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U.S.S. KNUDSON
(APD-101)Click to view crew list
APD-101 Deployments - Major Events
Add a APD-101 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-101 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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DEC | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 23 DEC 1943 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard Hingham MA | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 5 FEB 1944 | ||
FEB | 1944 | - | JUN | 1946 | ww2 |
NOV | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 25 NOV 1944 | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 MAR 1945 - Pacific Ocean | ||
MAR | 1956 | - | JUL | 1956 | Operation Redwing-Cherokee First Atomic Bomb dropped from a B-52 |
JAN | 1958 | - | 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