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APD-37 Charles Lawrence
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1942/08/01
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
1943/02/16 1943/05/31 1966/01/31
scrap
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/02/0? 45/02/22     sail from Panama to P.H.   66 
45/02/22 45/03/05     P.H. - replenish   66 
45/03/05 45/03/23     sail from P.H. to Ulithi   66 
45/03/23 45/04 Iceber 53.6     66  86 
45/04 45/09     Okinawa - patrol and escort duty   66 
45/04/26 45/04/30 Iceber 53.6 escort (+ Bunch, William C. Cole and Richard W. Suesens) TransDiv104 Okinawa > Ulithi   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-53, 44/10/23 > APD-37, 1964/09/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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