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USS Loy (DE-160 / APD-56)
Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - D - B
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)- American Campaign Medal - Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/Asia clasp)
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: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/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 NSY on 23 April 1943
Launched 4 July 1943, Commissioned 12 September 1943
Reclassified APD-56, 24 November 1944, converted at the Boston NSY
Decommissioned 21 February 1947, Stricken 1 September 1964
Fate: Sold for scrapping 15 August 1975
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DE's Laning and Loy under construction |
Joe Radigan, MACM, USN (ret) |
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10 March 1944 (US Navy Photo #F644C5838) |
John Klar |
View the USS Loy (DE-160 / APD-56), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
2005 at Washington DC
Contact Name: Tina Bailey (daughter of Baylor C. Kirk)
Address: 3417 Knollwood Drive / Beavercreek OH 45432-2252
Phone: (937) 427-0703
E-mail: Tina Bailey
Note About Contacts
Contact information is compiled from various sources over a period of time and may, or may not, be correct. Every effort has been
made to list the newest contact. However, our entry is only as good as the latest information that's been sent to us. We list only
a contact for the ship if one has been sent to us. We do NOT have crew lists or rosters available. Please see the Frequently Asked
Questions section on Navsource's Main Page for that information.
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