USS Cavallaro information

History
United States
Name	USS Cavallaro
Namesake	Salvatore John Cavallaro
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	28 March 1944
Launched	15 June 1944
Commissioned	13 March 1945
Decommissioned	17 May 1946
Recommissioned	4 September 1953
Decommissioned	15 October 1959
Stricken	15 November 1974
Fate	Transferred to South Korea, 15 October 1959
South Korea
Name	ROKS Kyung-Nam (APD-81)
Acquired	15 October 1959
Decommissioned	29 December 2000
Fate	Sunk as a target, 2003
General characteristics
Class and type	Crosley-class high speed transport
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,473 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers; Turbo-electric drive with 2 × General Electric steam turbines; 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch; 12,000 hp (8.9 MW); 2 rudders; 359 tons fuel oil;
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph); 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph);
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 × LCVPs
Troops	162 troops
Complement	204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted)
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun; 3 × twin 40 mm guns; 6 × single 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Cavallaro (DE-712/APD-128) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy.

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History

United States
Name	USS Cavallaro
Namesake	Salvatore John Cavallaro
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	28 March 1944
Launched	15 June 1944
Commissioned	13 March 1945
Decommissioned	17 May 1946
Recommissioned	4 September 1953
Decommissioned	15 October 1959
Stricken	15 November 1974
Fate	Transferred to South Korea, 15 October 1959
South Korea
Name	ROKS Kyung-Nam (APD-81)
Acquired	15 October 1959
Decommissioned	29 December 2000
Fate	Sunk as a target, 2003
General characteristics
Class and type	Crosley-class high speed transport
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,473 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers Turbo-electric drive with 2 × General Electric steam turbines 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) 2 rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 × LCVPs
Troops	162 troops
Complement	204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted)
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 3 × twin 40 mm guns 6 × single 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge tracks