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USS Hubbard (APD-53)
ex
 USS Hubbard (DE-211) (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Yankee - Lima
 NYYL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport
  • Laid down, 11 August 1943, as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston S.C.
  • Launched, 11 November 1943
  • Commissioned USS Hubbard (DE-211), 6 March 1944, LCDR. L. C. Mabley in command
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Sullivan Dry Dock, Brooklyn N.Y.
  • Redesignated (APD-53), 1 June 1945
  • During World War II USS Hubbard (APD-53) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 15 March 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL. and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1966
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 1 July 1968
  • USS Hubbard (DE-211) received two battle stars for World War II service
    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 four LCVP landing craft
    Armament
    one 5"/38 MK30 dual purpose gun mount
    six twin 40mm MK1 AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm Mk4 AA gun mounts
    two MK9 depth charge release tracks
    Propulsion two GE turbines, (turbo-electric drive), two boilers two shafts, 12,000 shp
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