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DD-164 / APD-17 Crosby


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (10)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Wickes (Little) Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 23 June 1918, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Quincy, MA.
  • Launched, 28 September 1918
  • Commissioned, USS Crosby (Destroyer Number 164), 24 January 1919, LCDR. F. T. Berry in command
  • Designated Destroyer (DD-164), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 7 June 1922, at San Diego, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 18 December 1939 and converted to a High-speed Transport at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Redesignated (APD-17), 22 February 1943
  • Decommissioned, 22 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 23 May 1946
  • Crosby earned the Navy Unit Commendation and 10 battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,060 t.
    Length 314' 5"
    Beam 31' 8"
    Draft 8' 6"
    Speed 36 kts.
    Complement 101
    Boats 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 4"/50 gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion geared turbines, two propellers, 24,200shp
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    Crosby 66k Crosby (APD-17) off Mare Island Navy Yard, CA., 24 February 1943, following conversion to a high-speed transport.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-41557, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships collection in the US National Archives.     		US Naval Historical Center.
    Crosby 17k Crosby (APD-17) underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    View the Crosby (APD-17)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curt Clark Secretary/Treasurer
    Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
    Phone: 619-282-0971
    E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
    Reunion Schedule
    2008 Reno, Nevada. Site and date to be determined
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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    Last Updated 21 December 2007