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U.S.S. KNUDSON

(APD-101)


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APD-101 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC1943-Keel Date: 23 DEC 1943
at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Hingham MA
FEB1944-Launch Date: 5 FEB 1944
FEB1944-JUN1946ww2
NOV1944-Commissioned: 25 NOV 1944
MAR1945- Shellback Initiation - 13 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean
MAR1956-JUL1956Operation Redwing-Cherokee First Atomic Bomb dropped from a B-52
JAN1958-Decommissioned: 2 JAN 1958

APD-101 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Seaman First Class Milton L. Knudson (1923-1942)

Complement: 204 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2130 tons

Length: 306 feet

Beam: 37 feet

Flank Speed: 23 knots

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 10 January 1975