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DE-672 / APD-73 Bassett

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - November - India

USS Bassett (APD-73) was transferred to Colombia and renamed ARC Almirante Tono (DT-04)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Charles Lawrence Class Destroyer Escort / Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 28 November 1943, as DE-672, a Charles Lawrence Class Destroyer Escort, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched, 15 January 1944
  • Redesignated (APD-73), 27 June 1944
  • Ferried to Consolidated Steel Corp, Orange, TX. for fitting out as a Crosley Class High-speed Transport
  • Commissioned USS Bassett (APD-73), 23 February 1945, LCDR. Harold J. Theriault in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 April 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Recommissioned, 7 December 1950, LCDR. Demetrius J. Vellis in command,
  • Decommissioned, 26 November 1957, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1967
  • Transferred to Colombia, commissioned ARC Almirante Tono (DT-04), 6 September 1968
  • Final Disposition, struck from the Columbian Naval Register and broken up for scrap (date 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 Accommodations 162
    Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
    Armament
    1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    3 twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    8 single 20mm AA 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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    Bassett 93k Bassett (APD-73) moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. William Mennel
    Bassett 107k Bassett (APD-73) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Bassett 40k Bassett (APD-73) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
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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
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