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DE - 159 /APD- 55 USS LANING

CLASS: Buckley TYPE: TE (turbine-electric drive, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,400 tons (std) 1,740 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 9" x 13' 6" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 2 "D" Express boilers, G.E. turbines with electric drive, 12000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots Range: 4,940 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 198

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Norfolk NY on 23 April 1943
Launched 4 July 1943, Commissioned 1 August 1943
Reclassified APD-55, 24 November 1944, converted at the Philadelphia NSY
Decommissioned 28 June 1946, Recommissioned 6 April 1951
Decommissioned 13 September 1956
Reclassified LPR, Amphibious Transport, Small, 1 January 1969
Stricken 1 March 1975
Fate: sold 30 September 1975, scrapped

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Laning/Loy 46k DE's Lanning and Loy fitting out Norfolk Navy Yard 1943 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

USS LANING DE- 159 /APD- 55 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Robert L. Jones
Address: 616 E Hancock St. / Lansdale PA 19446
Phone: (215) 855-2835
E-mail: Robert Jones


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Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
NavSource APD Pages, LANING

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