USS Cavallaro (APD 128)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Cavallaro (DE-712/APD-128) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Salvatore John Cavallaro (1920-1943), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his gallant service in the invasion of Sicily. Cavallaro was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-712. She was launched on 15 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. A. Cavallaro. A few weeks after launching, on 17 July 1944, it was decided that Cavallaro would be completed as a Crosley-class high speed transport, with the designation APD-128. She was commissioned on 13 March 1945, with Lieutenant Commander E. P. Adams, USNR, in command.