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USS Cavallaro (APD-128)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Echo - Bravo
NUEB

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

USS Cavallaro (APD-128) was transferred to South Korea and renamed ROKS Kyung-Nam (APD-81)

Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort / Crosley Class High-speed Transport:

Laid down, 28 March 1944, as Cavallaro (DE-712), a Rudderow Class Destroyer Escort, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City MI.

Launched, 15 June 1944

Redesignated, a Crosley Class High-speed Transport, 17 July 1944

Commissioned USS Cavallaro (APD-128), 13 March 1945, LCDR. Edward P. Adams, USNR, in command

During World War II USS Cavallaro was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater TransDiv One Hundred Six, CAPT. F. W. Schmidt, USN (20)

Following World War II USS Cavallaro was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 18 September to 12 October 1945

Decommissioned, 17 May 1946 at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 4 September 1953

Decommissioned, 15 October 1959, at Long Beach, CA. and transferred to South Korea the same day, renamed ROKS Kyung-Nam (APD-81)

Struck from the US Naval Register, 15 November 1974

Decommissioned by the Korean Navy, 29 December 2000

Final Disposition, sunk as a target in March or April 2003

APD Specifications:
Displacement 1,630 t.(lt) 2,130 t.(fl)
Length 306' ovl.
Beam 37'
Draft 12' 7" (limiting)
Speed 23.6 kts. (trial)
Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts.

Complement

12 Officers

192 Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

12 Officers

150 Enlisted

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Boats four 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

two Babcox and Wilcox "D" Express type boilers, 435 PSI 750°

two General Electric turbines, (turbo-electric drive) Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 300Kw 450V A.C.
two turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.

two shafts, shaft horsepower 12,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
	258k	*USS Cavallaro* (APD-128)** leaving San Diego Bay, CA., circa the mid-1950s. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 107582.	Don Scott, YNCS(SS), USN, Ret
	121k	*USS Cavallaro* (APD-128)** moored pierside with USS LSM-298 secured to her port side and an LCT secured to the port side of *LSM-298*, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	98k	Broadside view of *USS Cavallaro* (APD-128) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, while running trials 22 March 1955. Cavallaro** was undergoing repairs at Mare Island from 6 January to 28 March 1955. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # 24922-3-55, 3/22/55.	Darryl Baker
	92k	Stern view of *USS Cavallaro* (APD-128)** off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, while running trials 22 March 1955. The ship to the right could be Uvalde (AKA 88) since shipyard logs indicate she was running trials on the same date. Naval Shipyard photo # 24924-3-55, 3/22/55.	Darryl Baker
	97k	Broadside view of *USS Cavallaro* (APD-128)** off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, while running trials 22 March 1955. Naval Shipyard photo # 24926-3-55, 3/22/55.	Darryl Baker
	20k	*USS Cavallaro* (APD-128)** off Long Beach Naval Shipyard, circa 1959-60.	Photo by Capt. Don Bodron USCG, Ret.
ROKS Kyung-Nam (APD-81)
	89k	Ex-Cavallaro (APD-128) in the service of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) as *ROKS Kyung-Nam* (APD-81)** underway, date and location unknown.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	237k	*ROKS Kyung-Nam* (APD-81)** moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.
	53k	*ROKS Kyung-Nam* (APD-81)** underway, circa 1961, location unknown. Korean Navy photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition.	Robert Hurst
	72k	*ROKS Kyung-Nam* (APD-81)** underway, in 1967, location unknown. Korean Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	58k	*ROKS Kyung-Nam* (APD-81)** moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Tim Rizzuto
	91k	Various views of ex-ROKS Kyung-Nam moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Tim Rizzuto
Flying Bridge	101k
FC Radar 148 Gun Sight	98k
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USS Cavallaro (APD-128)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Adams, Edward Payson, USNR	13 March 1945 - 15 November 1945
02	LCDR. Kane Jr., John Dandridge Henley, USN (USNA 1942) :RADM	15 November 1945 - 1 March 1946
03	LTjg. Parker, Charles Kenyon, USNR	1 March 1946 - 1 April 1946
04	LTjg. Finney, Charles Terry, USNR	1 April 1946 - 17 May 1946
	Decommissioned	17 May 1946 - 4 September 1953
05	LCDR. Grant, Edward Gooding, USN	? - 1958
06	CDR. Smithson, Garnet Milton, USN	1958 - 15 October 1959


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