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Hull Number: DE-227

Launch Date: 02/12/1944

Commissioned Date: 07/29/1944

Decommissioned Date: 03/15/1946

Call Sign: NQEJ

Other Designations: APD-88

Class: RUDDEROW

RUDDEROW Class

Namesake: WALTER IRVING CREAD

WALTER IRVING CREAD

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Walter Irving Cread was born 18 November 1923 in Los Angeles, Calif., and enlisted in the Naval Reserve 18 August 1941. He was rated fireman third class 18 October 1941 and assigned to duty in Hornet (CV-8). As fireman second class, Cread was killed in action 12 December 1942 while attached to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 2.

Disposition:

Stricken 1 June 1960. Sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Company on 16 March 1961.

Ship History

USS CREAD DE-227 Ship History

Wikipedia (as of 2024)

USS Cread was laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort “DE-227” on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to a Crosley-class high speed transport before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 29 July 1945.

The war ended before her training was complete and she was decommissioned on 15 March 1946, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 1 June 1960, and sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Company on 16 March 1961.