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DE-789 / APD-81 Tatum
Crosley Class High-speed Transport: Laid down as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Consolidated Steel Corp, Orange TX; Launched 7 August 1943; Commissioned USS Tatum (DE-789); Converted to a Crosley Class High-speed Transport redesignated (APD-81), 15 December 1944; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 8 May 1961.
Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 37"; Draft 12' 7" (limiting); Speed 23.6 kts (trial); Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 12-15 Officers, 189-192 Enlisted; Troop Capacity 12 Officers, 150 Enlisted; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Troop Accoutrements, 6 1/4 ton trucks, 2 1 ton trucks, 4 ammunition carts, 4 pack howitzers, Storage, Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft., General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft., Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft., Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 6 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers, 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000.
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There is no DANFS history available for Tatum (APD-81) at the Hazegray & Underway Web Site, the main source for NavSource DANFS.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DE Pages, USS Tatum (DE-789)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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