APD-8 Waters
United States Navy fast attack transport
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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flushdeck - | 1917/07/26 William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, | 1918/03/03 | 1918/08/08 | 1946/05/10
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41/12/07 |   |   | BatForPac/Des/DesDiv50 | San Diego |   81  114  |
41/12/08 | 41/12/14 |   | 17/DesDiv50 | escort Saratoga to P.H. |   66  |
41/12/14 | 41/12/24 |   |   | P.H. area - patrol duty |   66  |
41/12/24 | 41/12/29 |   |   | escort TU from St. Louis, Helena, Raleigh P.H. > San Francisco |   66  |
41/12/30 | 42/01/31 |   |   | San Dego - patrol duty |   66  |
42/01/31 | 42/02/05 |   |   | sail San Diego, Cal. > Bremerton, Wa. |   66  |
42/02/05 | 42/02/11 |   |   | Bremerton |   66  |
42/02/11 | 42/11 |   |   | escort duty betw. Aleutians, Bremerton |   66  |
42/06 |   |   | 8.4 |   |   81  |
42/12/19 | 43/02 |   |   | PSNY - conversion to APD |   66  |
43/02/10 | 43/02/17 |   |   | San Diego |   66  |
43/02/17 | 43/03/21 |   |   | sail San Diego > P.H. (5 days) > Noumea |   66  |
43/03/21 | 43/03/26 |   |   | Noumea |   66  |
43/03/27 | 43/04/18 |   |   | Esp. Santo - amphib. training |   66  |
43/04/20 | 43/04/25 |   |   | carry CVG-11personel from Suva, Fiji to Guadalcanal |   66  |
43/04/25 | 43/05/04 |   |   | sail Guadalcanal > Efate > Fiji > Esp. Santo |   66  |
43/05/04 | 43/05/15 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   66  |
43/05/15 | 43/05/19 |   |   | sail Esp. Santo > Pago Pago, Samoa |   66  |
43/05/19 | 43/05/23 |   |   | Pago Pago, Samoa |   66  |
43/05/29 | 43/06/05 |   |   | Auckland, New Zealand |   66  |
43/06/08 | 43/06/09 |   |   | Noumea |   66  |
43/06/09 | 43/06/14 |   |   | escort convoy Noumea > Guadalcanal |   66  |
43/06/20 | 43/06/29 | Toena | 31.1.2 |   |   |
43/07/05 |   |   |   | reinforce Munda |   |
43/07/13 |   |   |   | escort damaged Honolulu & St. Louis to Purvis Bay |   66  |
43/07/15 |   |   |   | Tulagi |   |
43/07/16 |   |   |   | rescued 40 survivors from Honolulu off Vella Lavella |   66  |
43/07/23 | 43/07/24 |   | 31 | carry troops from Guadalcanal to Kula Gulf, then sail back |   69  |
43/08/14 | 43/08/15 |   | 31.5 | land Vella Lavella |   66  |
43/08/20 | 43/10 |   |   | Guadalcanal - amphib. triaining |   66  |
43/10/02 | 43/10/04 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/10/26 |   |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/10/27 |   |   |   | land Treasury Is |   66  |
43/10/28 | 43/11/04 |   |   | Guadalcanal |   66  |
43/10/28 | 43/10/31 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/11/03 | 43/11/04 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/11/06 | 43/11/07 |   |   | land troops at Empress Augusta Bay |   66  |
43/11/08 | 43/11/19 |   |   | ferry duty Guadalcanal <> Bougainville |   66  |
43/11/08 | 43/11/09 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/11/15 | 43/11/17 |   | 31.6 | 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon |   66  |
43/11/19 | 43/12/01 |   |   | Tulagi |   66  |
43/11/21 | 43/11/21 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/12/01 | 43/12/03 |   |   | sail Tulagi > Noumea |   66  |
43/12/03 | 43/12/10 |   |   | escort 2 steam shipa Noumea > Lady Elliot Is, then sail for Sydney |   66  |
43/12/10 | 43/12/20 |   |   | Sydney - shore leave, repairs |   66  |
43/12/20 | 43/12/26 |   |   | sail Sydney > Noumea |   66  |
43/12/30 | 44/01/05 |   |   | sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal |   66  |
44/01/05 | 44/01/09 |   |   | escort SS Sea Barb to Auckland, New Zealand, then sail to Noumea |   66  |
44/01/09 | 44/01/20 |   |   | Noumea |   66  |
44/01/20 | 44/01/22 |   |   | sail Noumea > Guadalcanal |   66  |
44/01/22 | 44/01/28 |   |   | Tulagi |   66  |
44/01/28 | 44/02/02 |   | 31.8 | land New Zealand commandos at Green Islands |   66  85  |
44/02/02 | 44/02/13 |   |   | Tulagi |   66  |
44/02/13 | 44/02/16 |   | 31 | land Green Islands |   66  |
44/02/18 | 42/02/21 |   |   | reinforce Green Islands |   66  |
44/03 | 44/03/16 |   |   | 2 reinforce cruises to Green Islands |   66  |
44/03/16 | 44/03/22 |   | 36 | land Emirau |   66  |
44/03/22 | 44/04/08 |   |   | Tulagi |   66  |
44/04/08 | 44/04/18 |   |   | sail Tulagi > P.H. accompanied by Stringham |   66  |
44/04/18 | 44/05/01 |   |   | PHNY - repairs |   66  |
44/05/01 | 44/05/28 |   |   | P.H. - amphib. training to prepare for Forager |   66  |
44/05/29 | 44/08/02 | Forage | 52.8.1/TranDiv12/GF,DF |   |   66  |
44/06/15 |   | Forage | 52.8.1/TranDiv12/GF,DF | off Saipan - attacking SS |   66  |
44/07/02 | 44/07/12 | Forage | 52.8.1/TranDiv12/GF,DF | detached to escort TG 51.4 for Eniwetok |   66  |
44/07/14 | 44/07/30 | Forage | 52.8.1/TranDiv12/GF,DF | detached to escort AO Patuxent & SS Sea Cat for Eniwetok |   66  |
44/08/02 | 44/08/06 |   |   | escort Colorado & Pennsylvania for Eniwetok |   66  |
44/08/07 | 44/08/12 |   |   | escort Colorado Eniwetok > P.H. |   66  |
44/08/12 | 44/08/18 |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
44/08/18 | 44/08/22 |   |   | sail P.H. > San Diego |   66  |
44/08/22 | 44/10/07 |   |   | San Diego - repairs, alternations |   66  |
44/10/07 | 44/10/14 |   |   | sail San Diego > P.H. |   66  |
44/10/14 | 45/01/10 |   |   | P.H. - amphib training with UDT |   66  |
45/01/10 | 45/01/23 |   | 52.11 | sail P.H. > Ulithi |   66  |
45/01/23 | 45/02/10 |   |   | Ulithi |   66  |
45/02/10 | 45/02/12 |   |   | sail Ulithi > Saipan |   66  |
45/02/12 | 45/02/14 |   |   | Saipan, Tinian - landing rehersals |   66  |
45/02/14 | 45/03/05 | Detach | 54 |   |   66  |
45/03/05 | 45/03/08 |   | TransDiv33 | sail Iwojima > Guam |   66  |
45/03/09 | 45/03/11 |   |   | sail Guam > Ulithi |   66  |
45/03/11 | 45/03/21 |   |   | Ulithi |   66  |
45/03/21 | 45/04/09 | Iceber | 54.2 |   |   66  |
45/04/09 | 45/05/04 | Iceber | MinRon3 | screen minesweeping operation |   66  |
45/05/04 | 45/05/08 |   |   | sail Okinawa > Ulithi - 05/06 diverted for Leyte |   66  |
45/05/08 | 45/05/15 |   |   | escort LST convoy Leyte > Okinawa |   66  |
45/05/15 | 45/05/19 | Iceber |   | Okinawa area |   66  |
45/05/19 | 45/05/24 |   |   | escort convoy Okinawa > Saipan |   66  |
45/05/24 | 45/06/05 |   |   | Saipan - repairs |   66  |
45/06/06 | 45/06/13 |   |   | Ulithi - repairs |   66  |
45/06/13 | 45/06/17 |   |   | escort convoy Ulithi > Okinawa |   66  |
45/06/19 | 45/06/25 |   |   | sail Kerama Retto > Saipan |   81  |
45/06/26? | 45/07/21 |   |   | sail Saipan > Eniwetok > P.H. > San Pedro, Cal. |   66  |
45/07/21 | 45/09 |   |   | California - overhaul , reconversion back to DD-115 |   |