US Navy APDs Mouthballed at
Green Cove Springs, FL
c.1947
L to R:
APD 139 USS BRAY - Launched 04/15/44. Commissioned
09/04/44. Redesignated 07/16/45. Decommissioned
05/10/46. Stricken 06/01/60. Target, sunk 03/26/63.
APD 115 USS ROGERS BLOOD - Launched 06/02/45.
Redesignated 07/17/45. Commissioned 08/22/45.
Decommissioned 03/19/46. Stricken 06/01/60. Sold
12/14/61.
APD 88 USS CREAD - Launched 02/12/44. Redesignated
7/17/44. Commissioned as APD 07/29/45. Decommissioned
03/15/46. Stricken 06/01/60. Sold 02/21/61.
APD 99 USS UPHAM - Launched 03/09/44. Redesignated
07/17/44. Commissioned as APD 07/23/45. Decommissioned
04/25/46. Stricken 06/01/60. To Colombia as power hulk
January 1962.
APD 53 USS HUBBARD - Launched 11/11/43. Commissioned
03/06/44. Redesignated 06/01/45. Decommissioned
03/15/46. Stricken 05/01/66. Sold 07/01/68, scrapped.
APD 114 USS WALTER S. GORKA - Launched 05/26/45.
Commissioned 08/07/45. Decommissioned January 1947.
Stricken 06/01/60. To Ecuador as power hulk August 1961.
Photo submitted by
Ken Adams, RM2/c aboard
USS Edsall DE 129 & USS Walter B. Cobb APD 106
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