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DE-65 / APD-45 Lee Fox

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down, 1 March 1943 as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA.; Launched, 29 May 1943; Commission as USS Lee Fox (DE-65), 30 December1943; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport; redesignated (APD-45), 21 February 1945; Decommissioned, 13 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs FL.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1964; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 31 January 1966 to Southern Scrap Metal Co., New Orleans La.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 Shaft horsepower.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	132k	The photo shows Lee Fox (APD-45) after colliding with the Gilbert Islands (CVE-107). Photo is often incorrectly identified as the Andres (DE-45) US Navy photo, now in the collection of the US National Archives.		Ed Eastman, EM2c, USS Andres DE-45

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DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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