USS Cread

History
United States
Name	Cread
Namesake	Walter Irving Cread (US Navy, KIA on 12 December 1942)
Operator	United States Navy
Laid down	6 October 1943
Launched	2 February 1944
Sponsored by	H. Bergman
Commissioned	29 July 1945
Decommissioned	15 March 1946
Reclassified	17 July 1944
Stricken	1 June 1960
Honors and; awards	American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 16 March 1961.
General characteristics
Displacement	1,400 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Draft	12 ft 7 in (4 m)
Propulsion	2 × Babcox and Wilcox DR boilers; 2 × GE Turbines, ( turbo-electric drive); 2 shafts (12,000 shp);
Speed	23.6 knots (27.2 mph; 43.7 km/h)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 LCVPs
Troops	12 officers; 150 enlisted;
Complement	12-15 officers; 189-192 enlisted;
Armament	1 × gun mount; 3 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 6 × single 20 mm gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Cread (APD-88) was a

high speed transport that served in the United States Navy

Namesake

Walter Irving Cread was born on 18 November 1923 in

United States Naval Reserve 18 August 1941. He was rated fireman third class 18 October 1941 and assigned to duty on USS Hornet. As fireman second class, Cread was killed in action 12 December 1942 while attached to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two

USS Cread was laid down as

The war ended before her training was complete and she was decommissioned on 15 March 1946, and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at