file created: 12/07/02 01:08:08 , last update: 07/16/00
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APD-81 Tatum
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/04/22
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/08/07 1943/11/22 1961/05/08
scrap
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Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/11d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/23       joinPac - Panama   69 
45/02/23 45/02/28     sail from Panama to San Diego   69 
45/03/0? 45/03/12     sail from San Diego to P.H.   69 
45/03/2? 45/04/06     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   69 
45/04/13       Ulithi   69 
45/04/25       Luzon - UDT training   69 
45/05/2 ? 45/05/29 Iceber   Okinawa   69 
45/05/27 45/05/29     patrol off Ie Shima   69 
45/05/29   Iceber   damaged(kami) between Ie Shima and Okinawa (26-40N, 127-50E)   85 
45/05/29 45/06/01     Buckner Bay, Okinawa   69 
45/06/01 45/06/05     sail from Okinawa to Leyte   69 
45/06/05 45/08/1?     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   69 
45/08/22 45/09     Okinawa   69 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-789; 1944/12 > APD-81; 1960/06/01 struck from Navy List
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