Allied Warships

USS Truxtun (APD 98)

High speed transport of the Crosley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeHigh speed transport
ClassCrosley 
PennantAPD 98 
Built byCharleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down13 Dec 1943 
Launched9 Mar 1944 
Commissioned9 Jul 1945 
End service29 Mar 1946 
History

Laid down as the Rudderow class destroyer escort USS Truxtun (DE 282).
Decommissioned on 29 March 1946.
Sold to Taiwan on 22 November 1965 being renamed Fu Shan (PF 35).
Stricken on 15 January 1966.

 

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