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U.S.S. BEGOR
(APD-127)Click to view crew list
APD-127 Deployments - Major Events
Add a APD-127 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-127 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 6 MAR 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI | ||
MAY | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 25 MAY 1944 | ||
MAR | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 14 MAR 1945 | ||
JAN | 1953 | - | JAN | 1958 | West Pac |
JAN | 1953 | - | JAN | 1958 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1956 | - | DEC | 1957 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JUL | 1962 | - | Decommissioned: 13 JUL 1962 |
APD-127 General Specifications
Class: Crosley-class high speed transport
Named for: Fay B. Begor
Complement: 12 Officers and 192 Enlisted
Displacement: 1450 tons
Length: 306 feet
Beam: 36 feet 10 inches
Flank Speed: 23 knots
Range: 3 700 Nautical Miles
Final Disposition:Sold for scrap 6 December 1976