file created: 12/07/02 01:05:07 , last update: 10/15/01
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APD-7 Talbot
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1917/07/12
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia,
1918/02/20 1918/07/20 1946/01/30
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Namesake: Cap Silas Talbot, *1761/01/11, +1813/06/30 CO Pigot, Argo, General Washington
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/Des/DesDiv50 San Diego   66  114 
41/12/08 41/12/14   17 escort Saratoga San Diego > P.H.   66 
41/12/14 41/12/24     patrol off P.H.   66 
42/02     NavDistr12/PatFor escort convoys around west coast   66 
42/05/2? 42/06/02     escort S-18, S-23 & S-28 Puget Sound > Dutch Harbor   66 
42/06/03       Dutch Harbor - attacked by planes   66 
42/06/03 43/01/31   8.4 Aleutians - patrol & escort duty   66  81 
42/08       8.2   81 
42/10/31       redesignated APD-7   66 
43/01/31       sail to Mare Island for conversion   66 
43/02 43/03/15     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - conversion to APD   66 
43/03/16 43/03/20?     sail Mare Island > P.H.   66 
43/03/20? 43/04/02     P.H.   66 
43/04/02 43/04/2?     sail P.H. > Esp. Santo   66 
43/04/2? 43/06   TransDiv12 Esp. Santo-exercises, escorts to New Caledony, New Zealand,Guadalcanal   66 
43/06/26 43/06/29 Toena 31.1.1     66 
43/07/05       carry troops to Munda   66 
43/07/15       Port Purvis, Florida Is.   88 
43/07/2? 43/08/14     Guadalcanal   66 
43/07/23 43/07/24   31 carry troops from Guadalcanal to Kula Gulf, then sail back   69 
43/08/14     31.5 land Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/2? 43/09     escort various ships in Solomons   66 
43/09/26       land Treasury Islands - departed Guadalcanal   66 
43/09/27       land Treasury Islands - land troops at Mono and Stirling islands   66 
43/10/02 43/10/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/25 43/10/26     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/03 43/11/06     carry reinforce Guadalcanal > Bougainville   66 
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/06 43/11/09?     escort LST Bougainville > Guadalcanal   66 
43/11/08 43/11/08     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09? 43/11/11     carry reinforce Guadalcanal > Bougainville   66 
43/11/12 43/11/15     sail Bougainville > Guadalcanal   66 
43/11/15 43/11/17   31.6 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon   66 
43/11/16     31.6 attacked by planes   66 
43/11/18 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12       Noumea - engine overhaul   66 
43/12       sail Noumea < > Sydney   66 
44/01/08 44/01/13     sail Noumea > Esp. Santo > Guadalcanal   66 
44/01/13 44/01/28     patrol Lunga Point < > Koli Point   66 
44/01/28 44/01/30     carry New Zealand troops & intelligence specialist to Green Islands   66 
44/01/30 44/01/31   31.8 recon - Green Islands   66  85 
44/02/13 44/02/2?   31 land Green Islands   66 
44/03/15 44/04   39 land Emirau   66 
44/04/04       sail to New Gunea to practice landings   66 
44/04/18? 44/05/10 Persec 77.3 land Aitape   66 
44/05/13          
44/05/29 44/06/10 Forage 52.10/FSU7     66 
44/06/10   Forage 52.10/FSU7 damage(collision with Pennsylvania)   66 
44/06/10 44/06/12 Forage   repairs   66 
44/06/11?       Eniwetok - emergency repairs   66 
44/06/15 44/06/18? Forage 52.10/FSU7 rejoined group   66 
44/06/18?       detached to Mare Island for overhaul   66 
44/07/11 44/08/28     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
44/09/??       sail Mare Island > P.H. > Eniwetok > Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/10/20? King2 77.6     66 
44/10/20? 44/10/27 King2   escort unloaded transports Leyte > Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/01? 44/11/08     escort AP George Clymer to Cape Gloucester and sail back alone   66 
44/11/08 44/11/20     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/11/10 44/12/16     Seeadler Harbor - repairs   66 
44/11/10       damaged by AE-11 Mount Hood explosion in Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/16       sail to Aitape > Noemfoor Is. to amphib. exercises with 168th RCT   66 
45/01/0?       carry mortar and rocket boats from Mindoro to Leyte   66 
45/01/04 45/01/20? Mike1 77.9.8 land Lingayen Gulf - carry troops to Lingayen and sail back to Leyte   66 
45/01/14 45/01/15     carry 161th Inf. Regiment troops to Mariveles Harbor, Bataan   66 
45/01/15       sail Mariveles Harbor, Bataan > Subic Bay   66 
45/01/17       carry reinforce to Corregidor   66 
45/01/26 45/01/31     carry 11th Airborne Div. troops to Nasugbu, Luzon   66 
45/01/31       sail from Nasugbu, Luzon to Mindoro   66 
45/02       Ulithi   66 
45/04/ ? 45/04/20     sail from Guam to Parece Vela to reconnaissance, then back to Guam   66 
45/04/20 45/04/21     sail Guam > Ulithi   66 
45/04/22 45/04/27     escort convoy Ulithi > Okinawa   66 
45/04/27 45/04/30     ASW patrol off Kerama Retto   66 
45/04/30 45/05/??     escort convoy Kerama Retto > Saipan   66 
45/05/ ? 45/05/??     Saipan   66 
45/05/22 45/06/06     radar picket duty off Kerama Retto   66 
45/06/06 45/07/06     sail Kerama Retto > Saipan > Eniwetok > P.H. > San Pedro, Cal.   66 
45/07/06       MINY - conversion back to DD   66 
45/07/16       classification reverted to DD-114   66 
45/10/09       decommissioned   66 
45/10/24       Struck from Navy List   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: till 42/10/31 DD-114, od 45/07 > DD-114
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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