file created: 12/07/02 01:08:21 , last update: 12/22/00
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APD-75 Weber
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/02/22
Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy,
1943/05/01 1943/06/30 1962/07/15
target
Namesake: Ens Frederick Thomas Weber, NC, USN, pil. VB-6; *1916/02/04, MIA 1942/06/04 x Midway
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/04/20       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/04/20 45/05/08     sail from Panama to San Diego > P.H.   66 
45/05/08 45/05/24     P.H. - ASW, demolition, reconnaissance exercises   66 
45/05/24 45/06/01     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/06/02 45/06/06     sail from Eniwetok to Ulithi   66 
45/06/13 45/06/17     escort California from Ulithi to Okinawa   66 
45/06/25 45/07/01 Iceber 34 Okinawa - ASW and mine escort duty   66 
45/07/01 45/07/08     Okinawa - Hagushi anchorage   66 
45/07/08 45/07/12     escort convoy from Okinawa to Saipan   66 
45/07/13 45/07/17     sail from Saipan to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/17 45/08/1?     Leyte - training exercises   66 
45/08/1? 45/08/21     sail from Leyte to Okinawa   66 
45/08/21 45/09/07   95    

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-675, 1944/12/15 > APD-75; 1960/06/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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