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APD-61 Kephart
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/05/12
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C. 		1943/09/06 1944/01/07 1967/05/16
sold
Namesake: Ltjg William P. Kephart, pil. VS-71, KIA 42/10/14
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10     TransDiv103 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/10 44/11/17     Hollandia   66 
44/11/17 44/11/24 King2 TransDiv103 escort convoy from Hollandia to Leyte   66 
44/11/24 44/12/0?     escort trip Leyte > Hollandia and back   66 
44/12/06 44/12/07   78.3/TransDiv103 land Ormoc Bay - 77th InfDiv units onboard   66 
44/12/11 44/12/17 Love3 78.3/TransDiv103 land Mindoro - InfDiv19 units onboard   66 
44/12/15 44/12/17 Love3 78.3.2/TransDiv103 sail from Mindoro back to Leyte   105 
44/12/20 44/12/2?     sail from Leyte to Hollandia   66 
45/01/04 45/02 Mike1 78.3     66 
45/01/30   Mike1 78.3 land Grande Is., Subic Bay   66 
45/02/26 45/03/0? Vict3 78.2 land Puerta Princessa, Palawan   66  81 
45/03/0? 45/03/1? Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/03/24 45/04 Vict2 78.2 land Cebu City, Cebu Is.   66  81 
45/04/0? 45/04/2?   78 land E Mindanao   66 
45/05/04 45/05/07     sail from Leyte to Morotai   66 
45/05/18 45/05/20     escort convoy from Morotai to Mindanao   66 
45/05/21 45/06/04     Morotai   66 
45/06/04 45/06/19 Oboe2 78 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/19 45/06/26     Morotai   66 
45/06/26 45/07/1? Oboe6 78 land Balikpapan, Borneo   66 
45/07/16 45/07/18     sail from Morotai to Leyte Gulf   66 
45/08/04 45/08/29     Luzon - landing rehearsals   66 
45/08/29 45/09     sail from Luzon to Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-207, 1944/07/05 > APD-61, 1967/05/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
Notice: sold to Republic of Korea > PF-85 Kyong Puk (struck 1985)