EARHART APD 113
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.
- Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort
- USS EARHART APD-113
Commissioned July 26 1945 - Decommissioned April 29 1946
Struck from Naval Register December 12 1963
- ARM H-4 (Mexican Naval Service)
Sold to Mexico December 12 1963 and renamed
- ARM PAPALOAPAN B-4 (Mexican Naval Service)
Reclassified 1964 and renamed
Ran aground 1976 and was discarded and scrapped
Keel Laid March 20 1945 as Destroyer Escort DE-603
Redesignated Crosley Class High-Speed Transport (APD) during construction
Launched May 12 1945
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1945-08-05 |
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The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Private First Class James Edward Earheart, Jr., USMC (April 25 1913 - November 8 1942).
On November 8 1942, PFC Earheart was a member of a Naval antisabotage party embarked in a British warship which was damaged during the entry into Oran, Algeria. Heroically, he volunteered, in the face of continuous shelling, to swim to a harbor tug whose movements were endangering the men abandoning the warship. Killed in this effort, he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
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