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DE-674 / APD-117 Joseph M. Auman

USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117) was transferred to Mexico and renamed Tehuantupec (B-5)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 8 November 1943, as (DE-674), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort, at Consolidated Steel Shipbuilding Corp, Orange, TX.

Launched, 5 February 1944

Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction

Commissioned USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), 25 April 1945

Decommissioned, 10 July 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 September 1963

Transferred to Mexico, 12 December 1963, renamed Tehuantupec (B-5)

Final Disposition, struck from the Mexican Navy 1989 and sold for scrapping

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
56k	Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), broadside view, builders photo, 30 April 1944, off Orange, TX., a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WWII Ships Company
113k	Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), 45 degrees off the bow view, builders photo, 30 April 1944, off Orange TX., a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WWII Ships Company
97k	Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), 135 degree off the bow view, builders photo, 30 April 1944, off Orange, TX., A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	George A. Hill MM2/c USNR WWII Ships Company
27k	Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), moored at Shanghai, China, 4 December 1945.	Carolyn Nicastro

View the Joseph M. Auman (APD-117)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: George A. Hill
Address: 4948 North 6th. Street. Minneapolis, MN. 55430-3648
Phone:(612) 521-8946
E-mail: Geo6th@aol.com

Additional Internet 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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