USS DON O. WOODS DE 721
Official Dravo Corporation photo showing the launching of DE 721
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Ship History
Don O. Woods (APD-118) was launched as DE 721 9 February 1944 by Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pa.; sponsored
by Mrs. H. R. Woods, mother of Hospital Apprentice First Class Woods; reclassified APD-118, 17 July 1944; floated to Orange, Tex. for completion as a high speed
transport by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; and commissioned 28 May 1945, Lieutenant Commander L. H. Crosby, USNR, in command.
Don 0. Woods sailed from Norfolk 9 August 1945 and was making her transit of the Panama Canal on the day hostilities ended between Japan and the United States. She called at
San Diego and proceeded to Pearl Harbor arriving 7 September.
Five days later she got underway with Army and Navy passengers for Saipan, continuing to Leyte, P.I., where she arrived 7 October. She served in the Philippines until 23
January 1946 when she departed Manila for the west coast. Arriving at San Pedro, Calif., 13 February she was placed out of commission in reserve 18 June 1946.
Don O. Woods was struck from the Navy list on 12 December 1963 and sold to Mexico as Usumacinta the same day.
Photo submitted by M. V. Warren SoM2/c, Plankowner
On board 1945 - 1946
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