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APD-55 Laning
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/04/23
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.
1943/07/04 1943/08/01 1975/09/30
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Namesake: RAdm Laning
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/06/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/06/0? 45/06/18     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/06/18 45/07/14     San Diego - train UDTs   66 
45/07/14 45/08/11     San Francisco - conversion to UDT flagship   66 
45/08/11 45/08/12     sail from San Francisco to San Pedo, cal.   66 
45/08/12 45/08/16     San Pedro, Cal. - embark UDT9 and ComUDTRon 2   66 
45/08/16 45/09/04     sail from San Pedro, Cal. to Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-159, 44/11/24 > APD-55, 1975/03/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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