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DE-229 / APD-90 / LPR-90 Kirwin

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 14 February 1944, as (DE-229), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Launched, 15 June 1944
  • Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Kirwin (APD-90), 4 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 6 April 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 15 January 1965
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Designation changed to Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR-90), 1 January 1969
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1974
  • Final Disposition, sold 11 August 1975 for scrapping to J. R. Steel Inc., Houston, TX., for $79,002
    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 Accommodations 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 40 mm AA gun mounts
    6 single 20 mm AA gun mounts
    2 depth charge tracks
    Propulsion
    2 Combustion Engineering DR boilers
    2 GE Turbines (turbo-electric drive)
    2 shafts
    Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Kirwin 65k Kirwin (APD-90) at anchor in 1968, place unknown. William Mennel
    Boxer 125k "Carib 1-68 Patrol" Caribbean Ready Group steams in formation as it patrols the Caribbean Sea. Commanded by Capt. J.B. Drachnik, USN, Commander Amphibious Squadron Four. Homeported in Norfolk, Va., are: (l-r) Attack Cargo Ship, Rankin (AKA-103); Dock Landing Ship, Fort Snelling (LSD-30); Amphibious Assault Ship, Boxer (LPH-4); Tank Landing Ship, Graham County (LST-1176); and High Speed Transport, Kirwin (APD-90). Photographed by PH2 A.P. Gonthier, Jr. US Navy photo # NH 97284. US Naval Historical Center
    View the Kirwin (APD/LPR-90)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    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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