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USS Truxtun (APD-98)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal



USS Truxtun (APD-98) was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and renamed ROCS Fu Shan (PF-35)
Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort - Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 13 December 1943, as Truxtun (DE-282), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Reclassified a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction
  • Launched, 9 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS Truxtun (APD-98), 9 July 1945, LCDR. Paul A. Bane, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 March 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Name reassigned to DLGN-35, 24 June 1963
  • APD-98 was sold to Taiwan, 22 November 1965, named ROCS Fu Shan (PF-35) later (PF-835)
  • Struck from the US Naval Register 15 January 1966
  • Struck by the Republic of China Navy in 1996
  • Final Disposition, scrapped
    APD Specifications:
    Displacement 1,630 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
    12 Officers
    192 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    12 Officers
    150 Enlisted
    Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.
    Boats four 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, 435 PSI 750°
    two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive) Ship's Service Generators
    two turbo-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.
    two turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
    two shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

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    Namesake
    Thomas Truxtun was born on 17 February 1755 near Hempstead, Long Island, New York. When his father died in 1765, young Truxtun came under the guardianship of John Troup of Jamaica, Long Island. Two years later, at the age of 12, he embarked upon a seafaring career, sailing with Captains Joseph Holmes and James Chambers in the London trade. At 16, he was pressed into service in the Royal Navy on board HMS Prudent. Truxtun's British commanding officer observed the lad's natural abilities and offered him aid in securing a midshipman's warrant. However, Truxtun declined, obtained his release through the good offices of influential friends, and returned to mercantile service. By the age of 20, he had risen to command of Andrew Caldwell in which he brought large quantities of gunpowder into Philadelphia in 1775. Later that year, his ship was seized by HMS Argo off St. Kitts in the West Indies, an act that caused some natural resentment in the young sea captain. By the time Truxtun made his way back to Philadelphia, the colonies had reached the point of open rupture with the mother country. He signed on as a lieutenant in Congress, the first privateer to be fitted out for service against Great Britain. During the remainder of 1776, Truxtun participated in the capture of several prizes off the coast of Cuba. In 1777, he fitted out Continental Navy sloop Independence and sailed her to the Azores where he took three prizes. Upon his return, Truxtun fitted out Mars and made a highly successful cruise in the English Channel. Successively, he commanded Independence once more and then, in turn, Commerce and St. James. In addition to privateering, Truxtun's ships also carried cargoes of military stores to the colonies. On one voyage in St. James, he landed a valuable cargo of gunpowder and military stores at Philadelphia. At a dinner to celebrate the feat, George Washington declared that Truxtun's services had been worth those of a regiment. On another occasion, St. James—still under his command—carried Thomas Barclay, the American consul, to France. Following the Revolution, Truxtun resumed his career in mercantile service and commanded Canton, the first Philadelphia ship to enter the China trade. When the United States Navy was organized, he was selected as one of its first six captains on 4 June 1798. He was assigned command of one of the new frigates then under construction. His ship, Constellation, was completed late in June; and he put to sea immediately to prosecute the undeclared naval war with revolutionary France. The frigate, accompanied by a squadron of smaller ships, operated in the West Indies between St. Christopher and Puerto Rico. On 9 February 1799, Truxtun scored the first of his two most famous victories. After an hour's fight, Constellation battered Insurgente into submission, killing 29 and wounding 44 of the French frigate's crew. Truxtun brought Insurgente into St. Christopher where she was refitted and commissioned in the United States Navy. Almost a year later, on 1 February 1800, he sighted the 50-gun French frigate La Vengeance, chased her all day, and finally overhauled her that evening. For the next five hours, Truxtun used superior American gunnery and the prevailing heavy seas to his advantage and, by 0100, completely overcame La Vengeance's initial broadside superiority. During the action, the French warship had struck her colors several times, but darkness had prevented Truxtun from seeing the signal. Accordingly, the engagement continued until every gun on board the Frenchman went silent. The French frigate then sheered off to flee, and Constellation's battle-damaged rigging made it impossible for the American frigate to pursue her escaping victim. After refitting Constellation at Jamaica, Truxtun returned with her to Norfolk late in March. After commanding frigate President in the West Indies from mid-1800 to May 1801, Truxtun was appointed to command the squadron then fitting out for the Tripolitan expedition. Through a misunderstanding engendered by his request to have a captain appointed to command his flagship Chesapeake, Truxtun's unintended resignation from the Navy was accepted in Washington. Commodore Truxtun retired first to Perth Amboy, N.J., and thence to Philadelphia, where he was active in local politics for the rest of his life. In 1809, he led the agitation in Philadelphia against the Embargo. The following year, he was unsuccessful in his bid for a seat in Congress under the Federalist banner. From 1816 to 1819, Truxtun served as the sheriff of Philadelphia. Commodore Truxtun died at Philadelphia on 5 May 1822 and was interred there at Christ Church.
    Bill Gonyo
    LSM-396 88k USS LSM-396, and
    USS LSM-308 at the fitting out piers at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. Other ships in this photo include:
    USS LSM-309,
    USS LSM 389,
    USS LSM-390,
    USS LSM-391,
    USS LSM-392,
    USS LSM-393,
    USS LSM-394,
    USS LSM-395,
    USS LSM-397,
    USS LSM-398,
    USS Ray K. Edwards (APD-96),
    USS Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97),
    USS Truxtun (APD-98), and
    USS Upham (APD-99).
    US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 132-46, dated 10 January 1945.
    USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Truxtun 65k USS Truxtun (APD-98) at anchor near Charleston, S.C. on the Cooper River, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from Charleston Ship Yard archives
    Robert Hall
    ROCS Fu Shan (PF-35)
    Truxtun 53k Ex-USS Truxtun (APD-98) under way, date and location unknown, while in the service of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as ROCS Fu Shan (PF-35)
    US Navy photo.
    Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Truxtuon 143k ROCS Fu Shan (PF-835) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Po-Tsang Huang

    USS Truxtun (APD-98)
    Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Bane, Paul Albert, USNR9 July 1945 - 29 March 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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