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U.S.S. WEISS
(APD-135)Click to view crew list
APD-135 Deployments - Major Events
Add a APD-135 Shellback Initiation | Add a APD-135 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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OCT | 1944 | - | Keel Date: 14 OCT 1944 at Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City MI | ||
FEB | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 17 FEB 1945 | ||
JUL | 1945 | - | Commissioned: 7 JUL 1945 | ||
MAR | 1958 | - | Decommissioned: 2 MAR 1958 | ||
NOV | 1962 | - | MAY | 1963 | Dry Dock |
MAR | 1963 | - | APR | 1963 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1965 | - | MAY | 1966 | Viet Nam Operations |
JAN | 1966 | - | SEP | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1966 | - | AUG | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AUG | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | Decommisioning |
APD-135 General Specifications
Class: Crosley-class high speed transport
Named for: Carl W. Weiss
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 24 June 1976