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USS Crosley (APD-87)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Alpha - Alpha

NPAA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort - Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, as Crosley (DE-226), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched 12 February 1944

Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, (APD-87), 17 July 1944, while under construction

Commissioned USS Crosley (APD-87), 22 October 1944, LCDR Archer W. P. Trench, USNR in command

During World War II USS Crosley was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater TransDiv One Hundred Three, CDR. W. S. Parsons USN, and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign

Campaign and Dates

Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 16 May 1945

Following World War II USS Crosley was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 29 March 1946	2 September 1945 to 29 March 1946

Decommissioned, 15 November 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960

USS Crosley earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, transferred to Ecuador as a power hulk, fate unknown

APD Specifications:
Displacement 1,630 t.(lt) 2,130 t.(fl)
Length 306' ovl.
Beam 37'
Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.

Complement

12 Officers

192 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

12 Officers

150 Enlisted

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Boats four LCVP landing craft

Troop Accoutrements

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four pack howitzers

Storage

Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.

General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.

Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.

Armament

one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40 mm gun mounts

six single 20 mm gun mounts

two depth charge tracks

Propulsion

two Babcox and Wilcox "D" Express type boilers, 435 PSI 750°

two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive) Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.

two shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Crosley	144k	*Namesake* Walter Selywn Crosley, born 30 October 1871 in East Jeffrey, N.H., graduated from the Naval Academy 2 June 1893. During the Spanish-American War he distinguished himself by taking Leyden into the Bay of Nipe through a narrow channel which was supposedly mined. Under musket fire from shore, he discovered the Spanish gunboat Don Juan and engaged in a heated action until the remainder of the squadron came up and sank the enemy ship. He served as assistant naval attache in Russia and received the Navy Cross for conducting a party of Americans out of Russia under difficult and trying conditions in April 1917. He served as Navy Hydrographer, commanded organizations in the operating forces and naval districts, and was a member of the Navy General Board. Rear Admiral Crosley retired 1 November 1935, and died 6 January 1939 at Baltimore, Md. Digital ID: ggbain 24269 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division	Bill Gonyo
Cread	303k	Newspaper photo of Cread (DE-227) and Crosley (DE-226) ready for launching at Philadelphia Navy Yard the day before their scheduled launching on 12 February 1944.	Scott Bergmann
Cread	264k	Philadelphia, PA (12 Feb 1944) Sponsors of the double launching of two Navy Destroyer-Escorts at the Philadelphia Nay Yard were Mrs. Hilda Bergmann (Left), of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who christened the Cread (DE-227) in honor of her nephew Walter Irvin Cread, F2/C who was killed in action and Mrs. Walter Selwyn Crosley, of Alexander, Virginia, widow of Rear Admiral Walter Crosley, who christened the *Crosley (DE-226)* . Captain W.L. Beck, Assistant Commander of the Fourth Naval District (Right) was the main speaker at the ceremonies. Photo courtesy of the Acme News pictures.	Bill Gonyo
Crosley	172k	*USS Crosley* (APD-87** anchored off Philadelphia Navy Yard, 30 October 1944. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 91584 and NH 91585. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III.	Submitted by Ronald Lambe for William A. King, SoM2/c USS Kline Mike Green
Crosley NH 91585	123k
Crosley NH 91587	143k	*USS Crosley* (APD-87** off Philadelphia Navy Yard, 30 October 1944. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #'s NH 91587, NH 91586 and NH 91588. Courtesy of A.D. Baker III.	Mike Green
Crosley NH 91586	148k
Crosley NH 91588	157k
Ruchamkin 100408933	111k	Six U.S. Navy high-speed transports laid up at Green Cove Springs, Florida, circa July 1946. The three identifiable ships are (front to back): Ruchamkin (APD-89); Crosley (APD-87); Julius A. Raven (APD-110). U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine August 1946, p. 12.	Robert Hurst
Hubbard	243k	Inboard to outboard, *USS Hubbard* (APD-53), USS Crosley (APD-87) and USS Lloyd (APD-63)** laid up in reserve at the US Navy's Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Florida site, September 1960.	John Chiquoine

USS Crosley (APD-87)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers

01 LCDR. Trench, Archer William Patrick, USNR 22 October 1944 - 10 January 1946

02 LT. Tierney, William Joseph, USNR 10 January 1946 - 1 September 1946

03 ENS. Walker, Frank Thaddeus, USNR 1 September 1946 - 15 November 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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