file created: 20.05.2005 22:41:00 , last update: 26.03.2000
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APD-106 Walter B. Cobb
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderrow - 1944/01/15
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
1944/02/23 1945/04/25 1966/04/21
sunk
Namesake: Cox Walter Benjamin Cobb (*1919/09/08, KIA 1942), SS - Mugford till 42/08/07, KIA onboard Ralph Talbot
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/07/01       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/07/01 45/07/08     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/07/08 45/08     San Diego - amphibious training   66 
45/08/17 45/09/04     sail from San Diego to P.H. > Tokio Bay   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-596, 1944/07/15 > APD-106; 1966/01/15 struck from Navy List, 66/02/22
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Notice: sunk ba accident while towed to Taiwan