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U.S.S. BRISCOE
(APA-65)Click to view crew list
APA-65 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APA-65 Shellback Initiation | Add a APA-65 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| MAR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 29 MAR 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX | ||
| JUN | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 19 JUN 1944 | ||
| OCT | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 29 OCT 1944 | ||
| NOV | 1944 | - | DEC | 1945 | Middle Pacific |
| JUN | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 JUN 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1945 | - | OCT | 1945 | TASK GROUP 78.1 Landing/US Marines III CORPS @ Tientsin China |
| AUG | 1946 | - | Decommissioned: 29 AUG 1946 | ||
APA-65 General Specifications
Class: Gilliam-class attack transport
Named for: A county in Texas
Displacement: 4247 tons
Length: 426 feet
Beam: 58 feet
Draft: 16 feet
Final Disposition: Sunk by USS Duluth (CL-87) off Kwajalein 6 May 1948 after use as a target in Operation Crossroads