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USS Crosley (APD-87)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Alpha - Alpha NPAA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down as (DE-226) a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.

Launched 12 February 1944

Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, (APD-87), 17 July 1944, while under construction

Commissioned USS Crosley (APD-87), 22 October 1944

During World War II USS Crosley was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 20 April 1945

Decommissioned, 15 November 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960

Final Disposition, transferred to Ecuador as a power hulk, fate unknown

USS Crosley was awarded one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 1,400 t.
Length 306' ovl.
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 Accommodations

12 Officers

150 Enlisted
Boats 4 LCVP landing craft
Troop Accoutrements

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four pack howitzers
Storage

Ammunition 6,000 cu. ft.

General Cargo 3,500 cu. ft.

Gasoline 1,000 cu. ft.
Armament

one 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

three twin 40 mm gun mounts

six single 20 mm gun mounts

two depth charge tracks
Propulsion

2 Babcox and Wilcox DR boilers

2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

2 shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	144k	*Namesake* Walter Selywn Crosley, born 30 October 1871 in East Jeffrey, N.H., graduated from the Naval Academy 2 June 1893. During the Spanish-American War he distinguished himself by taking Leyden into the Bay of Nipe through a narrow channel which was supposedly mined. Under musket fire from shore, he discovered the Spanish gunboat Don Juan and engaged in a heated action until the remainder of the squadron came up and sank the enemy ship. He served as assistant naval attache in Russia and received the Navy Cross for conducting a party of Americans out of Russia under difficult and trying conditions in April 1917. He served as Navy hydrographer, commanded organizations in the operating forces and naval districts, and was a member of the Navy General Board. Rear Admiral Crosley retired 1 November 1935, and died 6 January 1939 at Baltimore, Md. Digital ID: ggbain 24269 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division		Bill Gonyo
	172k	*USS Crosley* (APD-87** at anchor, date and location unknown.		Submitted by Ronald Lambe for William A. King, SoM2/c USS Kline

View the USS Crosley (APD-87)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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Last Updated 11 April 2008