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DE-227 / APD-88 Cread

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 16 October 1943, as (DE-227), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 12 February 1944
  • Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport (APD-88), 17 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Cread (APD-88), 29 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 15 March 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 March 1961, to Southern Scrap Metal Co., New Orleans, LA.
    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
    two Babcox and Wilcox "D" Express type boilers
    two GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    two shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Cread 113k Cread (APD-88) at anchor, date and place unknown. Capt Jerry Mason, USN
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Last Updated 31 December 2004