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U.S.S. KLEINSMITH

(APD-134)

HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL
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APD-134 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
AUG1944-Keel Date: 8 AUG 1944
at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI
JAN1945-Launch Date: 27 JAN 1945
JAN1945-OCT1946Middle Pacific
JAN1945- Shellback Initiation - 1 JAN 1945 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1945-DEC1946Japan
JUN1945-Commissioned: 12 JUN 1945
SEP1954-JAN1955Mediterranean
MAR1955-OCT1955Regular Overhaul
JAN1957-JUN1957Mediterranean
APR1957-AUG1957Mediterranean
AUG1957-NOV1957Mediterranean/NATO
MAY1958-AUG1958Great Lakes
OCT1958-OCT1958Nicaro Cuba evacuation of Amrerican civilians during Cuban Rev
OCT1958-OCT1958Rescues civilians at Nicaro Cuba during Revolution
MAY1959-JUN1959Great Lakes
MAY1960-Decommissioned: 16 MAY 1960

APD-134 General Specifications

Class: Crosley-class high speed transport

Named for: Charles Kleinsmith

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:Transferred to the Republic of China 16 May 1960