USS Gosselin (APD-126)

USS Gosselin (APD-126)

USS Gosselin (DE-710/APD-126) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named after Ensign Edward W. Gosselin (1917–1941), who was killed in action on the battleship Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Gosselin was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan and partially completed as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-710. Gosselin was launched on 17 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. E. N. Gosselin, mother of Ensign Gosselin. A few weeks after launching, it was decided that Gosselin would be completed as a Crosley-class high speed transport, with the designation APD-126. She was commissioned on 31 December 1944, with Lieutenant Commander Joseph B. Fyffe in command.