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USS Diachenko
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USS Diachenko (APD-123), ex-USS Alex Diachenko, ex-DE-690, later LPR-123, was a Crosley-class high speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1969. She served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Name | USS Alex Diachenko until 1 March 1945, then USS Diachenko |
Namesake | Alex M. Diachenko (1919-1943), a United States Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 18 July 1944 |
Launched | 15 August 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mary Diachenko |
Commissioned | 8 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1959 |
Recommissioned | 1961 |
Decommissioned | 30 July 1969 |
Recommissioned | 1 November 1971 |
Renamed | From USS Alex Diachenko to USS Diachenko 1 March 1945 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 15 September 1974 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap on 1 June 1975 |
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Displacement | 1,400 tons |
Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 7 in (4 m) |
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Speed | 23.6 knots (43.7 km/h) |
Endurance | 6,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots (11,000 km @ 22 km/h) |
Troops | 12 officers, 150 enlisted |
Complement | 12-15 officers, 192-192 enlisted |
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