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DE-595 / APD-105 Myers

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Papa - Romeo
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Crosley Class High-speed Transport:
  • Laid down, 15 January 1944, as Myers (DE-595), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Co, Hingham, MA.
  • Launched, 15 February 1944
  • Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS Myers (APD-105), 26 March 1945, LT. Donald H. Petterson, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 January 1947
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1960
  • Final Disposition, transferred to Columbia for use as a power hulk, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,400 t.
    Length 306'
    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
    1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    3 twin 40 mm gun mounts
    6 single 20 mm gun mounts
    2 depth charge tracks
    Propulsion
    2 Combustion Engineering "D" Express type boilers
    2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive)
    2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Myers 166k Myers (APD-105) at anchor, date and location unknown
    US Navy photo    		 David Buell
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    Last Updated 1 February 2008