HARRY L CORL APD 108

Ship Name and Designation History

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Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort Keel Laid January 19 1944 as DE-598 - Launched March 1 1944 Crosley Class High-Speed Transport Redesignated APD-108 July 17 1944 USS HARRY L. CORL APD-108 Commissioned June 5 1945 - Decommissioned June 21 1946 Struck from the Naval Register January 15 1966 ROKS AH SAN PG-82 (South Korean Naval Service) Purchased by South Korea and renamed ROKS AH SAN APD-82 (South Korean Naval Service) Redesignated ROKS AH SAN APD-823 (South Korean Naval Service) Redesignated ROKS AH SAN DE-823 (South Korean Naval Service) Redesignated Deleted by the South Korean Navy 1984 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

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Locy Type 2# (Br. #15836)

1946-03-14

Cachet by Louis S. Pentel

 

Other Information

USS HARRY L. CORL earned the following awards during her Naval career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal.

NAMESAKE - "Harry Lee Corl was born in Lambertville, Mich., 26 March 1914, and enlisted in the Navy 20 November 1934. He was discharged in 1938 but enlisted again the following year, rising to ensign 15 June 1942. He was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism in the epochal Battle of Midway, when he was the pilot of a torpedo plane in the assault against the Japanese fleet. His squadron probably scored hits on two of the carriers later lost in the action. Ensign Corl was reported missing on a mission in the South Pacific 24 August 1942, and was presumed dead 25 August." {DANFS}

 

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