| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click on your Rating abbreviation above: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USS BLADEN
(APA-63)Click Here
Click to view crew list
APA-63 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a APA-63 Shellback Initiation | Add a APA-63 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1944 | Keel Date: 8 MAR 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation Orange TX |
|||
| MAY | 1944 | Launch Date: 31 MAY 1944 | |||
| OCT | 1944 | Commissioned: 18 OCT 1944 | |||
| DEC | 1946 | Decommissioned: 26 DEC 1946 | |||
APA-63 General Specifications
Class: Gilliam-class attack transport
Displacement: 4247 tons
Length: 426 feet
Beam: 58 feet
Draft: 16 feet
Flank Speed: 16 Knots
USS BLADEN
(APA-63)
at HullNumber.com
(APA-63)
at HullNumber.com
- - Specs & Deployments
- - Crew Roster
- - Photos
- - Internet Links
- - Reunion Info
- - Photo Upload Guide
Add Your Name to the
APA-63 Crew Roster
HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another.
Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER.
We ask that you enter only enough information about yourself that your shipmates can recall you... Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories.