Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD -- High-Speed Transports

Click on "APD-##" for link to page with specifications, history, photographs (where available).

Dent Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                
APD-29 Barry 1944
Converted from DD-248
21 Jun 45; Kamikaze attack at Okinawa (after severe damage by Kamikaze on 25 May)
APD-34 Belknap 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-8
APD-10 Brooks 1943 Converted from DD-232
APD-31 Clemson 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-4
APD-2 Colhoun 1940 Converted from DD-85
5 Sep 42; air attack at Guadalcanal
APD-17 Crosby 1943 Converted from DD-164
APD-9 Dent 1942 Converted from DD-116
APD-21 Dickerson 1943 Converted from DD-157
2 Apr 45; severely damaged by JAAF kamikaze at Okinawa, scuttled on 4 Apr
APD-33 George E. Badger 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-3
APD-11 Gilmer 1943 Converted from DD-233
APD-32 Goldsborough 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-5
APD-36 Greene 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-13
APD-3 Gregory 1940 Converted from Destroyer DD-82
5 Sep 42; 5" gunfire from IJN Yudachi at Guadalcanal
APD-22 Herbert 1943 Converted from DD-160
APD-12 Humphreys 1942 Converted from DD-236
APD-18 Kane 1943 Converted from DD-235
APD-15 Kilty 1943 Converted from DD-137
APD-4 Little 1940 Converted from DD-79
5 Sep 42; 5" gunfire from IJN Yudachi at Guadalcanal
APD-1 Manley 1940 Converted from Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-28
APD-5 McKean 1940 Converted from DD-90
17 Nov 43; torpedoed off Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville by JNAF aircraft
APD-24 Noa 1943 Converted from DD-343
12 Sep 44; collission with DD-474 Fullam off Palaus
APD-35 Osmond Ingram 1944 Converted from Seaplane Tender AVD-9
APD-23 Overton 1943 Converted from DD-239
APD-25 Rathburne 1943 Converted from DD-113
APD-20 Roper 1943 Converted from DD-147
APD-13 Sands 1943 Converted from DD-243
APD-14 Schley 1942 Converted from DD-103
APD-6 Stringham 1942 Converted from DD-83
APD-7 Talbot 1942 Converted from DD-114
APD-19 Tattnall 1943 Converted from DD-125
APD-16 Ward 1943 Converted from DD-139
7 Dec 44; Kamikaze at Ormoc Bay, P.I., scuttled by >DD-725 O'Brien
Wardfired 1st shots of Pacific War, attacking IJN midget sub prior to attack on Pearl Harbor
APD-8 Waters 1942 Converted from Destroyer DD-115


Charles Lawrence Class:

No. Name                               Comm. Notes (: Lost)                                
APD-46 Amesbury 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-66
APD-97 Arthur L. Bristol 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-132 Balduck 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-57 Barber 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-161
APD-39 Barr 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-576
APD-73 Bassett 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-47 Bates 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-68
25 May 45; kamikazes (2) at Okinawa
APD-127 Begor 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-109 Belet 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-119 Beverly W. Reid 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-48 Blessman 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-69
APD-40 Bowers 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-637
APD-139 Bray 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-709
APD-93 Brock 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-78 Bull 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-693
APD-79 Bunch 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-694
APD-133 Burdo 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-65 Burke 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-215
APD-136 Carpellotti 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-128 Cavallaro 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-37 Charles Lawrence 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-53
APD-54 Chase 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-158
APD-62 Cofer 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-208
APD-130 Cook 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-88 Cread 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-87 Crosley 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-38 Daniel T. Griffin 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-54
APD-123 Diachenko 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-118 Don O. Woods 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-129 Donald W. Wolf 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-113 Earhart 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-107 Earl B. Hall 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-66 Enright 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-216
APD-77 Frament 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-677
APD-42 Gantner 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-60
APD-43 George W. Ingram 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-62
APD-126 Gosselin 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-84 Haines 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-792
APD-108 Harry L. Corl 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-80 Hayter 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-212
APD-86 Hollis 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-794
APD-51 Hopping 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-155
APD-124 Horace A. Bass 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-53 Hubbard 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-211
APD-112 Hunter Marshall 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-44 Ira Jeffery 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-63
APD-72 Jack C. Robinson 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-74 John P. Gray 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-94 John Q. Roberts 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-49 Joseph E. Campbell 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-70
APD-117 Joseph M. Auman 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-110 Julius A. Raven 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-61 Kephart 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-207
APD-91 Kinzer 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-90 Kirwin 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-134 Kleinsmith 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-120 Kline 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-101 Knudson 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-55 Laning 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-159
APD-45 Lee Fox 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-65
APD-60 Liddle 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-206
APD-63 Lloyd 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-209
APD-56 Loy 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-160
APD-105 Myers 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-59 Newman 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-205
APD-71 Odum 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-70 Pavlic 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-96 Ray K. Edwards 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-121 Raymon W. Herndon 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-102 Rednour 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-52 Reeves 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-156
APD-92 Register 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-100 Ringness 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-115 Rogers Blood 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-89 Ruchamkin 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-85 Runels 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-793
APD-76 Schmitt 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-676
APD-122 Scribner 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-50 Sims 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-154
APD-81 Tatum 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-789
APD-103 Tollberg 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
_Truxton.html>APD-98 Truxton 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-99 Upham 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-111 Walsh 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-106 Walter B. Cobb 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-114 Walter S. Gorka 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-131 Walter X. Young 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-125 Wantuck 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-75 Weber 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort DE-675
APD-135 Weiss 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-104 William J. Pattison 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-95 William M. Hobby 1945 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building
APD-69 Yokes 1944 Converted from Destroyer Escort while building



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