History
United States
Name	Crosley
Namesake	Walter S. Crosley
Operator	United States Navy
Laid down	16 October 1943
Launched	12 February 1944
Sponsored by	W. S. Crosley
Commissioned	22 October 1944
Decommissioned	15 November 1946
Stricken	1 June 1960
Honors & awards	1battle star forWorld War II China Service Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal American Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal
Fate	Sold to Ecuador as a power hulk
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 7 in (4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Babcox and Wilcox DR boilers 2 × GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive) 2shafts (12,000 shp)
Speed	23.6 knots (27.2 mph; 43.7 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	4LCVPs
Troops	12 officers 150 enlisted
Complement	12-15 officers 189-192 enlisted
Armament	1 ×5"/38 dual purposegun mount 3 × twin40 mm gun mounts 6 × single20 mm gun mounts 2 ×depth charge tracks

USSCrosley (APD-87) was aCrosley-classhigh speed transport that served in theUnited States Navy from 1944 to 1946.

She was laid down asRudderow-classdestroyer escortCrosley (DE-226) on 16 October 1943 at thePhiladelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to aCrosley-classhigh speed transport before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 22 October 1944. During World War II, she was assigned to thePacific Theater and participated in theBattle of Okinawa. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1946 and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet atGreen Cove Springs, Florida. She was stricken from theNaval Register on 1 June 1960, and transferred toEcuador as apower hulk.^[1][2]

Crosley departed from theNorfolk Naval Shipyard on 21 December 1944 forPearl Harbor, arriving there on 16 January 1945. She trained withUnderwater Demolition Teams for the next month before shipping out forSan Pedro Bay,Philippines, on 14 February, arriving on 4 March. There she took part of rehearsals for the upcoming invasion ofOkinawa. The week before the invasion she served as the mother ship for Underwater Demolition Team 17. Once the invasion began on 1 April,Crosley was tasked with patrolling the coastline. She aided victims ofkamikaze attacks onUSS Dickerson (APD-21) on 2 April andUSS Whitehurst (DE-634) on 12 April. From 20 April 7 June,Crosley escorted convoys between Okinawa andUlithi, and Okinawa andLeyte.^[3]

After the war ended,Crosley transported troops of the 40th Infantry Division from Leyte toJinsen on 28 August 1945 for the occupation ofSouth Korea. She served as the pilot ship in the harbor of Jinsen until she transported Army soldiers to the port city ofBusan. On 3 October, while patrolling off the coast of Busan,Crosley investigated the Anto Maru, a Japanese junk that was sinking, and rescued the surviving 45 Japanese attempting to avoid internment in Korea.Crosley remained in the area transporting soldiers throughout the region until 29 March 1946, when she departed Shanghai for the U.S. West Coast.

After overhaul at Philadelphia she arrived atGreen Cove Springs, Florida where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve on 15 November 1946.^[3] She was stricken in 1960 and transferred toEcuador as a power hulk.

•  This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
•  This article incorporatespublic domain material fromCrosley (APD-87) at theNaval Vessel Register.

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