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USS Begor (LPR-127)
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USS Begor (APD-127) (1945 - 1969)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Echo - Alpha NUEA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Second Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - Korean Service Medal (5)
Third Row - Philippine Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 6 March 1944, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI. as (DE-711), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort

Launched, 25 May 1944

Redesignated a Crosley Class High-speed Transport while under construction

Commissioned USS Begor (APD-127), 14 March 1945. LCDR. Ben T. Brooks, USNR, in command

During the Korean War USS Begor participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Communist China Aggression 13 to 24 December 1950	Third Korean Winter 15 December 1952 13 February 1953 28 February to 1 March 1953 6 March 1953 12 to 31 March 1953 13 to 16 April 1953
First UN Counter Offensive 1 March to 7 April 1951	Korea, Summer-Fall 1953 7 to 17 May 1953 12 July 1953 27 July 1953
Communist China Spring Offensive 27 April to 9 May 1951 28 May to 14 June 1951 25 June to 11 July 1951	.

Decommissioned, 20 July 1959

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 20 November 1961

Decommissioned, 13 July 1962

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Designation changed, 1 January 1969 to Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR-127)

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 May 1975

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 December 1976, for $60,000, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA.

USS Begor received five battle stars for Korean War 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

six 1/4 ton trucks

two 1 ton trucks

four ammunition carts

four 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 2 Combustion Engineering DR boilers, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 shafts, Shaft horsepower 12,000

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
31k	*Namesake* Fay Broughton Begor was born in Moriah, N. Y., 15 October 1916 and received his M. D. from McGill University. Appointed a Lieutenant (junior grade), USNR, in 1942, Dr. Begor was killed in action on board a landing craft in the Pacific 9 September 1943 while assisting injured soldiers and seamen. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.	Bill Gonyo
331k	Plaque presented to *USS Begor* (APD-127)** by McGill University	Bill Gonyo
85k	*USS Begor* (APD-127) being launched as DE-711**, 25 May 1944, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI. Defoe Shipbuilding Co. photo #217.	Nick Tiberio
102k	*USS Begor* (APD-127)** commissioning ceremony, 14 March 1945. The Prospective Commanding Officer LCDR. Ben. T. Brooks, USNR, renders honors as he prepares to assume command. Photo courtesy of McGill University.	Bill Gonyo
126k	During the Evacuation of Hungnam, 24 December 1950, *USS Begor* (APD-127)** stands offshore, ready to embark the last UN landing craft, as demolition charges wreck Hungnam's port facilities. US National Archives photo # 80-G-424297, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
120k	*USS Begor* (APD-127)** and a motor launch stand by offshore while demolition charges destroy Hungnam port facilities and remaining UN supplies at the conclusion of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950. US National Archives photo # 80-K-11769, A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
112k	*USS Begor* (APD-127)** and a motor launch stand by in the foreground as Hungnam's port facilities and remaining UN supplies are blown up, at the conclusion of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950. US National Archives photo # G-K-11770, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
119k	*USS Begor* (APD-127)** and a motor launch stand by in the foreground as smoke rises over Hungnam's port area, as faculties and remaining U.N. supplies are demolished by explosives on the final day of evacuation operations, 24 December 1950. US Navy photo # (K-11771) now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
109k	*USS Begor* (APD-127** and USS LSM(R)-404 stand by as UN forces demolish Hungnam's port facilities at the conclusion of the evacuation, 24 December 1950. US National Archives photo # 80-G-426403, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
72k	Ex-*USS Begor* (APD-127) moored at Mare Island Navy Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, date unknown. Across the channel is ex-USS Arlington (AGMR-2) moored alongside ex-USS Kearsage (CV-33)**. Photo from "Warship Boneyards" by Kit and Carolyn Bonner, (Courtesy L. Cote).	Robert Hurst