USS Don O. Woods DE 721/APD 118

USS Don O. Woods DE 721 Commissioning Ceremony

USS DON O. WOODS DE 721/APD 118

Commissioning Ceremony

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.

Photo submitted by M. V. Warren SoM2/c, Plankowner
On board 1945 - 1946
nvmvann@aol.com