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

APD-77 USS Frament

• Charles Lawrence class High-Speed Transport (ex Buckley class Destroyer Escort):
• Displacement: 1,450 tons
• Length: 306'
• Beam: 37'
• Draft: 112'
• Speed: 22.5 knots (max); 12 knots (econ)
• Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 3x2 40mm, 6 20mm, 2 depth charge tracks
• Complement: 186
• Turbo-electric engines, twin screws, 12,000 shaft horsepower
• Built at Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., and commissionedas DE-677 15 August 1943
• Reclassified as APD-77 15 December 1944

Additional Links:

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

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