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APD-126 Gosselin
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderrow - 1944/02/17
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.
1944/02/17 1944/12/31 1965/03/23
scrap
Namesake: Ens Gosselin
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/2?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/02/2? 45/04/06     sail from Panama to P.H. > Eniwetok > Ulithi > Okinawa   66 
45/04/06 45/04/10 Iceber   Okinawa - screening duty   66 
45/04/10 45/04/27     convoy duty Okinawa > Guam, Saipan   66 
45/04/27 45/05/2? Iceber   Okinawa - screening duty   66 
45/06/01 45/07/17     Leyte - upkeep status   66 
45/07/17 45/08/17     Okinawa   66 
45/08/17 45/08/27   30.6 sail from Okinawa to Tokio Bay   66 
45/08/28     30.6 start official occupation in Tokio Bay   66 
45/08/29     30.6 POW repatriation group   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1964/04/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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