USS Weiss (APD-135)

History
United States
Name	USS Weiss
Namesake	Carl W. Weiss
Ordered	1942
Builder	Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Laid down	14 October 1944
Launched	17 February 1945
Commissioned	7 July 1945
Decommissioned	2 May 1949
Recommissioned	14 October 1950
Decommissioned	2 March 1958
Recommissioned	20 November 1961
Decommissioned	January 1970
Reclassified	LPR-135, 1 January 1969
Stricken	15 September 1974
Honors and awards	3 battle stars (Korea) 7 battle stars (Vietnam)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 June 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Crosley-class high speed transport
Displacement	1,450 long tons (1,473 t)
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	2 × Combustion Engineering DR boilers Turbo-electric drive with 2 × General Electric steam turbines 2 × solid manganese-bronze 3600 lb. 3-bladed propellers, 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m), 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) pitch 12,000 hp (8.9 MW) 2 rudders 359 tons fuel oil
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 × LCVPs
Troops	162 troops
Complement	204 (12 officers, 192 enlisted)
Armament	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 3 × twin 40 mm guns 6 × single 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge tracks

The USS Weiss (APD-135/LPR-135) was a Crosley-class high speed transport in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1970, with two short periods spent in reserve. She was finally scrapped in 1976.