USS Scribner
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USS Scribner (APD-122), ex-DE-689, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.
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United States | |
Name | USS Scribner |
Namesake | James M. Scribner (1920–1941) |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 29 June 1944 |
Launched | 1 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Theresa J. Scribner |
Commissioned | 20 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 15 November 1946 |
Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-689) to high-speed transport (APD-122) 17 July 1944 |
Stricken | 1 August 1966 |
Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 6 September 1967 |
Notes | Laid down as Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Scribner (DE-689) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport |
Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Troops | 162 |
Complement | 204 |
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