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DE-593 / APD-103 Tollberg


USS Tollberg (APD-103) was transferred to Colombia, renamed USS Tollberg (APD-103) was transferred to Colombia, renamed ARC Almirante Padilla (DT-03) )
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - 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, 30 December 1943, as (DE-593), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Inc, Hingham MA.
  • Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944
  • Launched, 12 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS Tollberg (APD-103), 31 January 1945, LCDR. Edward F. Butler, USNR, in command
  • During World War II Tollberg was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign;
  • Decommissioned, 20 December 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, at Green Cove Springs
  • Towed in 1959 from Mayport, FL. to Sabine Pass, TX. for lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register in November 1964
  • Transferred, under the Military Assistance Program to Columbia, 14 August 1965, renamed ARC Almirante Padilla (DT-03)
  • Final Disposition, struck by the Columbian Navy in 1973 and broken up for scrap
  • Tollberg received 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 6 1/4 ton trucks, 2 1 ton trucks, 4 ammunition carts, 4 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 Foster-Wheeler DR boilers, two GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), two shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Tollberg 33k Tollberg (APD-103) moored to a buoy with another unidentified APD in December 1945, location unknown. Thomas Wareham
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