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DE-160 / APD-56 Loy

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort, 23 April 1943, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth VA.
  • Launched, 4 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS Loy (DE-160), 12 September 1943
  • Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at Boston Navy Yard, Boston MA.
  • Redesignated (APD-56), 23 October 1944
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Moved in 1961 to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1964
  • Final Disposition, sold 15 August 1975, for $27,677.00, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore MD. for scrapping
  • Loy received one battle star 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 dual purpose gun mount, three twin 40mm gun mounts, eight single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion two GE turbines, (turbo-electric drive), two boilers two shafts, 12,000 shp
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    Loy 49k Loy (APD-56) underway, date and place unknown. Raymond Fitch
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Reunion Contact Person
    Contact: Tina Bailey (daughter of Baylor C. Kirk)
    Address: 3417 Knollwood Drive, Beavercreek, OH., 45432-2252
    Phone: (937) 427-0703
    E-mail: Tina Bailey
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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