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DE-590 APD-100 / LPR-100 Ringness

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (April-May 1945 off Okinawa) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 23 December 1943, as DE-590, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc, Hingham, MA.

Launched, 5 February 1944

Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944

Commissioned USS Ringness (APD-100), 25 October 1944

Decommissioned, in January 1951 at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.

Transferred to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk VA. Group in 1959

Transferred to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX. in 1965

Redesignated Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR-100), 1 July 1969

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1974

Sold for scrapping 1 July 1975

Ringness 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 DR boilers

2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)

2 shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	147k	Casualties from Evans (DD-552) are brought aboard *PCER-855* from Ringness (APD-100), after *Evans* was damaged by Kamikaze attacks while on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 11 May 1945. Photographed from on board *PCER-855. US National Archives photo # 80-G-331077*, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives		Fred Weiss

View the Ringness (APD/LPR-100)
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

Reunion Contact Information
Contact: Roy L. McLendon, Jr. Address: 1953 Shady Oaks Drive, Tallahassee, FL. 32303 Phone: (850) 562-5417 E-mail: USS Ringness (APD-100) Reunion Information

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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