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USS John Q. Roberts (APD-94)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Foxtrot - November
 NXFN


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., LCDR. R. N. Bavier, Jr., in command
  • During and following World War II USS John Q. Roberts was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • 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.(lt) 2,130 t.(fl)
    Length 306' ovl.
    Beam 37"
    Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
    Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
    Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 12
    Enlisted 192
    Troop Accommodations
    12 Officers
    150 Enlisted
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    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 single 5"/38 caldual purpose gun mount
    three twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    six single 20mm AA gun mounts
    two depth charge tracks
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 2,216 Bbls
    Diesel 93 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    two Babcox and Wilcox "D" Express type boilers 435psi 750°
    Ship's Service Generators
    two 300Kw 450V A.C.
    two 40Kw 120V D.C.
    two propellers, 12,000shp
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    John Q. Roberts 59k USS 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 52k USS 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
    USS John Q. Roberts (APD-94)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
    Cruise Book
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