USS Diachenko
Class overview
NameCrosley class
Operators
Preceded byCharles Lawrence class
Planned55
Completed51
Cancelled4
PreservedARC Cordoba
General characteristics
TypeHigh 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.

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
Name Hull Number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Crosley APD-87 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 16 October 1943 12 February 1944 22 October 1944 15 November 1946 Struck 1 June 1960, Sold to Ecuador as a power hulk
Cread APD-88 6 October 1943 2 February 1944 29 July 1945 15 March 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Ruchamkin APD-89 14 February 1944 15 June 1944 16 September 1945 24 November 1969 Transferred to Colombia, 24 November 1969; Museum ship at Jaime Duque Park
Kirwin APD-90 14 February 1944 15 June 1944 4 November 1945 16 December 1968 Struck 15 September 1974
Kinzer APD-91 Charleston Naval Shipyard 9 September 1943 9 December 1943 1 November 1944 18 December 1946 Struck 1 March 1965, Sold to the Republic of China, 21 April 1965
Register APD-92 27 October 1943 20 January 1944 11 January 1945 31 March 1946 Struck 1 September 1966, Sold to the Republic of China, 1966
Brock APD-93 27 October 1943 20 January 1944 9 February 1945 5 May 1947 Struck 1 June 1960, Sold to Colombia for use as floating power plant January 1962
John Q. Roberts APD-94 15 November 1943 11 February 1944 8 March 1945 30 May 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
William M. Hobby APD-95 15 November 1943 2 February 1944 4 April 1945 6 April 1946 Struck 1 May 1967
Ray K. Edwards APD-96 1 December 1943 19 February 1944 11 June 1945 30 August 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Arthur L. Bristol APD-97 1 December 1943 19 February 1944 25 June 1945 29 April 1946 Struck 1 June 1964
Truxtun APD-98 13 December 1943 9 March 1944 9 July 1945 15 March 1946 Struck 15 January 1966
Upham APD-99 13 December 1943 9 March 1944 23 July 1945 25 April 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Ringness APD-100 Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard 23 December 1943 5 February 1944 25 October 1944 5 June 1946 Struck 15 September 1974
Knudson APD-101 23 December 1943 5 February 1944 25 November 1944 2 January 1958 Struck 15 July 1972
Rednour APD-102 30 December 1943 12 February 1944 30 December 1944 24 July 1946 Struck 1 March 1967, Transferred to Mexican Navy, December 1969
Tollberg APD-103 30 December 1943 12 February 1944 31 January 1945 20 December 1946 Struck November 1964, Transferred to Colombia, 14 August 1965
William J. Pattison APD-104 4 January 1944 15 February 1944 27 February 1945 18 June 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Myers APD-105 15 January 1944 15 February 1944 26 March 1945 13 January 1947 Struck 1 June 1960
Walter B. Cobb APD-106 15 January 1944 23 February 1944 25 April 1945 29 March 1946 Struck 15 January 1966
Earle B. Hall APD-107 9 January 1944 1 March 1944 15 May 1945 15 January 1965 Struck 1 February 1965
Harry L. Corl APD-108 19 January 1944 1 March 1944 5 June 1945 21 June 1946 Struck 15 January 1966
Belet APD-109 26 January 1944 3 March 1944 15 June 1945 22 May 1946 Struck 12 December 1963
Julius A. Raven APD-110 26 January 1944 3 March 1944 28 June 1945 31 May 1946 Struck 15 January 1966
Walsh APD-111 27 February 1945 27 April 1945 11 July 1945 26 April 1946 1 May 1966
Hunter Marshall APD-112 5 May 1945 17 July 1945 30 May 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Earheart APD-113 20 March 1945 12 May 1945 26 July 1945 29 April 1946 Struck 12 December 1963
Walter S. Gorka APD-114 3 April 1945 26 May 1945 7 August 1945 January 1947 Struck 1 June 1960
Rogers Blood APD-115 12 April 1945 2 June 1945 22 August 1945 19 March 1946 Struck 1 June 1960
Francovich APD-116 19 April 1945 5 June 1945 6 September 1945 29 April 1946 Struck 1 April 1964
Joseph M. Auman APD-117 Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX 8 November 1943 5 February 1944 25 April 1945 10 July 1946 12 December 1963
Don O. Woods APD-118 1 December 1943 9 February 1944 28 May 1945 18 June 1946 Struck 12 December 1963
Beverly W. Reid APD-119 5 January 1944 4 March 1944 25 June 1945 14 November 1969 Struck 15 September 1974
Kline APD-120 Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts 27 May 1944 27 June 1944 18 October 1944 10 March 1947 Struck 15 January 1966
Raymon W. Herndon APD-121 12 June 1944 15 July 1944 3 November 1944 15 November 1946 Struck 1 September 1966
Scribner APD-122 29 June 1944 1 August 1944 20 November 1944 15 November 1946 Struck 1 August 1966
Diachenko APD-123 18 July 1944 15 August 1944 8 December 1944 Struck 15 September 1974
Horace A. Bass APD-124 3 August 1944 12 September 1944 21 December 1944 30 July 1969 Struck 15 September 1974
Wantuck APD-125 17 August 1944 25 September 1944 30 December 1944 15 November 1957 Struck 4 March 1958
Gosselin APD-126 Defoe Shipbuilding Company 17 February 1944 31 December 1944 11 July 1949 Struck 1 April 1964
Begor APD-127 6 March 1944 25 May 1944 14 March 1945 13 July 1962 Struck 15 May 1975
Cavallaro APD-128 28 March 1944 15 June 1944 13 March 1945 15 October 1959 Struck 15 November 1974
Donald W. Wolf APD-129 17 April 1944 22 July 1944 14 April 1945 15 May 1946 Struck 1 March 1965
Cook APD-130 7 May 1944 26 August 1944 25 April 1945 15 November 1969 Struck 15 November 1969
Walter X. Young APD-131 27 May 1944 30 September 1944 1 May 1945 2 July 1946 Struck 1 May 1962
Balduck APD-132 17 June 1944 27 October 1944 7 May 1945 28 February 1958 Struck 15 July 1975
Burdo APD-133 25 November 1944 2 June 1945 28 February 1958 Struck 1 April 1966
Kleinsmith APD-134 8 August 1944 27 January 1945 12 June 1945 16 May 1960 Struck 16 May 1960
Weiss APD-135 14 October 1944 17 February 1945 7 July 1945 January 1970 Struck 15 September 1974
Carpellotti APD-136 31 October 1944 10 March 1945 30 July 1945 21 April 1958 Struck 1 December 1959
Bray APD-139 January 1944 15 April 1944 4 September 1944 10 May 1946 Struck 1 June 1960

References

External links

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