file created: 12/07/02 01:08:04 , last update: 03/26/00
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APD-131 Walter X. Young
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderrow - 1944/05/27
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.
1944/09/30 1945/05/01 1967/04/11
target
Namesake: 1Lt Walter Xavier Young (*1918/10/22), USMC, NC - KIA 1942/08/07 in Gavutu, Tulagi Is.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/08/03       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/08/03 45/08/10     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/08/10 45/08/16     San Diego   66 
45/08/16 45/08/22     sail from San Diego to P.H. (UDT-22 onboard)   66 
45/08/23 45/09/04     sail from P.H. to Tokio Bay   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-715, 1944/07/15 > APD-131; 1962/05/01 struck from Navy List
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Notice: sunk in missile-firing tests