USS Diachenko

	USS Diachenko (APD-123) in January 1956
History
United States
Name	USS Alex Diachenko until 1 March 1945, then USS Diachenko
Namesake	Alex M. Diachenko (1919-1943), a United States Navy sailor and Silver Star recipient
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	18 July 1944
Launched	15 August 1944
Sponsored by	Mary Diachenko
Commissioned	8 December 1944
Decommissioned	30 September 1959
Recommissioned	1961
Decommissioned	30 July 1969
Recommissioned	1 November 1971
Renamed	From USS Alex Diachenko to USS Diachenko 1 March 1945
Reclassified	From destroyer escort (DE-690) to high-speed transport (APD-123) during construction; Amphibious transport, small (LPR-123) 1 January 1969;
Stricken	15 September 1974
Honors and; awards	Battle stars; World War II (2); Korean War (6); Vietnam War (5);
Fate	Sold for scrap on 1 June 1975
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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 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers; 2 × GE turbines (turbo-electric drive); 2 × shafts (12,000 shp);
Speed	23.6 knots (43.7 km/h)
Endurance	6,000 nautical miles @ 12 knots (11,000 km @ 22 km/h)
Troops	12 officers, 150 enlisted
Complement	12-15 officers, 192-192 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount; 3 × twin 40 mm gun mounts; 6 × single 20 mm gun mounts; 2 × depth charge tracks;

USS Diachenko (APD-123), ex-USS Alex Diachenko, ex-DE-690, later LPR-123, was a Crosley-class high speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1969. She served in the United States Navy during World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.