USS Cread

	File:USS Cread (APD-88).jpg
History
United States of America
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 to the Southern Scrap Metal Company, 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 × 5"/38 dual purposegun mount; 3 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 6 × single 20 mm gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Cread (APD-88) was a Template:Sclass- that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down as Template:Sclass- Cread (DE-227) on 16 October 1943 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and launched on 12 February 1944. She was converted to a Template:Sclass- before her construction was complete, and commissioned on 29 July 1945. 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 Green Cove Springs, Florida. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 1 June 1960, and sold for scrapping to the Southern Scrap Metal Company on 16 March 1961.

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