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DE-693 / APD-78 Bull


USS Bull (APD-78) was transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Lu Shan (PF-36)
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
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
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Todd Shipyards, Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Redesignated (APD-78), 31 July 1944
  • 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 Lu Shan (PF-36)
  • Final Disposition, struck by the Taiwanese Navy in May 1995 and broken up for scrap
  • Bull received three battle stars for her World War II service
    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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    USS Bull (APD-78)
    Bull 60k Bull (APD-78) overhead view while underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Bull 32k Bull (APD-78) at Lingayen Gulf, date unknown Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    Bull 47k Bull (APD-78) at anchor, date and place unknown. Linda Patton
    Bull 52k Bull (APD-78) at anchor, date and place unknown. Linda Patton
    Lu Shan (PF 36)
    Bull 64k ex-Bull (APD-78) in the Republic of China service as Lu Shan (PF-36) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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    DANFS history entry located on the Hazegray & Underway web site
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