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USS Carpellotti (APD-136)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Uniform - Echo - Juliet
NUEJ
JANAP Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign - Giggle Xray

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Europe clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

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

Laid down, 10 October 1944, as a Crosley Class High-speed Transport at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, 10 March 1945

Commissioned USS Carpellotti (APD-136), 30 July 1945, LCDR. John V. Brown, USNR, in command

USS Carpellotti was assigned to Occupation service in Europe from the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
6 October 1952 - 26 January 1953
27 July to 15 December 1953
19 January to 16 May 1956

Decommissioned, 21 April 1958, at Norfolk, Va.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1959

Sold for commercial service, 20 June 1960, for $141,474 to Diamond Manufacturing Co., Savannah, GA, and used in the construction of the Norfolk-Portsmouth VA. bridge and tunnel project

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by Diamond Manufacturing Co. in 1966 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD,

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
44k	Photo of rollover method of shipbuilding used at Defoe Bay City, MI. to build *USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)**	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source Defoe Shipbuilding, pub March 1945
96k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** being launched at Defoe Shipbuilding Bay City, MI., 10 March 1945.	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source Defoe Shipbuilding, pub March 1945
211k	Stern view of *USS Carpellotti* (APD-136) under way near Bay City, MI., 19 June 1945, wearing camouflage MS31/5L. The vertical colors should be dull black, navy green, ocean green, haze green and brown. Carpellotti was modified from DE to APD while under construction. It appears that Carpellotti*'s stack has been removed in this photo. US National Archives Bureau of Ships, Photo No. BS 91193* courtesy of C. Lee Johnson, (usndazzle.com).	Mike Green
124k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** in the Chesapeake Bay, 1946.	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source CAPT. George E Brandt, USN Ret CO 15 Nov 45 to 6 Sep 47
53k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** underway, circa 1947, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
93k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** in the Chesapeake Bay, 1947. US Navy photo	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source CAPT. Alvin L Gallin, USN Ret CO 6 Sep 47 to 13 Aug 49
61k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136) going alongside USS Siboney (CVE-112)** to refuel enroute to the Persian Gulf, 14 July 1948. US Navy photo	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source CAPT. Alvin L Gallin, USN Ret CO 6 Sep 47 to 13 Aug 49
139k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** under way, circa 1950, location unknown. Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 55052	Mike Green
33k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** under way, circa 1952, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
46k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** under way, circa 1953, location unknown. US Navy photo	Robert Hurst
87k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** at Tangiers, Morocco, April 1955	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source Neil Ross MM1 USN USS Carpellotti June 1953-January 1957
136k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, February 1956	Submitted by Thomas E Perry, APD-136 Association Source Neil Ross MM1 USN USS Carpellotti June 1953-January 1957
118k	*USS Carpellotti* (APD-136)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1962	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

USS Carpellotti (APD-136)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Brown, John VanDyke, USNR	30 July 1945 - 15 November 1945
02	LCDR. Brandt Jr., George Edgar	15 November 1945 - 6 September 1947
03	LCDR. Gallin, Alvin Lloyd, USN (USNA 1942)	6 September 1947 - 13 August 1949
04	CDR. Ball, George Gill	13 August 1949 - July 1951
05	LCDR. Hoppe, William Everett	July 1951 - June 1953
06	LCDR. Stanko, John, Martin, USN (USNA 1944)	1 October 1956 - 28 February 1958


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