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Diachenko (1919-1943), a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Sailor" title="Sailor">sailor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a> recipient</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem Steel Company">Bethlehem Steel Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy, Massachusetts</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>18 July 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>15 August 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sponsored by</td><td>Mary Diachenko</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>8 December 1944</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>30 September 1959</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>1961</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>30 July 1969</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>1 November 1971</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Renamed</td><td>From USS <i>Alex Diachenko</i> to USS <i>Diachenko</i> 1 March 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">From <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> (DE-690) to <a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">high-speed transport</a> (APD-123) during construction</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Amphibious transport, small (LPR-123) 1 January 1969</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>15 September 1974</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honors and<br />awards</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">Battle stars</a></li> <ul style="list-style: none"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> (2)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> (6)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> (5)</li> </ul> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrap on 1 June 1975</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Diachenko_Badge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Diachenko_Badge.jpg/99px-Diachenko_Badge.jpg" decoding="async" width="99" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Diachenko_Badge.jpg/149px-Diachenko_Badge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Diachenko_Badge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="175" data-file-height="176" /></a></span></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">Displacement</td><td>1,400 tons</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 (4 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × GE turbines (turbo-electric drive)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × shafts (12,000 shp)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>23.6 knots (43.7 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Endurance</td><td>6,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots (11,000 km @ 22 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Troops</td><td>12 officers, 150 enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>12-15 officers, 192-192 enlisted</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"/38 dual purpose</a> gun mount</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × twin <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm</a> gun mounts</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × single <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm</a> gun mounts</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>Diachenko</i> (APD-123)</b>, ex-<b>USS <i>Alex Diachenko</i></b>, ex-<b>DE-690</b>, later <b>LPR-123</b>, was a <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> in commission from 1944 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1969. She served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. </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_Diachenko&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Namesake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alex Maxwell Diachenko was born on 21 March 1919 in <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>. He enlisted in the Navy on 24 September 1940. On 10 March 1943, his ship <a href="/wiki/USS_Eberle" title="USS Eberle">USS <i>Eberle</i></a> apprehended the <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Blockade_runner" title="Blockade runner">blockade runner</a> <i>Karin</i> in the <a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic" class="mw-redirect" title="South Atlantic">South Atlantic</a>. Watertender Second Class Diachenko was one of the boarding party sent to seize the ship. These men lost their lives when scuttling charges exploded. He was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</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_Diachenko&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Diachenko</i> was laid down as <i>Rudderow</i> class <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escort</a> <i>Alex Diachenko</i> (DE-690) by the Bethlehem Steel Company in <a href="/wiki/Quincy,_Massachusetts" title="Quincy, Massachusetts">Quincy, Massachusetts</a>. She was redesignated as a <a href="/wiki/Crosley_class_high_speed_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Crosley class high speed transport"><i>Crosley</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/High-speed_transport" title="High-speed transport">high-speed transport</a> while under construction. She was launched on 15 August 1944 with Miss Mary Diachenko as sponsor,<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> and commissioned as USS <i>Alex Diachenko</i> (APD-123) on 8 December 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Alex Diachenko</i> entered service in the final year of World War II, and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. She sailed from <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, on 31 January 1945, stopping at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eniwetok" class="mw-redirect" title="Eniwetok">Eniwetok</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ulithi" title="Ulithi">Ulithi</a>—being renamed USS <i>Diachenko</i> on 1 March 1945 while on her voyage—before arriving at <a href="/wiki/Leyte" title="Leyte">Leyte</a> on 21 March. She transported troops during the <a href="/wiki/Philippines_campaign_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="Philippines campaign (1944–1945)">reoccupation of the Philippines</a>. She landed soldiers at <a href="/wiki/Legazpi,_Albay" title="Legazpi, Albay">Legaspi</a>, Philippines on 1 April and Police Harbor on 17 April. She arrived at <a href="/wiki/Morotai" class="mw-redirect" title="Morotai">Morotai</a>, Indonesia on 7 May and transported <a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australian</a> soldiers for the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Borneo_campaign" title="Borneo campaign">invasion</a> at <a href="/wiki/Brunei_Bay" title="Brunei Bay">Brunei Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>. She returned to Morotai, and on 26 June she set sail to land troops in the assault of <a href="/wiki/Balikpapan" title="Balikpapan">Balikpapan</a>, Indonesia on 1 July.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the end of the war the following month, <i>Diachenko</i> spent the next several months transporting soldiers throughout the region until 17 March 1946 when she set sail for the United States. She arrived at <a href="/wiki/San_Pedro,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Pedro, California">San Pedro, California</a> on 25 April 1946. She carried out operations across the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Pacific Ocean">North Pacific Ocean</a> from her homeport in San Diego for the next few years until hostilities broke out in Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diachenko_Wonson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Diachenko_Wonson.jpg/220px-Diachenko_Wonson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Diachenko_Wonson.jpg/330px-Diachenko_Wonson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Diachenko_Wonson.jpg/440px-Diachenko_Wonson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="765" /></a><figcaption>Underwater demolition team members suiting up onboard <i>Diachenko</i></figcaption></figure> <p><i>Diachenko</i> set sail for the United States naval base at <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Activities_Sasebo" title="United States Fleet Activities Sasebo">Sasebo</a>, Japan, on 30 June 1950, five days after the North Koreans crossed the <a href="/wiki/38th_parallel_north" title="38th parallel north">38th parallel</a>. She supported the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command_(Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Command (Korea)">forces</a> from her base in Sasebo, often transporting an underwater demolition team making beach surveys and conducting reconnaissance. She returned to the United States on 9 May 1951 for an overhaul. During her second tour of duty, from 10 March to 5 December 1952, <i>Diachenko</i> carried an underwater demolition team on reconnaissance missions and raids at <a href="/wiki/Wonsan" title="Wonsan">Wonsan</a>, North Korea. She participated in the bombardment and blockade of the Korean coast from Wonsan to <a href="/wiki/Chongjin" title="Chongjin">Chongjin</a>, North Korea. She set sail for the United States on 5 December 1952 for an overhaul.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Between_wars">Between wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Between wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After hostilities ended, <i>Diachenko</i> returned to Japan on 22 August 1953 with the 2nd Marine Reconnaissance Unit, delivering them to <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>. She spent the remainder of the year participating in amphibious exercises in Japanese waters. She served as a station ship in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> from 27 February to 6 March 1954 before returning to San Diego on 7 May. <i>Diachenko</i> sailed from San Diego on 31 March 1955, arriving at <a href="/wiki/Yokosuka_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokosuka (city)">Yokosuka</a>, Japan, on 19 April. On 3 May, she reported to <a href="/wiki/Hai_Phong" class="mw-redirect" title="Hai Phong">Hai Phong</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a>, where she served as flagship for the Evacuation Unit Commander during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Passage_to_Freedom" title="Operation Passage to Freedom">Operation Passage to Freedom</a>, carrying refugees out of Communist North Vietnam and into <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>. She returned to San Diego on 30 September 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Diachenko</i> left San Diego on 28 August 1956, and headed to Yokosuka, Japan, where she picked up an underwater demolition team. She then picked up a Marine reconnaissance company at <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa</a> and sailed them to <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, where they trained their Thai counterparts. She also participated in amphibious exercises and landings at <a href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>, Okinawa, and <a href="/wiki/Luzon" title="Luzon">Luzon</a>. She returned to San Diego on 26 August 1957 to train reserves and operate with underwater demolition teams.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Diachenko</i> returned to the West Pacific on 12 June 1958 and operated out of Okinawa and <a href="/wiki/Subic_Bay" title="Subic Bay">Subic Bay</a>, Luzon, and in Japanese waters. On 23 August, she dropped off 6 <a href="/wiki/LCVP_(United_States)" title="LCVP (United States)">LCVPs</a> at <a href="/wiki/Djakarta" class="mw-redirect" title="Djakarta">Djakarta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a>. She conducted exercises with Chinese Nationalist forces at <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> from 1 to 10 September. Upon her return to San Diego, <i>Diachenko</i> resumed local operations until she was placed into the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve fleet</a> on 1 April 1959. She was decommissioned on 30 June 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Diachenko_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diachenko-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Diachenko</i> was recommissioned in 1961. She served in Vietnam for three years, from 18 July 1965 to 12 August 1968. She played a role in the defense of South Vietnam and phases two, four, and five of the American counteroffensive. She also participated in the <a href="/wiki/Tet_Offensive" title="Tet Offensive">Tet Offensive</a> in 1968. With the war winding down, <i>Diachenko</i> returned to San Diego where she was reclassified as an amphibious transport, small, (LPR-123) on 1 January 1969. She was decommissioned on 30 July 1969 and transferred to the reserve fleet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_period_in_commission">Final period in commission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Final period in commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Diachenko</i> was recommissioned on 1 November 1971. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_decommissioning_and_disposal">Final decommissioning and disposal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Diachenko&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Final decommissioning and disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Diachenko</i> was stricken from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Naval Vessel Register</a> on 15 September 1974, and sold for scrapping on 1 June 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_Diachenko&action=edit&section=9" 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 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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 href="/wiki/USS_William_J._Pattison" title="USS William J. Pattison"><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 class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Alex Diachenko</i></a> / <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><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 href="/wiki/USS_William_J._Pattison" title="USS William J. Pattison"><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 class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Alex Diachenko</i></a> / <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><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. 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