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USS LOY

(APD-56)

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APD-56 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
APR 1943 Keel Date: 23 APR 1943
at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia
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