CROSLEY APD 87

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Crosley Class High Speed Transport Keel Laid October 16 1943 Launched February 12 1944 as Rudderrow Class Destroyer Escort DE-226 Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) July 17 1944 USS CROSLEY APD-87 Commissioned October 22 1944 - Decommissioned November 15 1946 Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group Struck from Naval Register June 1 1960 Transferred to Ecuador as power hulk Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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Locy Type 3z

1945-06-27

Official Business
Posted from another ship or station...Ship did not carry this device

 

Other Information

CROSLEY earned 1 Battle Star for WWII service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
China Service Medal (extended) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

NAMESAKE - Walter Selywn Crosley (October 30 1871 - January 6 1939)
Crosley graduated from the Naval Academy June 2 1893. During the Spanish-American War he distinguished himself by taking LEYDEN into the Bay of Nipe through a narrow channel which was supposedly mined. Under musket fire from shore, he discovered the Spanish Gunboat DON JUAN and engaged in a heated action until the remainder of the squadron came up and sank the enemy ship. He served as assistant naval attache in Russia and received The Navy Cross for conducting a party of Americans out of Russia under difficult and trying conditions in April 1917. He served as Navy hydrographer, commanded organizations in the operating forces and naval districts, and was a member of the Navy General Board. Rear Admiral Crosley retired November 1 1935, and died January 6 1939 at Baltimore, Md

 

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