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APD-70 Pavlic
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/09/21
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/12/18 1944/12/29 1968/07/01
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Namesake: LtCdr Milton Frank Pavlic, *1909/12/27, KIA 1942/11/15 onboard South Dakota
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/03/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/03/21 45/04/13     P.H. - training exercises   66 
45/04/13 45/05/03     sail from P.H. to Majuro > Ulithi > Okinawa   66 
45/05/03 45/05/09 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/05/10 45/05/12 Iceber   escort AH Relief from Okinawa to Guam, then sail back   66 
45/05/12 45/05/18 Iceber   Okinawa - patrol duty   66 
45/05/18 45/06 Iceber   Okinawa - special rescue vessel   66 
45/05/27       attacked by kamikaze   66 
45/05/28       rescue (with Yokes) survivors from Drexler   66 
45/05/29       rescued Shubrick survivors   66 
45/06 45/08     Rjukjus   66 
45/08/14 45/08/27     sail from Okinawa to Honshu   66 
45/08/18       took onboard Royal Navy and Royal Marines landing parties (from New Foundland and Gambia)   66 
45/08/27 45/08/30     Sagami Wan   66 
45/08/30       entered Tokio Bay (with Sims II, Barr), disembark troops to Tokio Bay entrance forts #2,#4   66 
45/08/31 45/09/03     land 4th Marines troops to naval air station at Tatejama Wan   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-669; 1944 > APD-70; 1967/04/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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