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DE 591 / APD 101 USS KNUDSON

CLASS - Rudderow
Displacement 1,450 Tons, Dimensions, 306' (oa) x 36' 10" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 40mm AA, 10 x 20mm AA, 3 x 21" TT, 1 hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 Dc Racks.
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; GE turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed, 24 Knots, Crew 186.

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham MA. on December 23 1943.
Launched February 5 1944.
Reclassified APD - 101 and converted while still under construction.
Commissioned November 25 1944.
Decommissioned November 4 1946.
Recommissioned August 6 1953.
Decommissioned January 2 1958.
Stricken July 15 1972.
Fate Sold December 6 1974 and broken up for scrap.

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Knudson 66k Knudson (APD-101) at NavSta Long Beach, CA., 16 March 1956. Wayne J. Reynolds, PN3, on board 1956-1957.
Knudson 276k Middle Loch, Pearl Harbor, HI, 04 May 1945. Knudson (APD-101) is in background at extreme right. At the left: from left to right are Mustin (DD-413), Conyngham (DD-371), and Mugford (DD-389) All three were destined for Bikini Atoll and Atomic Bomb tests. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 188

USS KNUDSON DE- 591 / APD 101 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Proposed Reunion
Contact Name: Wayne J Reynolds
Address: 1981 Tilburg Ave, Deltona, Fl 32725
Phone: 386-789-8612
E-mail: wjreynolds@mpinet.net


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, KNUDSON

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