USN · AP
Colhoun
Photos and infoWickes-class destroyer converted to a high-speed transport, APD-2. The later Colhoun is DD-801. With Little, McKean, and Gregory she put Marines ashore at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. Aircraft sank her off Kukum on 30 August 1942. Not credited to one plane.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | APD-2 |
| Builder | Fore River, Quincy |
| Launched | 1918-02-21 |
| Commissioned | 1918-06-13 |
| Fate | Sunk. Wickes-class destroyer, DD-85, converted to the high-speed transport APD-2. This is not the later Colhoun, DD-801. She put Marines ashore at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. Aircraft sank her off Kukum on 30 August 1942. Not credited to one plane. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Colhoun (APD-2) in port, early 1942, in Measure 12 (Modified). This is the high-speed transport, not the later destroyer. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · high-speed transport. Put Marines ashore at Tulagi
