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USS Gosselin (APD-126)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Tango - Romeo - Sierra
 NTRS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 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 as (DE-710), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City Mi.
  • Launched, 17 February 1944
  • Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction
  • Commissioned USS Gosselin (APD-126), 31 December 1944, LCDR. Joseph B. Fyffe in command
  • During World War II USS Gosselin was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 to 28 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS Gosselin was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    2 to 16 December 194514 August 1946 to 18 February 1949
    13 September to 25 October 1946 

  • Decommissioned, 11 July 1949, at San Diego
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1964
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 March 1965
  • USS Gosselin earned one battle star for World War II service
    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 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 AA gun mounts
    6 single 20 mm AA gun mounts
    2 depth charge tracks
    Propulsion
    2 Combustion Engineering "D" Express type boilers
    2 GE Turbines (turbo-electric drive)
    2 propeller shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000
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    Gosselin 50k USS Gosselin (APD-126) Commissioning Program, for 31 December 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City Mi. H. F. "Chief" Mills S1c (Signalman) USN USS Gosselin, Courtesy David P Counts
    Gosselin 29k USS Gosselin (APD-126) at anchor, date and location unknown. H. F. "Chief" Mills S1c (Signalman) USN USS Gosselin, Courtesy David P Counts
    Gosselin 75k USS Gosselin (APD-126) underway, date and location unknown. US Naval Institute photo submitted by David P Counts
    Gosselin 274k USS Gosselin (APD-126) docked in ARD-32 at Mare Island, 12 February 1946. Note YF-985 & YF-986 are on the ways to the right.
    US Navy photo, courtesy Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.    		 Darryl Baker
    Gosselin 132k Aft plan view of USS Gosselin (APD-126) outboard of USS Rudderow (DE-224) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 7 March 1946. Gosselin was in overhaul at the yard from 10 January to 8 March 1946.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1007-46    		 Darryl Baker
    Gosselin 119k Forward plan view of USS Gosselin (APD-126) outboard of USS Rudderow (DE-224) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 7 March 1946.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1009-46    		 Darryl Baker
    USS Gosselin (APD-126)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Fyffe, Joseph B.31 December 1944 - ?
    04LCDR. Bradway Jr., William SamuelJune 1948 - June 1949
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Gosselin (APD-126)
    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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