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DE-677 / APD-77 Frament

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as (DE-677) a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Quincy MA.; Launched 28 June 1943; Commissioned USS Frament (DE-677), 15 August 1943; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport, redesignated (APD-77), 15 December 1944; Decommissioned 30 May 1946 at Green Cove Springs Fla; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Struck form the Naval Register 1 June 1960; Final Disposition, transferred to Ecuador as a power hulk.

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 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm 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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Frament 35k Frament (APD-77) underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
Frament 40k Frament (APD-77) at anchor outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, China, December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 41k Frament (APD-77) at anchor outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, China, December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 89k Frament (APD-77) "E" Division, December 1945. © William J Mennel
Frament 83k Frament (APD-77) Partial crew photo, December 1945. © William J Mennel
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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
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DE Pages, USS Frament (DE-677)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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