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APD-51 Hopping
United States Navy fast attack transport
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1942/12/15 Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. | 1943/03/09 | 1943/05/21 | 1966/08/15
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| Namesake: LtCdr Halstep L. Hopping CVS-6, KIA 42/02/01 | |||||
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| Camouflage: 43/07: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/12/2? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/12/2? | 45/01/15 | sail from Panama to San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/15 | 45/02/13 | P.H. - train with UDTs | 66 | ||
| 45/02/13 | 45/03/04 | sail from P.H. to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/03/04 | 45/03/21 | Leyte - Iceberg rehearsals | 66 | ||
| 45/03/21 | 45/04/09 | Iceber | 52.11/UDT7 | 66 | |
| 45/04/09 | Iceber | 52.11/UDT7 | damage(coastal battery) at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-15N, 127-55E) | 66 85 | |
| 45/04/23 | 45/05 | Ulithi - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/17 | 45/08/08 | Iceber | Okinawa - screening duties | 66 | |
| 45/08/08 | 45/08/1? | escort convoy from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/08/1? | 45/09 | Leyte | 66 | ||