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APD-59 Newman
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/06/08
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.
1943/08/09 1943/11/26 1966/08/15
scrap
Namesake: L.G. Newman AD/3c,
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10     TransDiv103/DF joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/04 44/12/12     escort duty Hollandia <> Leyte   66 
44/12/12 44/12/2? Love3   land Mindoro - carry InfDiv24 units   66 
44/12/2? 45/01/0?     Noemfoor   66 
45/01/0? 45/01 Mike1 77 158th InfRgt units onboard  
45/01/29   Mike7 78.3 land San Felipe   66 
45/02/26 45/03 Vict3 78.2 land Puerta Princessa, Palawan   66  81 
45/03/0? 45/03/1? Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/03/26   Vict2 78.2 land Cebu   66  81 
45/03/27   Vict2 78.2 land Cebu: sinking miniSS off Talisay, Cebu   81  85 
45/03/31 45/04/1:   78 land E Mindanao   66 
45/05       Morotai   66 
45/06/0? 45/06/2? Oboe2 78 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/2? 45/07/1? Oboe6 78 land Balikpapan, Borneo   66 
45/07/16 45/07/18     sail from Borneo to Leyte   66 
45/07/27 45/08/29     Legaspi - training duty   66 
45/08/29 45/09     sail from Legaspi to Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-205, 44/09 > APD-59, 1964 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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