Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD-53 USS Hubbard

• Charles Lawrence class Destroyer Transport (ex-Buckley Class Destroyer Escort):
• Displacement: 1673 tons
• Length: 306'
• Beam: 36'10"
• Draft: 13'6"
• Speed: 23 knots
• Armament: 3 3"/50, 3 21" torpedo tubes, 1,2 40mm or 1 1.1", 8 20mm, 1 hedgehog, 2 deptch charge tracks, 8 "K" gun projectors
• Complement: 15 officers, 198 enlisted
• Turbo-electric drive, 12,000 h.p.
• Built at Charleston Navy Yard and commissioned 6 March 1944
• Converted to High-Speed Transport APD-53 in August 1945

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Hubbard

(As DE-211)

DE-211 depth-charge attack on U-546, 24 April 1945

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