USS Brock
{||Ship name=USS ''Brock'' |Ship namesake=Ensign John W. Brock (1914-1942), Navy Cross recipient |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Charleston Navy Yard |Ship laid down=27 October 1943 |Ship launched=20 January 1944 |Ship sponsor=Mrs. James W. Brock |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=9 February 1945 |Ship decommissioned=5 May 1947 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck=1 June 1960 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified=From destroyer escort (DE-234) to high-speed transport (APD-93) 17 July 1944 |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors=1 battle star for World War II service |Ship fate=Sold to Colombia for use as floating power plant January 1962 |Ship notes=Laid down as ''Rudderow''-class destroyer escort USS ''Brock'' (DE-234) }}
|Ship displacement= full |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops=162 |Ship complement=204 |Ship armament=*1 × gun *6 × 40 mm guns *6 × 20 mm guns *2 × depth charge tracks |Ship armor= |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Brock'' (APD-93), ex-DE-234''', was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Michael S. Bloom, Abby G. Wenzel, John W. Brock, John R. Kucklick, Rebecca J. Wineland, Lori Cruze, Elizabeth R. Unal, Recai M. Yucel, Assem Jiyessova, Roger B. NewmanGet full text
Published 2019-06-01
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