APD-125 Wantuck
United States Navy fast attack transport
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Rudderrow - | 1944/08/17 Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, | 1944/09/25 | 1944/12/30 | 1958/10/27
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Namesake: Pvt John Joseoh Wantuck, USMC, NC(posth.) *1923/11/23, KIA 1943/07/17 off Munda | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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45/03/0? |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   81  |
45/03/0? | 45/03/21 |   |   | sail from Panama to San Diego > P.H. |   81  |
45/03/21 | 45/04/02 |   |   | P.H. |   81  |
45/04/02 | 45/04/10 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok |   81  |
45/04/1? | 45/04/21 |   |   | escort convoy from Ulithi to Okinawa |   81  |
45/04/11 | 45/04/14 |   |   | sail from Eniwetok to Guam |   81  |
45/04/14 | 45/04/1? |   |   | sail from Guam to Ulithi |   81  |
45/04/21 | 45/05/05 | Iceber |   | Okinawa |   81  |
45/04/30 |   |   |   | escort 16 ships convoy out of Okinawa, then returned back |   81  |
45/05/0? | 45/07/05 |   |   | convoy escort duty Okinawa <> Guam |   81  |
45/05/04 |   |   |   | assist damaged Birmingham |   81  |
45/05/05 | 45/05/0? |   |   | escort damaged Birmingham and Rodman from Okinawa toward Ulithi, diverted to Guam |   81  |
45/05/21 | 45/05/24 |   |   | escort Wake Island from Guam to Okinawa |   66  |
45/07/05 | 45/07/08 |   |   | sail from Guam to San Pedro Bay, Leyte |   81  |
45/07/1? | 45/08/18 |   |   | Okinawa |   81  |
45/08/18 | 45/08/27 |   | 3rdFlt | carry occuation troops from Okinawa to Tokio Bay |   81  |
45/08/30 | 45/10/02 |   |   | embark ex-POWs in various Japanese ports, then transfer to allied ships |   81  |
45/09/02 |   |   |   | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony |   81  |