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U.S.S. CAVALIER
(APA-37)RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF FREEDOM
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APA-37 Deployments - Major Events
Add a APA-37 Shellback Initiation | Add a APA-37 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1942 | - | Keel Date: 10 DEC 1942 at Western Pipe & Steel | ||
MAR | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 15 MAR 1943 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 16 JAN 1944 | ||
JAN | 1944 | - | JAN | 1946 | Inchon Landing |
JAN | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | NOV | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
JUL | 1953 | - | APR | 1954 | West Pac |
DEC | 1955 | - | SEP | 1956 | westpac |
JUL | 1957 | - | DEC | 1957 | Inchon Landing |
JUL | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | Regular Overhaul |
JUL | 1959 | - | DEC | 1959 | Dry Dock |
FEB | 1960 | - | JUL | 1960 | Western Pacific |
JUL | 1960 | - | NOV | 1960 | typhoon nancy sep 1961 |
JAN | 1961 | - | OCT | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1961 | - | DEC | 1961 | West Pac |
JAN | 1962 | - | APR | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAY | 1962 | - | AUG | 1962 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1962 | - | APR | 1963 | West Pac |
OCT | 1962 | - | DEC | 1962 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JAN | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Thailand |
FEB | 1963 | - | FEB | 1963 | West Pac |
APR | 1963 | - | SEP | 1963 | Local Training and Evaluation |
JAN | 1964 | - | JAN | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUN | 1964 | - | OCT | 1964 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1964 | - | NOV | 1964 | Viet Nam - Gulf of Tonkin |
SEP | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
FEB | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | April 1966 CHUI- LAI UNLOADED MATERIAL A.O.DAY & NITE 4 DAYS . |
FEB | 1966 | - | OCT | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1966 | - | AUG | 1966 | West Pac |
JUN | 1967 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1967 | - | MAY | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1967 | - | DEC | 1967 | korea |
DEC | 1967 | - | APR | 1968 | Decommisioning |
MAR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JUL | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 SEP 1968 - Pacific Ocean |
APA-37 General Specifications
Class: Bayfield-class attack transport
Complement: 51 Officers and 524 Enlisted
Displacement: 8100 tons
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet 6 inches
Draft: 26 feet 6 in
Final Disposition: Scrapped 1969