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DE-604 / APD-114 Walter S Gorka
Crosley Class High-speed Transport: Laid down 3 April 1945 as (DE-604), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Co, Hingham MA; Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction; Launched 26 May 1945; Commissioned USS Walter S Gorka (APD-114), 7 August 1945; Decommissioned January 1947 at Green Cove Springs Fla; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960; Final Disposition, transferred to Ecuador August 1961 for use as a power hulk
Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); 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 Capacity 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 Foster-Wheeler DR boilers, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000.
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