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U.S.S. BALDUCK
(APD-132)Click to view crew list
APD-132 Deployments - Major Events
Add a APD-132 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-132 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUN | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 17 JUN 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI | ||
OCT | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 27 OCT 1944 | ||
MAY | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 7 MAY 1945 | ||
JAN | 1953 | - | JAN | 1954 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1953 | - | NOV | 1953 | Recommisioned |
NOV | 1953 | - | MAR | 1954 | San Francisco Naval Shipyard |
JAN | 1954 | - | JAN | 1958 | Inchon Landing |
OCT | 1955 | - | DEC | 1955 | Guantanamo Bay |
FEB | 1958 | - | 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