
recl 07/31/1944; hit by three kamikaze; 21 dead or missing; sunk 05/25/1945 |
69 BLESSMAN APD-48,
recl 07/31/1944; hit by 500-lb. bomb; 40 killed, 23 wounded; to Taiwan as CHUNG SHAN Aug
1967; still serving 1995 |
70 JOSEPH E. CAMPBELL APD-49,
recl 11/24/1944; str and sold to Chile 12/01/1966 as RIQUELME (not commissioned, used for
spare parts) |
154 SIMS APD-50,
recl 09/23/1944; kamikaze dam 05/18/1945; str 06/01/1960; sold 04/14/1961 |
155 HOPPING APD-51,
recl 09/07/1944; str Sep 1964; sold 08/15/1966 |
156 REEVES APD-52,
recl 09/25/1944; str 06/01/1960; to Ecuador as electric generator plant |
211 HUBBARD APD-53,
recl 06/01/1945; str 05/01/1966; BU |
158 CHASE APD-54,
recl 11/24/1944; kamikaze dam 05/20/1945; sold 11/13/1946; BU |
159 LANING APD-55,
recl 11/24/1944; recl 04/06/1951-09/13/1957; recl 01/01/1969 as LPR-55 |
160 LOY APD-56,
recl 10/23/1944; kamikaze dam 05/27/1945 str 09/01/1964; sold 08/15/1966 |
161 BARBER APD-57,
recl 10/23/1944; named for 3 brothers; to Mexico 1971 as CHIHUAHUA, ren JOSE MARIA MORELOS
Y PAVON; in service in 1995 |
636 WITTER APD-58 (not converted); str 11/16/1945; sold 12/02/1946 |
205 NEWMAN APD-59,
recl 07/05/1944; str 1964; sold 08/15/1966 |
206 LIDDLE APD-60,
recl 07/05/1944; first of type dam by kamikaze, 12/07/1944; rec 10/27/1950-03/18/1967; str
04/05/1967; sold 06/25/1967 |
207 KEPHART APD-61,
recl 07/05/1944; str (US) 05/01/1967; to ROK 05/16/1967 as KYONG PUK; str 04/30/1985 |
208 COFER APD-62,
recl 07/05/1944; BU 1968 |
209 LLOYD APD-63,
recl 07/05/1944; rec 01/03/1951-02/18/1958; str 06/01/1966; sold for scr |
214 SCOTT APD-64 (not converted); str 07/01/1965; sold 01/20/1967; scr |
215 BURKE APD-65,
recl 01/24/1945; to Colombia 08/12/1968 as ALMIRANTE BRION (DT-07); discarded 1984 |
216 ENRIGHT APD-66,
recl 01/21/1945; to Ecuador 07/14/1967 as VEINTICINCO DE JULIO, then MORAN VALVERDE
(D-01); sold 08/30/1978; deleted 1989 |
665 JENKS APD-67 (not converted); PUC for asst in 06/04/1944 capture of U-505; rec
12/07/1950 |
666 DURIK APD-68 (not converted); str 1960; sunk as target July 1962 |
668 YOKES APD-69, recl 06/27/1944;
str 04/01/1964; sold and scr |
669 PAVLIC APD-70,
recl 06/27/1944; str 04/01/1967; sold 07/01/1968; scr |
670 ODUM APD-71,
recl 06/27/1944; str and to Chile 12/01/1966 as SERRANO; deleted 1984 |
671 JACK C. ROBINSON APD-72,
recl 06/27/1944; str 12/01/1966; sold to Chile 11/25/1966 as ORELLA; deleted 1984 |
672 BASSETT APD-73,
recl 06/27/1944; rec 12/07/1950; to Colombia 09/06/1968 as ALMIRANTE TONO (DT-04);
discarded 1977 |
673 JOHN P. GRAY APD-74,
recl 06/27/1944; begun at DPP, comp at COT; str 03/01/1967 |
675 WEBER APD-75,
recl 12/15/1944; str 06/01/1960; sunk as target 07/15/1962 |
676 SCHMITT APD-76,
recl 01/24/1945; str 05/01/1967; to Taiwan 02/28/1968 as LUNG SHAN (PF-44); discarded 1976 |
677 FRAMENT APD-77,
recl 12/15/1944; str 1960; sold 1961; BU 1962 |
693 BULL APD-78,
recl 07/31/1944; to Taiwan Aug 1966 as LU SHAN; still serving in 1995 |
694 BUNCH APD-79,
recl 07/31/1944; BU 1965 |
212 HAYTER APD-80,
recl 06/01/1945; str. 12/01/1966; to ROK August 1967 as JONNAM; str 1986 |
789 TATUM APD-81,
recl 12/15/1944; str 06/01/1960; sold 05/08/1961; scr |
790 BORUM APD-82 (not converted); was at Normandy, 06/06/1944; str Apr 1965; BU Apr 1967 |
791 MALOY APD-83 (not converted); Redesignated EDE-791 as of 08/14/1946. DEC 1950-54; str
6/1/1965; sold 03/11/1966; BU. (*Conway's notes Maloy was redesignated DEC, but no mention
of this conversion in DANFS) |
| 792 HAINES APD-84, recl
12/15/1944; redesignated APD-84 upon completion 03/01/45; str 06/01/1960; sold 5/19/1961;
BU |
| 793 RUNELS APD-85, recl
01/24/1945; str 06/01/1960; sold 1962; BU 1962 |
| 794 HOLLIS APD-86, recl
01/24/1945; rec 04/06/1951-10/16/1956; str 09/15/1974 |
APDs 87 - 136 Were Reclassified 17 July
1944 from DE to APD Before Commissioning |
| 226 CROSLEY APD-87 at comm |
| 227 CREAD APD-88 at comm |
| 228 RUCHAMKIN APD-89 at comm; rec
03/09/1951-11/24/1969; to Colombia 11/24/1969 as CORDOBA (DY-15); museum 1980 |
| 229 KIRWIN APD-90 at comm, launched as DE; rec 01/15/1965 |
| 232 KINZER APD-91 at comm, launched as DE; str
03/01/1965; to Taiwan as YU SHAN April 1962; still serving 1995 |
| 233 REGISTER APD-92 at comm;
kamikaze damage 05/20/45; str 09/01/1966; to Taiwan as TAI SHAN October 1966; stricken
1991 |
| 234 BROCK APD-93 at comm; to
Taiwan May 1966 |
| 235 JOHN Q. ROBERTS APD-94 at
comm; sold for scr 12/29/1960 |
| 236 WILLIAM M. HOBBY APD-95 at
comm; str 05/01/1967; to ROK August 1967 as CHI JU (PG-87); str 1989 |
| 237 RAY K. EDWARDS APD-96 at
comm; str 06/01/1960; sold 06/15/1961 |
| 281 ARTHUR L. BRISTOL APD-97 at
comm; str 06/01/1964; sold 08/04/1965 |
| 282 TRUXTUN APD-98 at comm; sold
to Taiwan 11/22/1965 as FU SHAN (PF-35); str 01/15/1966 |
| 283 UPHAM APD-99 at comm; str
06/01/1960; sold to Colombia Jan 1962, conv as floating power station |
| 590 RINGNESS APD-100 at comm; str
1968; BU |
| 591 KNUDSON APD-101 at comm; rec
08/06/1953-01/02/1958; BU Aug 1966 |
| 592 REDNOUR APD-102 at comm; str
03/01/1967; kamikaze dam 05/27/1945; to Mexico June 1967 as COAHUILA, ren VINCENTE
GUERRERO; in serv 1995 |
| 593 TOLLBERG APD-103 at comm; str
Nov 1964; to Colombia 08/14/1965 as ALMIRANTE PADILLA (DT-03); discarded 1973 |
| 594 WILLIAM J. PATTISON APD-104 at comm; str 06/01/1960; sold 01/18/1962; scr |
| 595 MYERS APD-105 at comm; str
06/01/1960; conv to floating power plant; sold to Colombia |
| 596 WALTER B. COBB APD-106 at
comm; rec 02/06/1951-05/15/1957; sold to Taiwan 02/22/1966, but sunk en route 04/21/1966 |
| 597 EARLE B. HALL APD-107 at
comm; rec 12/07/1950 - 09/13/1957 |
| 598 HARRY L. CORL APD-108 at
comm, launched as DE; str 01/15/1966; to ROK June 1966 as AH SAN; str 1984 |
| 599 BELET APD-109 at comm; str
Apr 1967; to Mexico 12/12/1963 as CALIFORNIA; stranded, lost Bahia, CA, 01/16/1972 |
| 600 JULIUS A. RAVEN APD-110 at
comm; to ROK June 66 as UNG PO (APD-83); str (US) 01/15/1966; str 1984 |
| 601 WALSH APD-111 at comm; str
05/01/1966; scr |
| 602 HUNTER MARSHALL APD-112 at
comm; str 06/01/1960; sold to Ecuador July 1961; BU 1968 |
| 603 EARHART APD-113 at comm; to
Mexico 12/12/1963 as PAPALOAPAN; discarded 1976 |
| 604 WALTER S. GORKA APD-114 at comm; str June 1960; to Ecuador for conv and use as a power plant |
| 605 ROGERS BLOOD APD-115 at comm; str 06/01/1960; sold 12/14/1961 |
| 606 FRANCOVICH APD-116 at comm; BU Sep 1968 |
| 674 JOSEPH M. AUMAN APD-117 at comm; str 12/12/1963 and to Mexico as TEHUANTEPEC (B-5), ren ZACATACAS; discarded 1989 |
| 721 DON O. WOODS APD-118 at comm; finished building at COT; to Mexico 12/12/1963 as USMACINTA, ren MIGUEL HIDALGO;
in serv 1995 |
| 722 BEVERLY W. REID APD-119 at comm; rec & manned 03/18/1967 by crew of LIDDLE (APD-60) |
| 687 KLINE APD-120 at
comm; str 01/15/1966; to Taiwan as SHOU SHAN March 1966; still serving 1995 |
| 688 RAYMON W. HERNDON APD-121 at
comm; str 09/01/1966; to Taiwan 07/11/1966 as HENGSHAN; discarded 1976 |
| 689 SCRIBNER APD-122 at comm; str 08/01/1966; sold 09/06/1967; scr |
| 690 DIACHENKO APD-123 at comm; ALEX DIACHENKO until 03/01/1945; WWII/Korea War service |
| 691 HORACE A. BASS APD-124 at comm; kamikaze dam 07/29/1945; NUC for Korean War service |
| 692 WANTUCK APD-125 at comm; str 03/04/1958; sold 10/27/1958; scr |
| 710 GOSSELIN APD-126 at comm, launched as DE; str 04/01/1964; sold |
| 711 BEGOR APD-127 at
comm; served in Korean War |
| 712 CAVALLARO APD-128 at comm; rec 09/04/1953; dec; to ROK 10/15/1959 as KYONG NAM (APD-81); str 1984 |
| 713 DONALD W. WOLF APD-129 at comm; finished building at Todd-Johnson, New Orleans; to Taiwan May 1965 as HUA SHAN;
stricken 1993 |
| 714 COOK APD-130 at
comm; rec 10/06/1953 |
| 715 WALTER X. YOUNG APD-131 at comm;
str 05/01/1962; sunk in missile tests 04/11/1967 |
| 716 BALDUCK APD-132 at comm; rec 11/05/1953, served in Pacific |
| 717 BURDO APD-133 at
comm; Still operating in 1964 |
| 718 KLEINSMITH APD-134 at comm; to Taiwan June 1967 as TIEN SHAN; still serving 1995 |
| 719 WEISS APD-135 at
comm; rec 10/14/1950-03/02/1958; rec 11/20/1961-Jan 1970; str 09/15/1974; sold 06/24/1975;
scr |
| 720 CARPELLOTTI APD-136 at comm |
| 684 DELONG APD-137 (not
converted); rec 02/07/1951-1969; str July 1969; sunk as target Feb 1970 |
| 685 COATES APD-138 (not
converted); rec 02/07/1951-1970; str 01/30/1970; BU |
| 709 BRAY APD-139 commissioned 09/04/44 as DE 709; recl as APD-139 07/16/45 at comm; sunk as target
03/26/1963 |
(1) Andrews, Lewis M., 1999, Tempest, Fire &
Foe, p.3, Narwhal Press, Miami.
USS DANIEL T. GRIFFIN DE54/APD38 - Update 6 Feb 2006 -
Disposition status.
The webmaster was contacted by retired Chilean Navy LCDR Gonzalo Lagarini of VIRGILIO URIBE. He stated that he was
present when VIRGILIO URIBE was sunk as a target by the Chilean Navy in November
1995. Read his email
here.
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