US Navy APDs Mouthballed at Green Cove Springs, FL
c. Late 1947

L to R:

APD 119 USS BEVERLY W. REID - Launched 03/04/44. Redesignated 07/17/44.  Commissioned as APD 06/25/45.  Decommissioned 05/05/47. 
[Recommissioned 03/18/67 and manned by crew of LIDDLE APD-60.  Stricken 09/15/74.  Sold 07/01/75, scrapped]

APD 97 USS ARTHUR L. BRISTOL - Launched 02/19/44.  Redesignated 07/17/44.  Commissioned as APD 06/25/45.  Decommissioned 04/29/46.  Stricken 06/01/64.  Sold 08/04/65, scrapped.

APD 96 USS RAY K. EDWARDS - Launched 02/19/44.  Redesignated 07/17/44.  Commissioned as APD 06/11/45.  Decommissioned 08/30/46.  Stricken 06/01/60.  Sold 06/15/61, scrapped.

 

Photo submitted by Ken Adams, RM2/c aboard
USS Edsall DE 129 & USS Walter B. Cobb APD 106
 

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