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DE-156 / APD-52 Reeves

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down 7 February 1943 as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA.; Launched 23 April 1943; Commissioned USS Reeves (DE-156), 9 June 1943; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia Pa; redesignated (APD-52), 24 September 1944; Decommissioned 30 July 1946 at Green Cove Springs Fla; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1966; Transferred to Ecuador July 1961 for use as a electric power plant; Final disposition, unknown.

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.

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	60k	-		Alison Strehlow USS Reeves DE-156/APD-52 web site
	115k	-		Alison Strehlow USS Reeves DE-156/APD-52 web site

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DE Pages, USS Reeves (DE-156)
USS Reeves DE-156 / APD-52
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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