High-speed transports were converted destroyers and destroyer escorts used in US Navy amphibious operations in World War II and afterward. They received the US Hull classification symbol APD; "AP" for transport and "D" for destroyer. In 1969, the remaining ships were reclassified as "Fast Amphibious Transports", hull symbol LPR.

Crosley-class high speed transports were high speed transport ships that served in the United States Navy during World War II. Some stayed in commission long enough to serve in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

“Green Dragons” —reflecting the dark green base paint with mottled camouflage given to those that served in the Pacific—was the nickname given to the first flush-deck APDs (fast destroyer-transports) by the Marine raiders they transported.

Ninety-four Buckley - and Rudderow -class destroyer escorts were converted as fast transports (APDs) to supplement the 32 flush-deck Green Dragons. Conversion of four more ships, Witter, Scott, Borum and Maloy, was planned but canceled. Conversion of a fifth ship, England, was commenced but abandoned when the war ended. END OF WAR

2023年6月19日 · APDs were intended to deliver small units such as UDT teams and Army Ranger units onto hostile shores. They could carry up to a company size unit. They were also capable of standing off shore and providing gunfire support as needed. The earliest High-speed Transports were World War I vintage flush-deck destroyers.

A complete list of US Navy High-Speed Transports (APD) in commission during WWII. Ships are listed by class; giving dimensions, hull number (APD-###), name, year commissioned, and notes regarding conversions, losses, etc.

APDs were intended to deliver small units such as UDT teams and Army Ranger units onto hostile shores. They could carry up to a company size unit. They were also capable of standing off shore and providing gunfire support as needed. The earliest High-speed Transports were World War I vintage flush-deck destroyers.

This page provides the hull numbers of all U.S. Navy High Speed Transports numbered in the APD series and the LPR (Amphibious Transports, Small) series, with links to those ships with photos available in the Online Library.

High-speed Transports (APD) at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, in late 1944. The APDs present, in center, are: USS Greene (APD 36) -- closest to camera; USS Osmond Ingram (APD 35) -- next inboard; USS Barry (APD 29); USS Roper (APD 20); and USS Tattnall (APD 19). At the extreme right is USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427).

Satisfied by the utility of the destroyer transport, the Navy redesignated Manley yet again, this time as the lead ship of a new class, APD-1. The APD designation denoted a highspeed...