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DE-669 / APD-70 Pavlic


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
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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, off Okinawa, 27 to 29 May 1945) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Amesbury Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down 21 September 1943 as (DE-669), a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort, at Dravo Corp, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched 10 December 1943
  • Redesignated (APD-70), 27 June 1944
  • Ferried to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport
  • Commissioned USS Pavlic (APD-70), 29 December 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX., LCDR. C. V. Allen, USNR, in command.
  • During World War II Pavlic was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following operation:
  • Decommissioned 15 November 1946 at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck form the Naval Register 1 April 1967
  • Final Disposition, sold to North American Smelting Co., 1 July 1968 for scrapping
  • Pavlic 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 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Propulsion tow GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), tow boilers, two shafts, 12,000 shaft horsepower
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    Pavlic 120k Pavlic (APD-70) alongside Lanier (APA-125) during refueling operations, date and place unknown. Russ Padden, from the USS Lanier (APA-125) cruise book
    Pavlic 51k Pavlic (APD-70) at anchor in San Diego Bay, mid-1946, following her return from occupation duty in Japan Steven Walker for his father
    LTjg Hallam Walker, USNR USS Pavlic
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Pavlic APD 70
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Last Updated 29 June 2007