USS Brock (APD-93), Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Brock (APD-93), ex-DE-234, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947. Brock was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Brock (DE-234) on 27 October 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina, and launched as such on 20 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. James W. Brock, mother of the ship's namesake, Ensign John W. Brock. The ship was reclassified as a Crosley-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-93 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, the ship was commissioned on 9 February 1945 with Lieutenant Commander Harrison H. Holton in command.