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APD-48 Blessman
United States Navy fast attack transport
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/03/22 Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass. | 1943/06/19 | 1943/09/19 | 1967/07/03
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| Namesake: Lt Edward M. Blessman *1907/12/29, KIA 42/02/04 | |||||
| TTD differences from class:45/08: ?Ms 22? | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/11/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/11/1? | 44/11/29 | sail from Panama to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/01 | 45/01/10 | Mike1 | 77.2.1 | 66 105 | |
| 45/01/10 | 45/01/13 | Mike1 | 79.14.2 | sail from Lingayen to Leyte | 105 |
| 45/02/14 | 45/02/19 | Detach | 52/UDTGrp | 66 | |
| 45/02/18 | Detach | 52/UDTGrp | damage(bomb) off Iwojima - 40 KIA, 23 WIA (25-05N, 141-10E) | 66 | |
| 45/02/19 | 45/02/2? | towed (AM Ardent) to Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/04/23 | 45/08 | California - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/08 | 45/10 | Japan - occupation duty | 66 | ||
| 45/08/24 | 45/09/01 | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok | 66 | ||