Brooks (APD 10), Puget Sound Navy Yard, 4 January 1943.
Seventeen flush-deckers were awarded nineteen Navy Unit Commendations containing a total of 94 citations for action in World War II: fast transports (APD)
Manley,
Stringham,
McKean,
Kilty,
Ward,
Crosby,
Brooks,
Gilmer and
Sands; minelayer
Montgomery and fast minesweepers (DMS)
Hamilton,
Hopkins (two awards),
Hovey (two awards),
Long,
Southard,
Zane and
Trever.
