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USS CROSLEY DE 226/APD 87
Named for
Rear Admiral Walter Selwyn Crosley, b. 30 October 1871, East
Jaffrey, NH;
Navy Cross for getting Americans out of Russia in April 1917; d. 6
January 1939, Baltimore, MD
Type: TEV
Builder: PNY
Keel laid 10/16/43
Launched 02/12/44
Redesignated 07/17/44
Commissioned as APD 10/22/44
First CO: Lt Cdr A. W. P. Trench (2)
Decommissioned 11/15/46; one battle star
Stricken 06/01/60
To Ecuador as power hulk July 1961
Operated off Okinawa
Rescued 45 Japanese from damaged two-masted sailing vessel;
the Japanese were attempting to avoid internment in Korea
From
the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster.
March 2006
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