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APD-16 Ward
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1918/05/15
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1918/06/01 1918/07/24 1944/12/07
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms1, Ms 11


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     NavDistr14/DesDiv80 P.H. - sinking miniSS   114 
42 43/02/06     Bremerton - conversion   66 
43/02/       Esp. Santo   66 
43/04/07 43/04/07     Tulagi   66 
43/04/07 43/04/10     escort merchants Tulagi > Esp. Santo   66 
43/04/10 43/04/17     Esp. Santo - tender avalability   66 
43/06/16       off Guadalcanal   66 
43/06/26 43/06/29 Toena 31.1.1    
43/10/02 43/10/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/26       Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi  
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/08 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/20     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12/17 43/12/24     Milne Bay, Cape Sudest - training   66 
43/12/24 43/12/30 Dexter 76.1.21 land Cape Gloucester   66 
44/01/01 44/01/03 Michae 76 land Saidor   66 
44/01/1? 44/02     local operations from Esp. Santo   66 
44/02/14 44/02/16   31.1.4 land Green Islands   66 
44/02/20 44/02/24?     ferry seebees from Guadalcanal to Nissan Is, Green Islands   66 
44/03       Esp. Santo - sound gears repairs   66 
44/04/0?       Cape Cretin - practice landings   66 
44/04/18 44/04/2? Persec 77.1     66 
44/05/10       Cape Cretin   66 
44/05/14       Port Harvey - tender overhaul (AD-3 Dobbin)   66 
44/05/24       Humboldt Bay   66 
44/05/25 44/05/2? Horlie 77 land Biak   66 
44/06 44/06/24     ASW patrols - Humboldt Bay   66 
44/06/24 44/07/04     Manus - tender overhaul (AD-3 Dobbin)   66 
44/07/1? 44/07/27     New Guinea - local transport duty   66 
44/07/27 44/08 Globe 74 land Cape Sansapor   66 
44/08       New Guinea - local transport duty   66 
44/08/12 44/08/22     Sydney - overhaul   66 
44/08/22 44/08/27     sail Sydney > Milne Bay   66 
44/08/27 44/09/10     Milne Bay - practice   66 
44/09/10 44/09/16 Trade 77.3.2 land Morotai   66 
44/09/16 44/09/19     Cape Sansapor   66 
44/09/19 44/09/22     escort LCIFlott8 Cape Sansapor > Humboldt Bay   66 
44/09/22 44/10/01     Humboldt Bay - (AD-3 Dobbin) reduction gear repairs   66 
44/10/01 44/10/12     Cape Cretin   66 
44/10/12 44/11 King2 77.6     66 
44/11/ ? 44/11/12     escort 3 LST Kossol Roads > Leyte   66 
44/11/12 44/11/?     escort convoy Leyte > Hollandia   66 
44/11/2 ? 44/11/28     escort convoy Hollandia > Leyte   66 
44/11/28 44/12/06     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
44/12/06 44/12/07   78.3 land Ormoc Bay  
44/12/07     78.3 sunk(kami) in Ormoc Bay  

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-139, 43/01/ > APD-16, 45/01/20 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars, NUC
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