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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

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1942-Keel Date: 10 DEC 1942
at Western Pipe & Steel
MAR1943-Launch Date: 15 MAR 1943
JAN1944-Commissioned: 16 JAN 1944
JAN1944-JAN1946Inchon Landing
JAN1945-Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1945 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1945-NOV1945Middle Pacific
JUL1953-APR1954West Pac
DEC1955-SEP1956westpac
JUL1957-DEC1957Inchon Landing
JUL1959-DEC1959Regular Overhaul
JUL1959-DEC1959Dry Dock
FEB1960-JUL1960Western Pacific
JUL1960-NOV1960typhoon nancy sep 1961
JAN1961-OCT1962West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1961-DEC1961West Pac
JAN1962-APR1962West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1962-AUG1962West Pac-Viet Nam
MAY1962-AUG1962West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1962-APR1963West Pac
OCT1962-DEC1962Cuban Missle Blockade
JAN1963-SEP1963Thailand
FEB1963-FEB1963West Pac
APR1963-SEP1963Local Training and Evaluation
JAN1964-JAN1964West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN1964-OCT1964West Pac-Viet Nam
AUG1964-NOV1964Viet Nam - Gulf of Tonkin
SEP1965-JAN1966West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN1966-OCT1966West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1966-OCT1966April 1966 CHUI- LAI UNLOADED MATERIAL A.O.DAY & NITE 4 DAYS .
FEB1966-OCT1966West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR1966-AUG1966West Pac
JUN1967-JAN1968West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1967-MAY1968West Pac-Viet Nam
DEC1967-DEC1967korea
DEC1967-APR1968Decommisioning
MAR1968-Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1968-Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1968-Shellback Initiation - 14 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1968-Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JUL1968-Shellback Initiation - 18 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1968-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