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APD-78 Bull
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1942/12/14
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.
1943/03/25 1943/08/12 1966/07/12
sold
Namesake: Ltjg Richard Bull, DFC (posth.) *1914/07/14, KIA 42/02/05 (?? pilot Houston or Marblehead??)
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Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/11/2?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/2? 44/12/02     sail from Panama to P.H.   66 
44/12/30 45/01/19 Mike1 77.9? UDT   66 
45/02/10 45/03/05 Detach 52/UDTGrp     66 
45/03/21 45/04/22 Iceber 52.11     66 
45/05/02 45/05/08 Iceber   Okinawa - FS, screening duty   66 
45/05/29 45/07/01 Iceber   Okinawa - FS, screening duty   66 
45/07/01 45/07/26     sail from Okinawa to San Pedro, Cal.   66 
45/07/05 45/07/10     sail from Guam towards P.H. with Wake Island, Cape Esperance   66 
45/07/26 45/09     San Pedro, Cal - repairs   66 
66       sold to Tchajwan > Lu-Shan  

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-693, 1944/07/31 > APD-78; 1966/06/15 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
Notice: sold to Taiwan > Lu Shan