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USS John P. Gray (APD-74)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Alpha - Alpha
 NUAA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 18 December 1943, as (DE-673) a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched 18 March 1944
  • Redesignated (APD-74), 27 June 1944
  • Towed to Orange, TX. for fitting out as a High-speed Transport
  • Commissioned, USS John P. Gray (APD-74), 15 March 1945, at Consolidated Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX., LCDR. W. E. Sims in command
  • Decommissioned 29 April 1946 at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX.
  • Struck form the Naval Register, 1 March 1967
  • Final Disposition, sold 3 September 1968, for scrapping
    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
    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
    two boilers
    two GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    two shafts, 12,000 shaft horsepower
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    John P. Gray 124k Launching of PCU John P. Gray (DE-673) at Dravo Corp. Pittsburgh, PA., 18 December 1943. Photo # BS 62430. Nick Tiberio
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    Last Updated 5 September 2007