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USS LOY
(APD-56)Click Here
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APD-56 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APD-56 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-56 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| APR | 1943 | Keel Date: 23 APR 1943 at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia |
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| JUL | 1943 | Launch Date: 4 JUL 1943 | |||
| SEP | 1943 | Commissioned: 12 SEP 1943 | |||
| FEB | 1947 | Decommissioned: 21 FEB 1947 | |||
APD-56 General Specifications
Class: Buckley-class destroyer escort
Named for: Jackson Keith Loy
Complement: 15 Officers and 198 Enlisted
Displacement: 1400 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 37 feet
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 15 August 1966

































