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USS CAVALIER

(APA-37)

RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF FREEDOM

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APA-37 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
DEC 1942 Keel Date: 10 DEC 1942
at Western Pipe & Steel
MAR 1943 Launch Date: 15 MAR 1943
JAN 1944 Commissioned: 16 JAN 1944
FEB 1960 - JUL 1960 Western Pacific
JUN 1961 - DEC 1961 West Pac
JAN 1963 - SEP 1963 Thailand
FEB 1963 - FEB 1963 West Pac
AUG 1964 - NOV 1964 Viet Nam - Gulf of Tonkin
SEP 1965 - JAN 1966 West Pac-Viet Nam
JAN 1966 - OCT 1966 West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB 1966 - OCT 1966 West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR 1966 - AUG 1966 West Pac
JUN 1967 - JAN 1968 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1967 - JUN 1968 West Pac-Viet Nam
JUN 1967 - JAN 1968 West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT 1967 - MAY 1968 West Pac-Viet Nam
MAR 1968 Shellback Initiation - 23 MAR 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JUL 1968 - - - Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean
JUL 1968 - Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1968 - Pacific Ocean

APA-37 General Specifications

Class: Bayfield-class attack transport

Complement: 51 Officers and 524 Enlisted

Displacement: 8100 tons

Length: 492 feet

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Draft: 26 feet 6 in

Final Disposition: Scrapped 1969