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.

USS Gosselin (APD 126). Length: “Long hull” 306' 0" x 300' 0". Molded beam: 36' 7". Displacement: 1,400 long tons standard. Complement: Officers: 12–15; Enlisted: 189-192. Shaft horsepower: 12,000. Speed: Trial: 23.7 knots. Screws: Two. Rudders: Two. Stacks: One. Range: 6,000 nautical miles at 12 knots.

“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.

High-speed Transports (APD) were converted destroyers and destroyer escorts; they received the US hull classification symbol APD: "AP" for transport and "D" for destroyer. In 1969, the remaining ships were reclassified as Amphibious transport, small (LPR) .

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.

Commissioned USS Kirwin (APD-90), 4 November 1945, LCDR. Lloyd G. Benson, USNR, in command. Decommissioned, 16 December 1968 at Orange TX. Laid up in Reserve Fleet at Orange, TX. Length 306' ovl. Range 6,000 nautical miles …

2023年6月19日 · US Navy photo from "US Amphibious Ships and Craft", by Norman Friedman. The later APDs were newly constructed DEs (Destroyer Escorts). These ships were converted to High-speed Transports by increasing troop berthing and equipment storage amidships, adding four LCVPs and a boom crane aft.

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.

USS Kane (APD-18) underway off San Pedro, CA., in April 1945. The Kane shows the general deck arrangement of flush deckers converted to fast transports. Two boilers and their stacks along with all of her torpedo tubes have been removed in her conversion, being replaced by four landing craft, their handling machinery and troop stowage quarters.

2017年11月29日 · In 1938, the US Navy converted an old destroyer, USS MANLEY, by removing some of its boilers, guns, and torpedo tubes to make room for troop and cargo space. The result was christened a “High Speed Transport” or Auxiliary Personnel Destroyer (APD). It reached higher speed than cargo ships.