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DE-234 / APD-93 Brock


USS Brock (APD-93) was transferred to Columbia


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 27 October 1943, as (DE-234), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 20 January 1944
  • Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Brock (APD-93), 9 February 1945, LCDR. Harrison H. Holton in command
  • During World War II Bowie was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 5 May 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, transferred to Columbia for use as a floating power, fate unknown
  • Brock earned 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 "D" Express type boilers
    2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    2 shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Register 107k Invitation to the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Karl Plenge
    Register 682k Cover of the program for the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Jon Burdett
    Register 178k Inside pages of the program for the twin launching of Register (DE-233) and Brock (DE-234) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 20 January 1944. Jon Burdett
    Brock 105k Brock (APD-93)'s crew at attention during the ships commissioning ceremony at Boston, MA., 9 February 1945. Wilfred E. Calmas Y1/c USS Brock
    Brock 92k Brock (APD-93)'s officers during the ships commissioning ceremony at Boston, MA., 9 February 1945. Wilfred E. Calmas Y1/c USS Brock
    Brock 85k Brock (APD-93) at anchor, starboard side view, date and place unknown. Wilfred E. Calmas Y1/c USS Brock
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