_underway,_circa_in_1945.gif) USS Yokes
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Yokes |
| Namesake | Seaman Second Class William J. Yokes (1918–1942), U.S. Navy sailor killed in action during World War II |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas[1] |
| Laid down | 22 August 1943 |
| Launched | 27 November 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Charlotte Yokes |
| Commissioned | 18 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 19 August 1946 |
| Reclassified | From destroyer escort (DE-668) to high-speed transport (APD-69) 27 June 1944 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1964 |
| Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 1965 |
| Notes | Laid down as Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Yokes (DE-668) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport |
| Displacement | 1,400 long tons (1,422 t) |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) overall |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) maximum |
| Installed power | 12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two boilers; two GE steam turbines (turbo-electric transmission) |
| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 186 |
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USS Yokes (APD-69), ex-DE-668, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.
- ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yokes.htm); according to NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/04/04069.htm), the ship was laid down and launched by the Dravo Corporation at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and fitted out at Consolidated.