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DE-235 / APD-94 John Q. Roberts




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


Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 15 November 1943, as (DE-235), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 11 February 1944
  • Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS John Q. Roberts (APD-94), 8 March 1945, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Decommissioned, 30 May 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 December 1961, to B. P. Diamond Construction Co., Inc., Savannah, GA.
    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

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    John Q. Roberts 59k John Q. Roberts (APD-94) commissioning ceremony, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 8 March 1945
    US Navy Photo.
    Edward C. Murphy USS John Q. Roberts, 1945-46
    John Q. Roberts 60k John Q. Roberts (APD-94) commissioning ceremony, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 8 March 1945
    US Navy Photo.
    Edward C. Murphy USS John Q. Roberts, 1945-46
    John Q. Roberts 61k John Q. Roberts (APD-94) commissioning ceremony, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., 8 March 1945
    US Navy Photo.
    Edward C. Murphy USS John Q. Roberts, 1945-46
    John Q. Roberts 52k John Q. Roberts (APD-94) at anchor, San Pedro, CA., January 1946
    Photo © Thompson Photo Service, Los Angeles, CA.
    Edward C. Murphy USS John Q. Roberts, 1945-46
    John Q. Roberts 62k John Q. Roberts (APD-94) at anchor, San Pedro, CA., January 1946
    Photo © Thompson Photo Service, Los Angeles, CA.
    Edward C. Murphy USS John Q. Roberts, 1945-46

    View the John Q. Roberts (APD-94)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    View the John Q. Roberts (APD-94) Cruise Book.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association

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