file created: 12/07/02 01:02:32 , last update: 05/11/00
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APD-13 Sands
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1919/03/22
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1919/10/28 1920/11/10 1946/I
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TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     NavDistr12/DesDiv83     114 
41/12/07 42/06??     west coast - coastal escort work   66 
42/06     8.4     81 
42/06?? 42/10/28   8 Aleutians   66 
42/08     8.2     85 
42/08/30   Firepl 8.8 land Adak   85  81 
42/10/28 42/11/05     sail Aleutians > San Francisco   66 
42/11/05 42/12/21     San Francisco - conversion   66 
42/12/2? 43/01/08     P.H. - training   66 
43/01/08 43/01/22     sail P.H. > Esp. Santo   66 
43/01/29       Tulagi   66 
43/01/30       sail to help Chicago > then to Efate  
43/02/01 43/02/10     Esp. Santo   66 
43/02/10 43/02/14     escort run Esp. Santo > Guadalcanal and back   66 
43/02/15 43/02/19     carry USMC troops Esp. Santo > Tulagi   66 
43/02/21       land Russel Islands   66 
43/02/23 43/02/26     reinforce Russell Islands   66 
43/03 43/05/14     escort duty - Solomons, New Caledonia, New Hebrides   66 
43/05/14 43/05/20     escort LST convoy Esp. Santo > Townsville, Australia   66 
43/06 43/09     escort duty Australia <> New Guinea   66 
43/09/02 43/09/10   76 land Lae   66 
43/09/22 43/09/3?   76 land Finschhafen   66 
43/10/ 43/11     New Guinea - reinforcement, escort runs, amphib exercises  
43/12/14   Direct 76 land Arawe   66 
43/12/24 43/12/3? Dexter 76 land Cape Gloucester   66 
44/01/01 44/01/02   76.1 land Saidor   66 
44/01/02 44/01/18     escort runs betw. Buna, Cape Cretin, Cape Sudest   66 
44/01/18 44/01/28     Sydney - respite   66 
44/01/28 44/02/0?     carry cargo and personnel from Sydney to Milne Bay   66 
44/02/06 42/02/24     ferry cruise New Guinea > Sydney and back   66 
44/02/27 44/03/05 Brewer 76 land Admiralty Islands   66  86 
44/03/05 44/04     Cape Sudest - escort duty   66 
44/04/18 44/04/24 Reckle 77.2 land Humboldt Bay   66 
44/05 44/05/1?     escort duty   66 
44/05/1? 44/06/??     sail New Guinea > Alameda   66 
44/06/?? 44/08     Alameda - overhaul   66 
44/08 44/08/24     sail Alameda > P.H. > Tulagi   66 
44/08/29 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/0? 44/09/19 Stale2 32 land Peleliu/Angaur   66 
44/09/19 44/09/28 Stale2 31 land Ulithi   66 
44/09/29 44/10/10     Manus   66 
44/10/10 44/10/21 King2 78/F1    
44/10/17   King2 78/F1 carry rangers to Suluan  
44/10/21 44/10/2?     sail Leyte > New Guinea   66 
44/11 44/12     reinforcement, resupply runs to Leyte   66 
44/12/17 45/01/13 Mike1 77.2     66 
45/01/13 45/01/24     sail Lingayen Gulf > Leyte > Ulithi   66 
45/01/24 45/03/01     Ulithi   66 
45/03/01 45/03/03 Detach   escort convoy Ulithi > Iwojima   66 
45/03/03 45/03/05     Iwojima - patrol   66 
45/03/06 45/03/10?     escort transport Iwojima > Saipan   66 
45/03/10? 45/04??     sail Saipan > Solomons > New Caledonia > Manus > Ulithi   66 
45/05?? 45/06/1?     3 escort runs Ulithi <> Okinawa   66 
45/06/30       P.H.   66 
45/07/11 45/08/29     San Diego   66 
45/08/29 45/09     sail San Diego > Philadelphia   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-243, 42/10/30 > APD-13, 45/11/01 struck from Navy Lsit
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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