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APD-62 Cofer
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 1944/01/19 1968/03/05
scrap
Namesake: S1/c Coffer
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/04       arrived Hollandia   66 
44/11/17 44/11/24     escort convoy from Hollandia to Leyte   66 
44/11/24 44/11/26?     sail from Leyte to Palaus   66 
44/12/06 44/12/11   78.3 land Ormoc Bay  
44/12/11 44/12/17 Love3 78.3 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/15 44/12/17 Love3 78.3.2 sail from Mindoro back to Leyte   105 
45/01/11 45/01/12 Mike1   land reinforce at Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/26 45/03 Vict3 78.2 land Puerta Princesa, Palawan   66  81 
45/03/10   Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/03/26   Vict2 78.2 land Cebu City, Cebu Is.   66  81 
45/03/31 45/04/1?   78 land E Mindanao   66 
45/04/27 45/05/08 Oboe1 78/MineGrp/GF land Tarakan   66 
45/05/03   Oboe1 78/MineGrp/GF rescued survivors from YMS-481   66 
45/06/07 45/06/11 Oboe2 78/MineGrp land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/08   Oboe2 78/MineGrp lifeguard from AM Salute   66 
45/06/15 45/07/10 Oboe6 78/MineGrp land Balikpapan   66 
45/06/18   Oboe6 78/MineGrp lifeguard from YMS-50   66 
45/07/2? 45/08/29     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/29 45/09/01     sail from Leyte to Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-208, 1944/07/05 > APD-62, 1966/04/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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