USS Earle B. Hall
1944 Crosley-class high speed transport
USS Earle B. Hall (APD-107), ex-DE-597, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946, 1950 to 1957 and 1961 to 1965.
Namesake
Earle Boitnott Hall was born on 25 December 1919 at Dawson Springs, Kentucky. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1938.
On 27 December 1941 Aviation Machinist's Mate Hall was killed action during a patrol mission against Japanese forces on Jolo Island in the Philippine Islands. He was posthumously awarded the Air Medal.
Construction and commissioning
Earle B. Hall was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Earle B. Hall (DE-597) by Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, Inc., at Hingham, Massachusetts, and was launched on 1 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. William Thomas Hall, the mother of Earle B. Hall. The ship was reclassified as a Crosley-class high-speed transport and redesignated APD-107 on 17 July 1944. After conversion to her new role, she was commissioned on 15 May 1945.
First period in commission, 1945–1946
Earle B. Hall departed Norfolk, Virginia, and reached San Diego, California, on 17 August 1945, two days after the end of World War II. She embarked 90 men for passage to Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on 12 September 1945.
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