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APD-5 McKean
United States Navy fast attack transport
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| flushdeck - | 1918/02/12 Union Iron Works, San Francisco Cal. | 1918/07/04 | 1919/02/20 | 1943/11/17
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| Namesake: Commo William Wister McKean, Commander of Federal Gulf Squadron during the Civil War | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/07 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 42/07/20 | arrived South Pacific | 66 | |||
| 42/08 | Watch | 62/TransDiv12 | 67 | ||
| 42/08/15 | bring supplies to Guadalcanal | ||||
| 42/09/07 | Lunga - carry troops to Taivu | ||||
| 42/10/31 | 42/11/08 | 65.5 | Guadalcanal reinforcement | 81 | |
| 43/01/31 | departed South Pacific for overhaul | 66 | |||
| 43/02 | 43/05 | California - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/06/19 | 43/06/27 | Efate | 66 88 | ||
| 43/06/2? | Toena | 31.3.11 | |||
| 43/07/05 | bring troops to Munda | ||||
| 43/10/04 | 43/10/04 | Port Purivs, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/10/26 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | |||
| 43/10/27 | land Treasury Is | 66 | |||
| 43/10/28 | 43/10/31 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/03 | 43/11/04 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/06 | land Marines at Cape Torokina | 66 | |||
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/17 | 31.6 | 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon | 66 | |
| 43/11/17 | 31.6 | sunk(IJNAF) SW of Cape Torokina (06-31S, 154-52E) - 62 KIA (crew), 52 KIA (embarked troops) | 66 85 | ||