USS Brock DE 234 APD 93

USS BROCK (DE-234/APD-93)

Named for Ensign John Wiley Brock, b. 15 August 1914, New Brockton, AL; served in Torpedo Squadron 6, ENTERPRISE (CV-6); KIA 5 June 1942, Battle of Midway

Type: TEV
Builder: CNY
Keel laid 10/27/43
Launched 01/20/44
Redesignated 07/17/44
Commissioned as APD 02/09/45
First CO: Lt Cdr H. H. Holton
Decommissioned 05/05/46; one battle star
Stricken 06/01/60
To Colombia as power hulk January 1962

From the research of Anne McCarthy,
with contributions by Pat Perrella and Pat Stephens, webmaster. March 2006