USN · AP
McKean
Photos and infoWickes-class destroyer converted to a high-speed transport, APD-5. She landed troops at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. An aircraft torpedo sank her off Empress Augusta Bay on 17 November 1943. Not credited to one plane.
| Type | Transport (AP) |
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| Hull | APD-5 |
| Builder | Union Iron Works, San Francisco |
| Launched | 1918-07-04 |
| Commissioned | 1919-02-25 |
| Fate | Sunk. Wickes-class destroyer, DD-90, converted to the high-speed transport APD-5. She landed troops at Tulagi on 7 August 1942. An aircraft torpedo sank her off Empress Augusta Bay on 17 November 1943. 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 McKean (APD-5) underway in early 1942, in Measure 12 (Modified). U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
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Command
Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi
1942-08-07 · high-speed transport. Landed troops at Tulagi
