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USS Bull (APD-78)
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USS USS Bull (DE-693) (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Victor - Quebec
NTVQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima, 24 Feb. to 5 Mar. 1945)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

USS Bull (APD-78) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed ROCS Lu Shan (PF-36)

Buckley Class Destroyer Escort / Amesbury Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down as (DE-693) a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI.

Launched, 25 March 1943

Commissioned USS Bull (DE-693), 12 August 1943, LT. D. W. Farnham, USNR, in command

Converted to a High-speed Transport at Todd Shipyards, Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Redesignated (APD-78), 31 July 1944

During World War II USS Bull was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 8 May 1945
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 16 February to 6 March 1945

Following World War II USS Bull was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
10 to 20 December 1945	10 to 20 December 1945
	10 to 16 April 1946

Decommissioned, 5 June 1947

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Struck form the Naval Register, 16 June 1966

Transferred to the Republic of China, 12 July 1966 and renamed ROCS Lu Shan (PF-36)

Final Disposition, struck by the Taiwanese Navy in May 1995 and broken up for scrap

USS Bull received three battle stars for her World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 2,780 t.(fl)
Length 306' (oa)
Beam 37'
Draft 12' 3" (lim)
Speed 23.6 kts
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts
Complement

Officers 8

Enlisted 98
Troop Capacity

Officers 3

Enlisted 144
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
Fuel Capacities

NSFO 2,216 Bbls

Diesel 93 Bbls
Propulsion

two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

Ship's Service Generators

two turbo-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.

two turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.

two "D" Express boilers, 435psi 750°

two shafts, 12,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Bull (APD-78)
	60k	*USS Bull* (APD-78)** overhead view while underway, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	32k	*USS Bull* (APD-78)** at Lingayen Gulf, circa 4 to 18 January 1945.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	47k	*USS Bull* (APD-78)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Linda Patton
	52k	*USS Bull* (APD-78)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Linda Patton
ROCS Lu Shan (PF 36)
	64k	Ex-Bull (APD-78) in the Republic of China service as *ROCS Lu Shan* (PF-36)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	78k	*ROCS Lu Shan* (PF-36)** underway at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974. Photos by Karsten Petersen	Robert Hurst
	90k	*ROCS Lu Shan* (PF-36)** underway at Keelung, Taiwan in 1974. Photos by Karsten Petersen	Robert Hurst
	75k		Robert Hurst