| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Earheart (DE-603) |
| Namesake | James E. Earheart, Jr. |
| Builder | Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 20 March 1945 |
| Reclassified | APD-113, while under construction |
| Launched | 12 May 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. James Earheart |
| Commissioned | 26 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1946 |
| Stricken | 12 December 1963 |
| Fate | Transferred to Mexican Navy, 12 December 1963 |
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Papaloapan (H04) |
| Namesake | Papaloapan River |
| Reclassified | B04 |
| Fate | ran aground, 1976 |
| Stricken | 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Rudderow-class destroyer escort, as ordered |
| Class and type | Crosley-class high speed transport, as completed |
| Displacement | 2,130 long tons (2,164 t) full |
| Length | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Troops | 162 |
| Complement | 204 |
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USS Earheart (APD-113), ex-DE-603, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946.