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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 194510 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
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    USS Bull (APD-78)
    Bull 60k USS Bull (APD-78) overhead view while underway, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Bull 32k USS Bull (APD-78) at Lingayen Gulf, circa 4 to 18 January 1945. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Bull 47k USS Bull (APD-78) at anchor, date and location unknown. Linda Patton
    Bull 52k USS Bull (APD-78) at anchor, date and location unknown. Linda Patton
    ROCS Lu Shan (PF 36)
    Bull 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.
    Bull 78k ROCS Lu Shan (PF-36) underway at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974.
    Photos by Karsten Petersen
    Robert Hurst
    Bull 90k ROCS Lu Shan (PF-36) underway at Keelung, Taiwan in 1974.
    Photos by Karsten Petersen
    Robert Hurst
    Bull 75k

    USS Bull (APD-78)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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    Last Updated 9 September 2011