page_title: USS Begor
hierarchical_section_title: USS Begor
caption_attribution_description: English: During the evacuation of Hŭngnam, Korea, on 24 December 1950, the U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Begor (APD-127) stands offshore, ready to embark the last UN landing craft, as demolition charges wreck Hŭngnam's port facilities.
context_page_description: USS Begor was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Fay B. Begor, a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
  Begor was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-711. She was launched on 25 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. F. B. Begor, widow of Lt. Begor. A few weeks after launching, on 17 July 1944, it was decided that Begor would be completed as a Crosley-class high speed transport, with the designation APD-127. She was commissioned on 14 March 1945, with Lieutenant Commander B. T. Brooks, USNR, in command.
context_section_description: USS Begor (DE-711/APD-127) was a Crosley-class high speed transport of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant (junior grade) Fay B. Begor (1916 - 1943), a Navy doctor who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
  Begor was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, as a Rudderow-class destroyer escort with the hull number DE-711.  She was launched on 25 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. F. B. Begor, widow of Lt.(jg) Begor.  A few weeks after launching, on 17 July 1944, it was decided that Begor would be completed as a Crosley-class high speed transport, with the designation APD-127. She was commissioned on 14 March 1945, with  Lieutenant Commander B. T. Brooks, USNR, in command.
caption: USS Begor (APD-127) stands offshore during the evacuation and demolition of Hŭngnam, Korea, 24 December 1950.
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