APD-4 Little
United States Navy fast attack transport
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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flushdeck - | 1917/06/18 Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass. | 1917/11/11 | 1918/04/06 | 1942/09/05
sunk | |
Namesake: Fireman Israel W. Little, USN (*1837/02/21, +1916/04/29) - CMH for action aboard USS Richmond 1863/03/14 in attack on Port Hudson | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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42/02 | 42/04 |   |   | San Diego - overhaul |   66  |
42/04 |   |   |   | amphib. exercises |   66  |
42/05 | 42/07/07 |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
42/06 |   |   |   | short cruise to Midway |   66  |
42/07/07 | 42/07/2? |   |   | sail P.H. > New Caledonia |   66  |
42/08 |   | Watch | 62/TransDiv12/DF |   |   67  66  |
42/08/15 |   |   |   | bring supplies to Guadalcanal |   |
42/08/30 |   |   |   | escort transports to Guadalcanal |   |
42/09/04 |   |   | TransDiv12/DF | carry troops Tulagi>Savo and back |   |
42/09/05 |   |   |   | sunk(Tokio Express) off Lunga Point (09-20S, 160-01E) |   8  85  |