Tin Can Sailors - The National Association of Destroyer Veterans

We now have full color profiles for the forty‑three (43) Rudderow‑class destroyer escorts converted to fast transports (APD) during WW II. For the APD conversions the deckhouse amidships was considerably enlarged for troop accommodations, a pair of large davits was fitted on each beam to handle a stack of two LCVPs each, the fantail was cleared for cargo stowage, and a pair of 5‑ton booms was provided on the aft superstructure for boat retrieval and cargo handling. The armament was reduced to one 5‑in./38 cal. single MK 30 gun mount, six twin 40‑mm MK 1 gun mounts, six 20‑mm MK 4 gun mounts, and a pair of MK 9 depth charge release tracks. The following ships are available in this configuration:

USS Crosley (APD‑87)
USS Cread (APD‑88)
USS Ruchamkin (APD‑89)
USS Kirwin (APD‑90)
USS Kinzer (APD‑91)
USS Register (APD‑92)
USS Brock (APD‑93)
USS John Q. Roberts (APD‑94)
USS William M. Hobby (APD‑95)
USS Ray K. Edwards (APD‑96)
USS Arthur L. Bristol (APD‑97)
USS Truxtun (APD‑98)
USS Upham (APD‑99)
USS Ringness (APD‑100)
USS Knudson (APD‑101)
USS Rednour (APD‑ 102)
USS Tollberg (APD‑103)
USS William J. Pattison (APD‑104)
USS Myers (APD‑105)
USS Walter B. Cobb (APD‑106)
USS Earle B. Hall (APD‑107)
USS Harry L. Corl (APD‑108)
USS Belet (APD‑109)
USS Julius A. Raven (APD‑110)
USS Walsh (APD‑111)
USS Hunter Marshall (APD‑112)
USS Earhart (APD‑113)
USS Walter S. Gorka (APD‑114)
USS Rogers Blood (APD‑115)
USS Francovich (APD‑116)
USS Joseph M. Auman (APD‑117)
USS Don O. Woods (APD‑118)
USS Beverly W. Reid (APD‑119)
USS Kline (APD‑120)
USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD‑121)
USS Scribner (APD‑122)
USS Diachenko (APD‑123)
USS Horace A. Bass (APD‑124)
USS Wantuck (APD‑125)
USS Gosselin (APD‑126)
USS Begor (APD‑127)
USS Cavallaro (APD‑128)
USS Donald W. Wolf (APD‑129)
USS Cook (APD-130)
USS Walter X. Young (APD‑131)
USS Balduck (APD‑132)
USS Burdo (APD‑133)
USS Kleinsmith (APD‑134)
USS Weiss (APD‑135)
USS Carpellotti (APD‑136)
USS Bray (APD‑139)

Editor's notes:
1. APD‑137 and 138 were not converted.
2. APD-89-90, 100-101, 119, 123-124, 127, 130, 132, and 135 became LPR (Amphibous Transports [Small]) with the same hull numbers on 1 January 1969.
3. This release covers ONLY the Rudderow‑class conversions. Profiles for the Buckley‑class ADP conversions were offered in the October, November, December 2005 edition of "The Tin Can Sailor" Newspaper.