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U.S.S. BALDUCK

(APD-132)


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APD-132 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JUN1944-Keel Date: 17 JUN 1944
at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI
OCT1944-Launch Date: 27 OCT 1944
MAY1945-Commissioned: 7 MAY 1945
JAN1953-JAN1954West Pac-Viet Nam
NOV1953-NOV1953Recommisioned
NOV1953-MAR1954San Francisco Naval Shipyard
JAN1954-JAN1958Inchon Landing
OCT1955-DEC1955Guantanamo Bay
FEB1958-Decommissioned: 28 FEB 1958

APD-132 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Remi A. Balduck

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 1 December 1976