file created: 12/07/02 00:13:41 , last update: 06/13/00
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APD-34 Belknap
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy,
1919/01/14 1919/04/28 1946
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Namesake: RAdm George Eugene Belknap, *1832, + 1903 Civil War hero
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 31/20L


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/PatWing8     114 
44/09       joinPac  
44/10/1? 44/10/22 King2 77     66 
44/12/30 45/01/11 Mike1 77    
45/01/11   Mike1 77 disable(kami) in Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E) > no repairs - 7 KIA, 49 WIA   66 
45/01/11 45/01/18     Lingayen Gulf - emergency repairs   66 
45/01/18 45/02     towed to Manus   66 
45/05       leftPac - Panama Canal - enroute ot Philadelphia for repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-251,40/08/02 > AVD-8, 43/11/14 > DD-251, 44/06/22 > APD-34
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars, PUC (Atlantic duty)
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