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APD-51 Hopping
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1942/12/15
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.
1943/03/09 1943/05/21 1966/08/15
scrap
Namesake: LtCdr Halstep L. Hopping CVS-6, KIA 42/02/01
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43/07: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-155, 1964/09 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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