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Pattison</i> on 9 March 1945</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>William J. Pattison</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Signalman" title="Signalman">Signalman</a> Third Class William J. Pattison (1921-1943), a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">sailor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a> recipient</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem-Hingham_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard">Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard</a>, Inc., <a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham, Massachusetts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>4 January 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>15 February 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Miss Sally McKillop</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>27 February 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>March 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td>From <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> (DE-594) to <a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">high-speed transport</a> (APD-104) 17 July 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>1 June 1960</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrapping 18 January 1962</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Laid down as <a href="/wiki/Rudderow_class_destroyer_escort" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudderow class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> USS <i>William J. Pattison</i> (DE-594)</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Crosley-class_high_speed_transport" title="Crosley-class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/High_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="High speed transport">high speed transport</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>306 ft (93 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>37 ft (11 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>12 ft 7 in (3.84 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>23 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (43 km/h; 26 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>162</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>204</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 in (130 mm)</a> gun</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> tracks</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>William J. Pattison</i> (APD-104)</b>, ex-<b>DE-594</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/High_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="High speed transport">high-speed transport</a> in commission from 1945 to 1946. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesake">Namesake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Namesake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Joseph Pattison was born on 15 January 1921 at <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_City,_Queens" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Island City, Queens">Long Island City</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> . He <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlisted man">enlisted</a> in the U.S. Navy on 23 August 1939 at <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pattison advanced steadily in <a href="/wiki/Naval_rating" title="Naval rating">rating</a> and, at least once, was meritoriously promoted. By the beginning of 1943, he had reached the rank of <a href="/wiki/Signalman_(rank)" title="Signalman (rank)">signalman</a> third class and was serving in the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Eberle" title="USS Eberle">USS <i>Eberle</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic Ocean">South Atlantic Ocean</a>. </p><p>On 10 March 1943, <i>Eberle</i> encountered the German <a href="/wiki/Blockade_runner" title="Blockade runner">blockade runner</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=German_blockade_runner_Karin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="German blockade runner Karin (page does not exist)"><i>Karin</i></a>, which was flying the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a> <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Task_force" title="Task force">task group</a> commander, <a href="/wiki/Rear_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear Admiral">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=O._M._Read&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="O. M. Read (page does not exist)">O. M. Read</a>, ordered <i>Eberle</i> to ignore <i>Karin</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> flag and board her. Pattison was one of the 14 men chosen from <i>Eberle</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s complement to board <i>Karin</i> before <i>Karin</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s crew could scuttle her. In spite of rising flames and explosions, Pattison performed his <a href="/wiki/Marine_salvage" title="Marine salvage">salvage</a> duties, primarily by maintaining contact with <i>Eberle</i> while his colleagues searched for <a href="/wiki/Demolition_charge" class="mw-redirect" title="Demolition charge">demolition charges</a>. While executing his duty, Pattison was killed by the explosion of one of the German demolition charges. He was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Cross_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy Cross (United States)">Navy Cross</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>William J. Pattison</i> was laid down as the <a href="/wiki/Rudderow_class_destroyer_escort" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudderow class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> USS <i>William J. Pattison</i> (DE-594) on 4 January 1944 by <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem-Hingham_Shipyard" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard">Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard</a>, Inc., at <a href="/wiki/Hingham,_Massachusetts" title="Hingham, Massachusetts">Hingham, Massachusetts</a>, and was <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 15 February 1944, sponsored by Miss Sally McKillop. The ship was reclassified as a <a href="/wiki/Crosley_class_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosley class transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">high-speed transport</a> and redesignated APD-104 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> on 27 February 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/Shakedown_cruise" title="Shakedown cruise">shakedown</a> training out of <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay</a>, Cuba, and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious</a> training at <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <i>William J. Pattison</i> underwent post-shakedown repairs at the <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth Navy Yard">Portsmouth Navy Yard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kittery,_Maine" title="Kittery, Maine">Kittery, Maine</a>, between 20 April 1945 and 27 April 1945. </p><p>On 27 April 1945, <i>William J. Pattison</i> departed <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a>, bound for <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. There she rendezvoused with the <a href="/wiki/Transport_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport (ship)">transport</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_General_William_Weigel_(AP-119)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS General William Weigel (AP-119)">USS <i>General William Weigel</i> (AP-119)</a>, and the two ships got underway on 1 May 1945 and headed for the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a>. After a stop at <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, from 4 May 1945 to 8 May 1945, the two ships continued on to the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a>, where they arrived on 10 May 1945. <i>William J. Pattison</i> transited the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a> on 12 May 1945 and set course for <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California. Diverted en route in order to provide emergency medical treatment to an <a href="/wiki/Appendicitis" title="Appendicitis">appendicitis</a> victim on board a <a href="/wiki/Liberty_ship" title="Liberty ship">Liberty ship</a>, she did not reach San Diego until 22 May 1945. </p><p><i>William J. Pattison</i> remained at San Diego only two days before putting to sea on 24 May 1945 in company with high-speed transports <a href="/wiki/USS_Begor_(APD-127)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Begor (APD-127)">USS <i>Begor</i> (APD-127)</a> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro_(APD-128)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cavallaro (APD-128)">USS <i>Cavallaro</i> (APD-128)</a>. After a six-day voyage filled with gunnery drills and tactical exercises, the three high-speed transports arrived in <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Territory of Hawaii</a>, on 30 May 1945. <i>William J, Pattison</i> spent the next two weeks in amphibious and <a href="/wiki/Underwater_demolition_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwater demolition team">underwater demolition team</a> training in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiian</a> waters, mostly at <a href="/wiki/Maui" title="Maui">Maui</a>. </p><p>On 13 June 1945, <i>William J. Pattison</i> embarked 10 <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">officers</a> and 50 <a href="/wiki/Enlisted_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Enlisted man">enlisted men</a> and got underway for the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>, in company with <i>Cavallaro</i> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=SS_Cape_Meares&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SS Cape Meares (page does not exist)">SS <i>Cape Meares</i></a>. The three ships entered the <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a> at <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a> on 21 June 1945, but on 23 June 1945 got underway again with a <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> bound for <a href="/wiki/Ulithi_Atoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulithi Atoll">Ulithi Atoll</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Islands" title="Caroline Islands">Caroline Islands</a>. <i>William J. Pattison</i> remained at Ulithi from 26 June 1945 to 1 July 1945, when she began the two-day voyage to <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Philippine Islands">Philippine Islands</a>. After eight days at Leyte, she headed back to Ulithi Atoll on 12 July 1945. </p><p>In late July and early August 1945, <i>William J. Pattison</i> made two voyages from Ulithi Atoll to <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a>. Though both visits were somewhat enlivened by <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">air raid</a> alerts, she saw no action. The <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> which ended <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> on 15 August 1945 found the ship on her way from Okinawa to the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_Islands" title="Mariana Islands">Mariana Islands</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>William J. Pattison</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a> in the Marianas on 17 August 1945 and embarked <a href="/w/index.php?title=Underwater_Demolition_Team_18&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Underwater Demolition Team 18 (page does not exist)">Underwater Demolition Team 18</a>. On 20 August 1945, she departed Guam in company with <i>Begor</i> and a group of <a href="/wiki/Tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank landing ship">tank landing ships (LSTs)</a> to join the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Third_Fleet" title="United States Third Fleet">United States Third Fleet</a> off <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. <i>William J. Pattison</i> and <i>Begor</i> soon parted company with the slower LSTs and made the rendezvous with the Third Fleet on the night of 24–25 August 1945. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_William_J._Pattison_(APD-104)_alongside_Nagato.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg/200px-USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg/300px-USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg/400px-USS_William_J._Pattison_%28APD-104%29_alongside_Nagato.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="312" /></a><figcaption>USS <i>William J. Pattison</i> (right) alongside the <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Nagato" title="Japanese battleship Nagato"><i>Nagato</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> in September 1945.</figcaption></figure><p><i>William J. Pattison</i> arrived in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a> late in the afternoon of 27 August 1945 to begin her part in the postwar <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">occupation of Japan</a>. On 30 August 1945, she supported the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marines">United States Marines</a> who occupied <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Yokosuka" title="United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka">Yokosuka Naval Base</a>, and her underwater demolition team unit carried out an inspection of the base's <a href="/wiki/Harbor" title="Harbor">harbor</a> facilities. Later, she participated in the demilitarization of captured Japanese <a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">warships</a>. For the next month, <i>William J. Pattison</i> steamed among various Japanese bases located throughout the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Archipelago">Home Islands</a>, reconnoitering to prepare for their occupation by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, or U.S. Navy men. She also helped with further demilitarization projects. </p><p>On 30 September, the ship got underway on the first leg of her journey back to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. After stops at Guam, Eniwetok, and Pearl Harbor, she arrived back in San Diego on 22 October 1945. </p><p><i>William J. Pattison</i> remained active with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amphibious_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amphibious Force (page does not exist)">Amphibious Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a>, into early 1946, when she moved to <a href="/wiki/Green_Cove_Springs,_Florida" title="Green Cove Springs, Florida">Green Cove Springs, Florida</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decommissioning_and_disposal">Decommissioning and disposal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Decommissioning and disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>William J. Pattison</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_decommissioning" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship decommissioning">decommissioned</a> at Green Cove Springs sometime in March 1946. She remained in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Reserve Fleet">reserve</a> there with the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Reserve_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Reserve Fleet">Atlantic Reserve Fleet</a> until 1 June 1960, when her name was stricken from the <a href="/wiki/Navy_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy List">Navy List</a>. </p><p>On 18 January 1962, <i>William J. Pattison</i> was sold to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Steel_and_Ship_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Steel and Ship Corporation (page does not exist)">First Steel and Ship Corporation</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> for scrapping. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_William_J._Pattison&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i>Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships</i> provides identical birth dates and locations and identical enlistment dates and locations for both William J. Pattison (at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/william_j_pattison.htm">http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w8/william_j_pattison.htm</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Merton_B._Myers" class="mw-redirect" title="Merton B. Myers">Merton B. Myers</a> (at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m16/myers.htm">http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m16/myers.htm</a>), both of whom died at the same time in the <i>Karin</i> boarding attempt. This almost impossible coincidence in both date and place of birth, of enlistment, and of death in action suggests that the <i>Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships</i> is in error concerning some or all of this information for one or both men. Other sources merely repeat the <i>Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</i> entries and are of no assistance in clearing up the matter.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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Roberts"><i>John Q. Roberts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby" title="USS William M. Hobby"><i>William M. Hobby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ray_K._Edwards" title="USS Ray K. Edwards"><i>Ray K. Edwards</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Arthur_L._Bristol" title="USS Arthur L. Bristol"><i>Arthur L. Bristol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Truxtun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Upham" title="USS Upham"><i>Upham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ringness" title="USS Ringness"><i>Ringness</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Knudson" title="USS Knudson"><i>Knudson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour" title="USS Rednour"><i>Rednour</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg" title="USS Tollberg"><i>Tollberg</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>William J. Pattison</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Myers" title="USS Myers"><i>Myers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_B._Cobb" title="USS Walter B. Cobb"><i>Walter B. Cobb</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earle_B._Hall" title="USS Earle B. Hall"><i>Earle B. Hall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl" title="USS Harry L. Corl"><i>Harry L. Corl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>Belet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven" title="USS Julius A. Raven"><i>Julius A. Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walsh" title="USS Walsh"><i>Walsh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunter_Marshall" title="USS Hunter Marshall"><i>Hunter Marshall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Earheart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_S._Gorka" title="USS Walter S. Gorka"><i>Walter S. Gorka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rogers_Blood_(APD-115)" title="USS Rogers Blood (APD-115)"><i>Rogers Blood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Francovich_(APD-116)" title="USS Francovich (APD-116)"><i>Francovich</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Joseph M. Auman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods" title="USS Don O. Woods"><i>Don O. Woods</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Beverly_W._Reid" title="USS Beverly W. Reid"><i>Beverly W. Reid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline" title="USS Kline"><i>Kline</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon"><i>Raymon W. Herndon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scribner" title="USS Scribner"><i>Scribner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Alex Diachenko</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Diachenko</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Horace_A._Bass" title="USS Horace A. Bass"><i>Horace A. Bass</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wantuck" title="USS Wantuck"><i>Wantuck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gosselin" title="USS Gosselin"><i>Gosselin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Begor" title="USS Begor"><i>Begor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro" title="USS Cavallaro"><i>Cavallaro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Donald W. Wolf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cook_(APD-130)" title="USS Cook (APD-130)"><i>Cook</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(APD-131)" title="USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)"><i>Walter X. Young</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Balduck" title="USS Balduck"><i>Balduck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burdo" title="USS Burdo"><i>Burdo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kleinsmith" title="USS Kleinsmith"><i>Kleinsmith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weiss_(APD-135)" title="USS Weiss (APD-135)"><i>Weiss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carpellotti_(APD-136)" title="USS Carpellotti (APD-136)"><i>Carpellotti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_DeLong_(DE-684)" title="USS DeLong (DE-684)"><i>DeLong</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Coates" title="USS Coates"><i>Coates</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bray" title="USS Bray"><i>Bray</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>X</dt> <dd>Planned conversion to high speed transport cancelled</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Other_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kleinsmith" title="USS Kleinsmith"><i>Tien Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kleinsmith</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer_(APD-91)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kinzer (APD-91)"><i>Yu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kinzer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Hua Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Donald W. Wolf</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Fu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Truxtun</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline_(APD-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kline (APD-120)"><i>Shou Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kline</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Tai Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Register</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon_(APD-121)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)"><i>Heng Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Raymon W. Herndon</i>)</li> <li>Unnamed (ex-<i>Walter B. Cobb</i> sank during transfer)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="562" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_National_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian National Navy">Colombian National Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg_(APD-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Tollberg (APD-103)"><i>Almirante Padilla</i></a> (ex-<i>Tollberg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Córdoba</i></a> (ex-<i>Ruchamkin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro_(APD-128)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cavallaro (APD-128)"><i>Gyeongnam</i></a> (ex-<i>Cavallaro</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl_(APD-108)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Harry L. Corl (APD-108)"><i>Asan</i></a> (ex-<i>Harry L. Corl</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven_(APD-110)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110)"><i>Ungpo</i></a> (ex-<i>Julius A. Raven</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby_(APD-95)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS William M. Hobby (APD-95)"><i>Jeju</i></a> (ex-<i>William M. Hobby</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>California</i></a> (ex-<i>Belet</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Papaloapan</i></a> (ex-<i>Earheart</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Tehuantupec</i></a> (ex-<i>Joseph M. Auman</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Usumacinta</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Miguel Hidalgo</i></a> (ex-<i>Don O. Woods</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>Chihuahua</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>José María Morelos y Pavón</i></a> (ex-<i>Rednour</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lawrence-class_high_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport"><i>Charles Lawrence</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <i>None</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_amphibious_warfare_ships" title="List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships">List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Rudderow-class_destroyer_escorts" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Rudderow_class_destroyer_escort" title="Template:Rudderow class destroyer escort"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:inherit">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Rudderow_class_destroyer_escort" title="Template talk:Rudderow class destroyer escort"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:inherit">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Rudderow_class_destroyer_escort" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Rudderow class destroyer escort"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:inherit">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Rudderow-class_destroyer_escorts" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i>-class destroyer escorts</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Completed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rudderow" title="USS Rudderow"><i>Rudderow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Day" title="USS Day"><i>Day</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chaffee" title="USS Chaffee"><i>Chaffee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hodges" title="USS Hodges"><i>Hodges</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Riley" title="USS Riley"><i>Riley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Leslie_L._B._Knox" title="USS Leslie L. B. Knox"><i>Leslie L.B. Knox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McNulty" title="USS McNulty"><i>McNulty</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Metivier" title="USS Metivier"><i>Metivier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_A._Johnson" title="USS George A. Johnson"><i>George A. Johnson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Charles_J._Kimmel" title="USS Charles J. Kimmel"><i>Charles J. Kimmel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Daniel_A._Joy" title="USS Daniel A. Joy"><i>Daniel A. Joy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lough" title="USS Lough"><i>Lough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thomas_F._Nickel" title="USS Thomas F. Nickel"><i>Thomas F. Nickel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Peiffer" title="USS Peiffer"><i>Peiffer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tinsman" title="USS Tinsman"><i>Tinsman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_DeLong_(DE-684)" title="USS DeLong (DE-684)"><i>DeLong</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Coates" title="USS Coates"><i>Coates</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Eugene_E._Elmore" title="USS Eugene E. Elmore"><i>Eugene E. Elmore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Holt" title="USS Holt"><i>Holt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jobb" title="USS Jobb"><i>Jobb</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Parle" title="USS Parle"><i>Parle</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Converted to <a href="/wiki/Crosley-class_high_speed_transport" title="Crosley-class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a><br />high-speed transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crosley_(APD-87)" title="USS Crosley (APD-87)"><i>Crosley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cread" title="USS Cread"><i>Cread</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Ruchamkin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kirwin" title="USS Kirwin"><i>Kirwin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer" title="USS Kinzer"><i>Kinzer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Register</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brock" title="USS Brock"><i>Brock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_Q._Roberts" title="USS John Q. Roberts"><i>John Q. Roberts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby" title="USS William M. Hobby"><i>William M. Hobby</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ray_K._Edwards" title="USS Ray K. Edwards"><i>Ray K. Edwards</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Arthur_L._Bristol" title="USS Arthur L. Bristol"><i>Arthur L. Bristol</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Truxtun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Upham" title="USS Upham"><i>Upham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ringness" title="USS Ringness"><i>Ringness</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Knudson" title="USS Knudson"><i>Knudson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour" title="USS Rednour"><i>Rednour</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg" title="USS Tollberg"><i>Tollberg</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>William J. Pattison</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Myers" title="USS Myers"><i>Myers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_B._Cobb" title="USS Walter B. Cobb"><i>Walter B. Cobb</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earle_B._Hall" title="USS Earle B. Hall"><i>Earle B. Hall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl" title="USS Harry L. Corl"><i>Harry L. Corl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>Belet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven" title="USS Julius A. Raven"><i>Julius A. Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walsh" title="USS Walsh"><i>Walsh</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunter_Marshall" title="USS Hunter Marshall"><i>Hunter Marshall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Earheart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_S._Gorka" title="USS Walter S. Gorka"><i>Walter S. Gorka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rogers_Blood_(APD-115)" title="USS Rogers Blood (APD-115)"><i>Rogers Blood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Francovich_(APD-116)" title="USS Francovich (APD-116)"><i>Francovich</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Joseph M. Auman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline" title="USS Kline"><i>Kline</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon"><i>Raymon W. Herndon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Scribner" title="USS Scribner"><i>Scribner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Alex Diachenko</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Diachenko" title="USS Diachenko"><i>Diachenko</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Horace_A._Bass" title="USS Horace A. Bass"><i>Horace A. Bass</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wantuck" title="USS Wantuck"><i>Wantuck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bray" title="USS Bray"><i>Bray</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gosselin" title="USS Gosselin"><i>Gosselin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Begor" title="USS Begor"><i>Begor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro" title="USS Cavallaro"><i>Cavallaro</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Donald W. Wolf</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cook_(APD-130)" title="USS Cook (APD-130)"><i>Cook</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(APD-131)" title="USS Walter X. Young (APD-131)"><i>Walter X. Young</i> (DE-715)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Balduck" title="USS Balduck"><i>Balduck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Burdo" title="USS Burdo"><i>Burdo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kleinsmith" title="USS Kleinsmith"><i>Kleinsmith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weiss_(APD-135)" title="USS Weiss (APD-135)"><i>Weiss</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carpellotti_(APD-136)" title="USS Carpellotti (APD-136)"><i>Carpellotti</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods" title="USS Don O. Woods"><i>Don O. Woods</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Beverly_W._Reid" title="USS Beverly W. Reid"><i>Beverly W. Reid</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Canceled</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vogelgesang_(DE-284)" title="USS Vogelgesang (DE-284)"><i>Vogelgesang</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Weeks</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sutton_(DE-286)" title="USS Sutton (DE-286)"><i>Sutton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Wood_(DE-287)" title="USS William M. Wood (DE-287)"><i>William M. Wood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>William R. Rush</i></a></li> <li>DE-289 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williams_(DE-290)" title="USS Williams (DE-290)"><i>Williams</i></a></li> <li>DE-291 — DE-300 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-607 — DE-632 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-645 — DE-664 (Unnamed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Walter_X._Young_(DE-723)" title="USS Walter X. Young (DE-723)"><i>Walter X. Young</i> (DE-723)</a></li> <li>DE-724 — DE-738 (Unnamed)</li> <li>DE-905 — DE-1005 (Unnamed)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Post-World_War_II_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-World War II operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Riley_(DE-579)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Riley (DE-579)"><i>Tai Yuan</i></a> (ex-<i>Riley</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kleinsmith" title="USS Kleinsmith"><i>Tien Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kleinsmith</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kinzer_(APD-91)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kinzer (APD-91)"><i>Yu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kinzer</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Donald_W._Wolf" title="USS Donald W. Wolf"><i>Hua Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Donald W. Wolf</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(APD-98)" title="USS Truxtun (APD-98)"><i>Fu Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Truxtun</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kline_(APD-120)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Kline (APD-120)"><i>Shou Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Kline</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Register_(APD-92)" title="USS Register (APD-92)"><i>Tai Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Register</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Raymon_W._Herndon_(APD-121)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)"><i>Heng Shan</i></a> (ex-<i>Raymon W. Herndon</i>)</li> <li>Unnamed (ex-<i>Walter B. Cobb</i> sank during transfer)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Colombian_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="562" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_National_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian National Navy">Colombian National Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tollberg_(APD-103)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Tollberg (APD-103)"><i>Almirante Padilla</i></a> (ex-<i>Tollberg</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ruchamkin" title="USS Ruchamkin"><i>Córdoba</i></a> (ex-<i>Ruchamkin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Holt_(DE-706)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Holt (DE-706)"><i>Chung Nam</i></a> (ex-<i>Holt</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cavallaro_(APD-128)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cavallaro (APD-128)"><i>Gyeongnam</i></a> (ex-<i>Cavallaro</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Harry_L._Corl_(APD-108)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Harry L. Corl (APD-108)"><i>Asan</i></a> (ex-<i>Harry L. Corl</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Julius_A._Raven_(APD-110)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Julius A. Raven (APD-110)"><i>Ungpo</i></a> (ex-<i>Julius A. Raven</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_M._Hobby_(APD-95)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS William M. Hobby (APD-95)"><i>Jeju</i></a> (ex-<i>William M. Hobby</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/20px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/30px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg/40px-Naval_Jack_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Navy" title="Mexican Navy">Mexican Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belet" title="USS Belet"><i>California</i></a> (ex-<i>Belet</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Earheart" title="USS Earheart"><i>Papaloapan</i></a> (ex-<i>Earheart</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Joseph_M._Auman" title="USS Joseph M. Auman"><i>Tehuantupec</i></a> (ex-<i>Joseph M. Auman</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Usumacinta</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Don_O._Woods_(APD-118)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Don O. Woods (APD-118)"><i>Miguel Hidalgo</i></a> (ex-<i>Don O. Woods</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>Chihuahua</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Rednour_(APD-102)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Rednour (APD-102)"><i>José María Morelos y Pavón</i></a> (ex-<i>Rednour</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort" title="Edsall-class destroyer escort"><i>Edsall</i> class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort" title="John C. Butler-class destroyer escort"><i>John C. 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