APD-65 Burke
United States Navy fast attack transport
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Buckley - | 1943/01/01 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 1943/04/03 | 1943/08/20 | 1968/08/12
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Namesake: LtCdr John Edward Burke *1905/01/24, KIA 42/11/15 In 1941 he was attached to the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy Department. | |||||
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Camouflage: 43-44: Ms 22 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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45/05 | 45/06/1? |   |   | P.H. - UDT training duty |   66  |
45/06/27 | 45/06/30 |   |   | Okinawa - Ie Shima - RP duty |   66  |
45/06/30 | 45/07/0? |   |   | sail from Okinawa to Legaspi, Luzon Is. |   66  |
45/07/0? | 45/08/1? |   |   | Legaspi - amphibious training duty |   66  |
45/09/02 |   |   |   | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony |   81  |