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USS Walter S Gorka (APD-114)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Uniform - Xray
NTUX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114) was transferred to Ecuador

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

Laid down, 3 April 1945, as Walter S Gorka (DE-604), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Co, Hingham MA.

Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction

Launched 26 May 1945

Commissioned USS Walter S Gorka (APD-114), 7 August 1945, CDR. Richard G. Werner, USNR, in command

Decommissioned in January 1947 at Green Cove Springs FL.

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

Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960

Transferred to Ecuador August 1961 for use as a power hulk

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
Bray 100413901	288k	U.S. Navy high-speed transports laid up at Green Cove Springs, FL., circa 1947 (l-r): *USS Ruchamkin* (APD-89), USS Bray (APD-139), USS Rogers Blood (APD-115), USS Cread (APD-88), USS Upham (APD-99), USS Hubbard (APD-53), USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114)*. RM2/c Ken Adams, U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy photo from the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association*		Robert Hurst
Hunter Marshall	45k	*USS Walter S. Gorka* (APD-114) and USS Hunter Marshall (APD-112)** laid up in reserve while moored in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fl., date unknown. Photo courtesy of th State Archives of Florida.		Don Wagner

USS Walter S. Gorka (APD-114)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers

01 CDR. Werner, Richard Gordon, USNR 7 August 1945 - ?

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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